Anthozoa

We present a study based on X-ray chronologies and the stable isotopic composition of fossil Porites spp. corals from the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) covering the mid-Holocene period from 5750 to 4450 14C years BP (before present). The stable oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions of five specimens reveal regular annual periodicities. Compared with modern Porites spp. from the same environment, the average seasonal delta18O amplitude of the fossil corals is higher (by ca. 0.35-0.60?), whereas annual growth rates are lower (by ca. 3.5 to 2 mm/year).

Corallosphere.org is a web application developed with the aim of exploring new approaches to compiling taxonomic information on extant and extinct scleractinian corals. Main areas covered in Corallosphere.org include text descriptions for diagnoses of valid genera, as well as tools for managing taxonomic synonymies, image databases, a bibliography, and an illustrated atlas of morphological terms

species description, ecology, distribution & impact - Global Invasive Species Database

genome size - Animal Genome Size Database

genome size - Animal Genome Size Database

genome sequencing project summary including sequences & maps - University in St Louis, Washington

genome sequencing project summary including sequences & maps - University in St Louis, Washington

genome sequencing project summary including sequences & maps - University in St Louis, Washington

species description, ecology, distribution & impact - Global Invasive Species Database

BLAST, EST & GO analysis, genomic data & sequences