Acanella

Acanella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Scleralcyonacea
Family:	Keratoisididae
Genus:	Acanella Gray, 1870
Species
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Acanella is a genus of deep sea bamboo coral of the family Keratoisididae. ^[1] Acanella are mainly studied and found in Hawaii, they are able to survive in high-flow sites and are preyed upon by nudibranch mollusks. It has a high fecundity and small size that allows high dispersal and recruitment; however, it has been classified as a vulnerable marine organism due to its vulnerability to bottom fishing gear. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

It contains the following species: ^[1]

• Acanella africana Kükenthal, 1915
• Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862)
• Acanella aurelia Saucier & France, 2017
• Acanella chiliensis Wright & Studer, 1889
• Acanella dispar Bayer, 1990
• Acanella furcata Thomson, 1929
• Acanella gregori (Gray, 1870)
• Acanella microspiculata Aurivillius, 1931
• Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889
• Acanella robusta Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Acanella scarletae Saucier & France, 2017
• Acanella verticillata Kükenthal, 1915
• Acanella weberi Nutting, 1910

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanella Gray, 1870". marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2018-03-26.
2. Imbs, Audrey (26 December 2015). "High level of tetracosapolyenoic fatty acids in the cold-water mollusk Tochuina tetraquetra is a result of the nudibranch feeding on soft corals". Polar Biology. 39 (8): 1511–1514. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1865-y. S2CID   253812787.
3. Beazley, Lindsay; Kenchington, Ellen (31 May 2012). "Reproductive biology of the deep-water coral Acanella arbuscula (Phylum Cnidaria: Class Anthozoa: Order Alcyonacea), northwest Atlantic". Deep Sea Research . 68: 92–104. Bibcode:2012DSRI...68...92B. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.013 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
4. Parrish, Frank; Oliver, Thomas (15 May 2020). "Comparative Observations of Current Flow, Tidal Spectra, and Scattering Strength in and Around Hawaiian Deep-Sea Coral Patches". Frontiers in Marine Science . 7. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00310 .

External links

• Media related to Acanella at Wikimedia Commons