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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Jun 14

🚨🚨new paper🚨🚨

First IUCN redlist of cold-water corals reveals global decline

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The first IUCN Red List of cold-water corals highlights global declines - Marine Biodiversity

The most well-known species-based conservation tool is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The current coverage of species in the Red List is ...

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Mar 10

www.mapress.com/zt/issue/vie...

Vol. 5601 No. 3: 10 Mar. 2025 | Zootaxa

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Mar 10

New @corallab.bsky.social paper. Herein we describe a new species of Parasphaerasclera, a genus previously not reported in the Atlantic. It was initially detected using eDNA before it was found.

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Mar 10

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Ocean Census @oceancensus.bsky.social · Mar 9

We are excited to share some news with you tomorrow, Monday 10th March. Stay tuned...

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Feb 14

since then, we have described a new genus of Irish Bamboo Coral - Explorisis, named after the RV Celtic Explorer, the ship that collected every specimen!

A new genus of bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae) from the Whittard Canyon, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic

Deep-sea corals are rarely identified to species due to a lack of taxonomic expertise and paucity of sampling. Herein we describe a new genus from the family Keratoisididae collected from the Northeas...

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Feb 14

Bamboozled! Resolving deep evolutionary nodes within the phylogeny of bamboo corals (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae)

Keratoisididae is a globally distributed, and exclusively deep-sea, family of octocorals that contains species and genera that are polyphyletic. An al…

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Feb 14

The Biodiversity of Calcaxonian Octocorals from the Irish Continental Slope Inferred from Multilocus Mitochondrial Barcoding

Deep-sea corals are important benthic inhabitants that support the biodiversity and function of the wider faunal community; however, their taxonomy is underdeveloped and their accurate identification ...

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Feb 14

Since this is a new platform, I will also reshare my other PhD chapters.
The North-east Atlantic Margin: A Review of the Geology, Geography, Oceanography, and Vulnerable Megabenthic Ecosystems of the Continental Slope of Ireland and the United Kingdom. OA

The North-east Atlantic Margin: A Review of the Geology, Geography, Oc

The Irish–Scottish margin is geologically and oceanographically heterogeneous. Source waters of subpolar and subtropical origin interact with banks, seamounts,

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Feb 14

Finally, after a year, the last chapter of my PhD is out.
We confirm the presence of mitonuclear discordance in 3 genera (so far!) of bamboo corals. In addition, we find an ORF in a highly variable region between cob-nad6. Its function is unknown. It is present in all individuals bar Acanella

Analysis of mitogenomes from the family Keratoisididae reveals mitonuclear discordance and the presence of unknown open reading frames - Marine Biology

Historically, evolutionary studies have not been able to resolve relationships within Octocorallia but recent advances in genomic techniques have allowed large numbers of Ultra Conserved Elements and ...

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Jan 16

Congrats to our fearless leader! Reconstructing the Anthozoa tree of life, one branch at a time. 😍

Coral Lab @corallab.bsky.social · Jan 16

Congrats to Dr. Andrea Quattrini (Coral Curator, SI NMNH) for winning The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers!

This is the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists in the early stages of their independent research careers!

Dr. Andrea Quattrini holding up a big orange coral while standing in a room full of drawers that contain corals.

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Dec 18

Today is all about squat lobsters. These guys were found living on corals from Irelands deep sea! Soon we will work to assess the diversity of these animals in Irish waters including descriptions of new species! @corallab.bsky.social

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Nov 21

I will tell her she has a fan club waiting for her 🤣

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Declan Morrissey @declan-morrissey.bsky.social · Nov 20

One of the many new bamboo corals coming and the first of a few interesting new Irish corals!

Coral Lab @corallab.bsky.social · Nov 20

A new genus of bamboo coral from the Whittard Canyon, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic
doi.org/10.1071/IS24...
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Reposted by Declan Morrissey

Coral Lab @corallab.bsky.social · Nov 20

Welcome to the Coral Lab! 🪸
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This page shares new research and discoveries related to coral taxonomy, systematics, and evolutionary history.

To kick things off, here’s a few of our favorite coral research and discoveries of 2024!
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