Bamboo coral

Bamboo coral
Isidella tentaculum (Gulf of Alaska)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Keratoisididae
Gray, 1870
This bamboo coral branches at the gorgonin internodes
Fragments of fossil Keratoisis melitensis (Goldfuss, 1826) from the Lower Pleistocene of Cape Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.

Bamboo coral, family Keratoisididae (formerly Isididae[1][2]) is a family of coral of the phylum Cnidaria.[3][4] It is a commonly recognized inhabitant of the deep sea, due to the clearly articulated skeletons of the species.[5] Deep water coral species such as this are especially affected by the practice of bottom trawling. These organisms may be an important environmental indicator in the study of long term climate change, as some specimens of bamboo coral have been discovered that are 4,000 years old.[6] Bamboo corals were previously defined to be the family Isididae, based on their articulated skeletons with proteinaceous joints, but this family was shown to be paraphyletic after it was found in 2021 that this had evolved at least five separate times.[1][2] As of 2023, the taxonomy of bamboo corals is being actively revised.[3]

  1. ^ a b Saucier, Esprit Heestand; France, Scott C.; Watling, Les (2021-09-30). "Toward a revision of the bamboo corals: Part 3, deconstructing the Family Isididae". Zootaxa. 5047 (3): 247–272. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34810847.
  2. ^ a b Morrissey, Declan; Gordon, Jessica D; Saso, Emma; Bilewitch, Jaret P.; Taylor, Michelle L.; Hayes, Vonda; McFadden, Catherine S.; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Allcock, A. Louise (2023-11-01). "Bamboozled! Resolving deep evolutionary nodes within the phylogeny of bamboo corals (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 188: 107910. Bibcode:2023MolPE.18807910M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107910. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 37640170.
  3. ^ a b Periasamy, Rengaiyan; Kurian, Palayil John; Ingole, Baban (2023-11-01). "Two new bamboo corals species (Octocorallia: Keratoisididae) from the seamounts of slow-spreading Central Indian Ridge". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 201: 104158. Bibcode:2023DSRI..20104158P. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2023.104158. ISSN 0967-0637.
  4. ^ "Keratoisididae Gray, 1870". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  5. ^ Scott C. France (2007). "Genetic analysis of bamboo corals" (PDF). Bulletin of Marine Science. 81 (3): 323–333.
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