Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

As climate change increases the rate of environmental change and the frequency and
intensity of disturbance events, selective forces intensify. However, given the complicated …

Symbiotic associations with Symbiodiniaceae have evolved independently across a diverse
range of cnidarian taxa including reef-building corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish, yet the …

Efficient nutrient recycling underpins the ecological success of cnidarian-algal symbioses in
oligotrophic waters. In these symbioses, nitrogen limitation restricts the growth of algal …

Coral growth depends on the partnership between the animal hosts and their intracellular,
photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts. In this study, we used the sea anemone Aiptasia, a …

Gene duplication is a major force driving evolutionary innovation. A classic example is
generating new animal toxins via duplication of physiological protein-encoding genes and …

Many anthozoans, eg, sea anemones and corals, have remarkable capacities for asexual
reproduction and regeneration, creating complete individual polyps from pieces of parental …

The symbiosis between corals and dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae is sensitive
to environmental stress. The oxidative bleaching hypothesis posits that extreme …

This study examines the impact of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on two coral species,
Acropora eurystoma and Pocillopora damicornis, in the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat Red Sea …

Phototrophic Cnidaria are mixotrophic organisms that can complement their heterotrophic
diet with nutrients assimilated by their algal endosymbionts. Metabolic models suggest that …