Unexpected patterns in the sexual reproduction of the Mediterranean scleractinian coral Cladocora caespitosa

2013 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 165-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
DK Kersting ◽  
C Casado ◽  
S López-Legentil ◽  
C Linares
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals The zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck, 1816), an overlooked newcomer in the Mediterranean Sea?

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 589 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMONE MARIANI ◽  
OSCAR OCAÑA VICENTE ◽  
PAULA LÓPEZ-SENDINO ◽  
MARÍA GARCÍA ◽  
AURORA MARTÍNEZ RICART ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
General Description ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
Marine Habitats ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean

The zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Oulastrea crispata, a widely distributed species across central Indo-Pacific nearshore marine habitats, has been first reported from the Mediterranean Sea (Corsica) in 2014. Here we report on two new sites for this species in the NW Mediterranean Sea and provide a general description of external morphological characters of the colonies and a detailed account of the cnidom to help future identifications. Living specimens may appear virtually identical to small colonies (~5 cm) of the Mediterranean zooxanthellate scleractinian Cladocora caespitosa. While this species shows long, ramified, independent corallites, with cylindrical calices, O. crispata has enlarged, cup-like calices, which can be joined by the coenosteum. It also shows clear differences among several groups of nematocysts, principally the presence in the filaments of large penicilli (p-mastigophore) of one type, which are absent in C. caespitosa. Identifications based on underwater observations or even the analysis of photographs may easily lead to misleading identifications. We hypothesize that O. crispata may have gone unnoticed because of misidentifications as C. caespitosa. More detailed research is needed to get reliable maps of the actual distribution of this apparently non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean stony coral Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) as habitat provider for molluscs: colony size effect

2017 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pitacco ◽  
Fabio Crocetta ◽  
Martina Orlando-Bonaca ◽  
Borut Mavrič ◽  
Lovrenc Lipej
Keyword(s):  
Size Effect ◽  
Colony Size ◽  
Stony Coral ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
The Mediterranean

The plasticity of gonad development of sexual reproduction in a scleractinian coral, Porites lichen

2020 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 113270
Author(s):  
Chieh-Jhen Chen ◽  
Wei-Jen Chen ◽  
Shinya Shikina ◽  
Vianney Denis ◽  
Ching-Fong Chang
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Gonad Development

scholarly journals Co-variation between autotrophy and heterotrophy in the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa

2010 ◽  
Vol 213 (14) ◽  
pp. 2399-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hoogenboom ◽  
R. Rodolfo-Metalpa ◽  
C. Ferrier-Pages
Keyword(s):  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
The Mediterranean

Sexual reproduction of the Lessepsian seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Gerakaris ◽  
Konstantinos Tsiamis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Halophila Stipulacea ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractSexual reproduction has hardly ever been reported in the Lessepsian seagrass

scholarly journals Environmental drivers of distribution and reef development of the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa

Coral Reefs ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1195-1209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Chefaoui ◽  
Pilar Casado-Amezúa ◽  
José Templado
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Reef Development ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
The Mediterranean
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