Sentences with phrase «coral genera»

At (GBR) Northwest Australia's Scott Reef, the upper 3 meters lost 80 to 90 % of its living coral and the disappearance of half of the coral genera.

Examples of coral genera recognized as more resistant to thermal stress include:

Not exact matches

Coral guard - crabs belong to the genus Trapezia and defend their habitat in coral reefs from predators called corallivores in exchange for shelter and nutriCoral guard - crabs belong to the genus Trapezia and defend their habitat in coral reefs from predators called corallivores in exchange for shelter and nutricoral reefs from predators called corallivores in exchange for shelter and nutrition.

The reefs are dominated by stony, reef - building corals in the genus Leptoseris, a plate - like coral specialized for deep - reef environments.

One significant discovery was by made by a second team on the mission, led by California Academy of Sciences» Gary Williams, who found corals approximately 600 feet deep that are a new species of deep - sea coral from the Leptogorgia genus.

This resource will be valuable for researchers studying gene expression patterns in coral reproductive cycles and evolution of the genus Acropora.

Explore the deep waters of Bunaken from your choice of dive resort and you can see 7 times more genera of coral than Hawaii, 33 species of butterflyfish and over 70 % of all fish species known to the Indo - western Pacific.

Sponges of Neopetrosia and Ircinia genera, and corals of Porites and Siderastrea genera am abundant southeast of Boca Chica Caye.

Some of the highlights pointed out by the divemasters included Bubble Coral Shrimp, Orangutan Crab, Wobbegong Shark, Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse and nudibranchs, including the genus Nembrotha.

Among the marine life seen, some of the highlights to be mentioned were Bubble Coral Shrimp, nudibranchs, including the genus Phidiana and Orangutan Crab for the macro lovers as well as a Hawksbill Turtle and the first Wobbegong Shark of the trip.

Towards the end of the dive, along the sites shallow soft coral garden, the divemasters pointed out a few critters, including Denise Pygmy Seahorse, Allied Cowry, nudibranchs, including the genus Nembrotha, and a few different dragonets.

The dominant corals were Heliopora coerulea, massive Porites, and branching Porites, Montipora, Acropora, and Pavona (these latter 4 genera could not always be distinguished to species level, and are thus grouped by genus and ecoform).

Thermal stress at the present time may have influenced several genera of corals while climate change in the Plio - Pleistocene drastically affected 17 genera in the Caribbean.

Orbicella, a genus of reef - building corals, may be able to survive future climate change.

Just 40 years ago it was believed all corals were host to just one photosynthesizing symbiont, a single species from the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium.