Publications

phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with the mucus of red sea corals.	coral reefs are the most biodiverse and biologically productive of all marine ecosystems. corals harbor diverse and abundant prokaryotic communities. however, little is known about the diversity of coral-associated bacterial communities. mucus is a characteristic product of all corals, forming a coating over their polyps. the coral mucus is a rich substrate for microorganisms. mucus was collected with a procedure using sterile cotton swabs that minimized contamination of the coral mucus by surro ...	2008	18355296
the 'scorpion shrimp', a new species of the genus metapontonia (crustacea: decapoda: palaemonidae) from taiwan, with new generic record from papua new guinea.	a new species of shrimp metapontonia scorpio symbiotic with scleractinian coral diploastrea heliopora is described from taiwan. the species belongs to the smallest symbiotic shrimps of the family palaemonidae. it is remarkable by a unique ability to turn its last two pleonites with tail fan dorsally over the 4<sup>th</sup> and preceding pleonal segments, thus resembling scorpions. for such movement, the respective opposing dorsal margins of the 4<sup>th</sup>-6<sup>th</sup> segments are deeply c ...	2016	27470775