#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea mushroom soft coral from the #atlantic ocean just came in:

Neoanthomastus longistylus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3CACF1D7-1AC9-5E5D-8F8D-F218B39E5EB4
Publication: https://
doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.163559
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #NeoanthomastusLongistylus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #corals #softcorals #deepsea

#Trees, #grasses, #corals, and #oysters are foundational to the structure of an #ecosystem while they are alive. But new research shows that when they die — due to extreme events like storms, wildfires, or marine heatwaves — the physical remains of these species continue shaping the ecosystem.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1130586

#science #ecology #foundationSpecies #habitat

Group Work
On the labor, love, and strange multiplicity of coral

"Corals are in fact three things in one: something of an animal, something of a plant, and something of a stone. They make individuality seem specious, interconnection and collectivity the peeled-back reality."

https://orionmagazine.org/article/group-work/

#Corals #Marine

RE: https://mstdn.social/@compoundchem/116716533544196361

The #climatecrisis has multiple negative effects on the maritime #biosphere.

The rise in sea temperature receives most attention, but #oceanacidification poses a major risk to the #maritime #ecology as well - threatening the stability of the #foodchain in the world's #oceans.

Within this century the skeletons of maritime organisms, such as #corals, will be at risk to erode faster then they can be sustained. This will also affect #plankton which forms the basis of the maritime #food chain.

After extreme thermal stress and runoff caused mass soft coral "slumping" in 2024, researchers are monitoring South Korea's Jeju Island closely.

Widespread die-offs have stalled so far in 2026, but an upcoming Super El Niño threatens a repeat of the ecological damage.

Elizabeth Claire Alberts reports for #Mongabay.
https://mongabay.cc/hGwjUC

#Corals #SouthKorea