Corallimorphus Profundus

	Corallimorphus Profundus ''Corallimorphus profundus'' is a species of corals in the genus Corallimorphus ''Corallimorphus'' is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Members of the genus live off the Pacific co .... It lives in marine habitats. This species can be found in the Southern Ocean and in New Zealand. C. profundus is considered a deep water species that most closely resembles the scleractinians: stony corals. Based on their morphological properties and genome organization, they are heavily scleractinian like in comparison to all other corallimorharians. This makes C. profundus an early diverging species that holds a key role in the coral to corallimorpharia transition.Lin, M., Kitahara, M. V., Luo, H., Tracey, D., Geller, J., Fukami, H., Miller, D. J., Chen, C. A. (2014). Mitochondrial Genome Rearrangements in the Scleractinia/Corallimorpharia Complex: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which, when m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Corallimorphus ''Corallimorphus'' is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Members of the genus live off the Pacific coast of the US. Species Species so far described in this genus include:"''Corallimorphus'' Moseley, 1877". World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dianne Tracey Dianne Margaret Tracey is a New Zealand marine biologist specializing in research on deep-sea fisheries and deep-sea corals at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). She works on the biology of deep water fishes such as orange roughy, and deep sea corals. She was one of the first women in New Zealand to work in fisheries and to work on research vessels and has spent her career advocating and mentoring women in marine science. Education and career Tracey went to Sacred Heart Girls' College, New Plymouth. She then attended Wellington Polytechnic and studied for a New Zealand Certificate in Science in biology. She was determined to study marine biology, and not to become a nurse or a teacher, the main options for girls at the time. She started her career in 1972 as a technician at the Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries. She travelled overseas between 1976 and 1980, working in a fish factory and at the Hafrannsóknarstofnunin Marine research statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Corallimorphidae Corallimorphidae is a family of corallimorphs. It includes three genera: '' Corallimorphus'' Moseley, 1877 - 6 species ''Corynactis ''Corynactis'' is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Large unidentified polyps of this genus feed on ...'' Allman, 1846 - 14 species '' Paracorynactis'' Ocaña, den Hartog, Brito, & Bos, 2010 - 1 species References Corallimorpharia Cnidarian families {{Hexacorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]