Many corals form intimate symbioses with photosynthetic dinoflagellates in the family
Symbiodiniaceae. These symbioses have been deeply studied, particularly in reef-forming …

Photoautotrophic euendolithic microorganisms are ubiquitous where there are calcium
carbonate substrates to bore into and sufficient light to sustain photosynthesis. The most …

Porphyra corallicola was described based on a filamentous red alga inadvertently
introduced into culture from a crustose coralline alga. This species is known only in its …

Osteoderms are dermal ossifications present in several vertebrates and assemble a
carapace on armadillos. Here we describe ichnotaxonomically two types of bioerosion …

Coral reefs are increasingly in jeopardy due to global changes affecting both reef accretion
and bioerosion processes. Bioerosion processes dynamics in dead reef carbonates under …

The participation of microorganisms in construction and destruction of sedimentary
structures is widely recognized, and so is the importance of studying such geological …

Pyropia nereocystis is an annual northeastern Pacific‐bladed bangialean species whose
macroscopic stage epiphytized the annual canopy forming bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana. I …

Microborings made by bangialean rhodophytes and classified as Conchocelichnus occur as
filamentous traces within living stylasterid corals or mollusc shells. These microborings have …

Errina is a cosmopolitan genus of arborescent stylasterids that includes, discounting Errina
cyclopora incertae sedis, 26 recent species and one extinct species. So far, only one …

Corals are early-branching animals highly reliant on diverse symbionts for growth and
reproduction. Most coral groups, including stony corals and hydrocorals, exhibit deep …