Friday, 3 July 2015

New genus and species of 'living fossil' octocoral related to blue coral

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New genus and species of 'living fossil' octocoral related to blue coral
London, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - Research conducted in Okinawa, Japan, by graduate student Yu Miyazaki and associate professor James Davis Reimer from the University of the Ryukyus has found a very unusual new species of octocoral from a shallow coral reef in Okinawa, Japan. The new species can be considered a "living fossil", and is related in many ways to the unusual blue coral. The study was published in the open access jour ... more


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