Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography,
ecology, and reproductive biology of deep-sea octocorals and also focuses on gorgonian …

The ability of bottom‐dwelling marine epifauna to regenerate injured or lost body parts is
critical to the survival of individuals from disturbances that inflict wounds. Numerous studies …

Acropora palmata, a branching coral abundant on shallow reef environments throughout the
Caribbean, is susceptible to physical disturbance caused by storms. Accordingly, the …

Species that build the physical structure of ecosystems often reproduce clonally, both in
terrestrial (eg, grasses, trees) and marine (eg, corals, seagrasses) environments. The …

Many branching corals are routinely broken apart into live fragments, mainly by physical
disturbances. Fragments have the potential to survive independently and reproduce …

Corals display a wide range of complex/i/e histories. 7he evolutionary consequences of
factors such as clonalitg, indeterminate growth, asexual reproduction coupled with various …

The presence of corals living in deep waters around the globe has been documented in
various publications since the late 1800s, when the first research vessels set sail on multi …

Clonal reproduction, a common life history strategy among sessile marine invertebrates, can
lead to high local abundances of one to a few genotypes in a population. Analysis of the …

The red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata is a long‐lived, slow‐growing sessile invertebrate of
ecological and conservation importance in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. We …

The decline in abundance of scleractinian corals over the past three decades in the
Caribbean has raised the possibility that other important benthic taxa, such as octocorals …