Declan Morrissey
@declan-morrissey.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at SI NMNH. Passionate about deep sea corals, genomics, taxonomy, and biogeography 🪸🪸🪸
Check out a new video feature by @declan-morrissey.bsky.social on #deepsea corals and his research! #octocoralFriday youtu.be/nwiUc1sTDHE?...
Unraveling the Identities of Deepwater Bamboo Corals, Dr. Declan Morrissey, Postdoctoral Researcher
YouTube video by Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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🚨🚨new paper🚨🚨 First IUCN redlist of cold-water corals reveals global decline link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The first IUCN Red List of cold-water corals highlights global declines - Marine Biodiversity
The most well-known species-based conservation tool is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The current coverage of species in the Red List is ...
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New @corallab.bsky.social paper. Herein we describe a new species of Parasphaerasclera, a genus previously not reported in the Atlantic. It was initially detected using eDNA before it was found.
Finally, after a year, the last chapter of my PhD is out. We confirm the presence of mitonuclear discordance in 3 genera (so far!) of bamboo corals. In addition, we find an ORF in a highly variable region between cob-nad6. Its function is unknown. It is present in all individuals bar Acanella
Analysis of mitogenomes from the family Keratoisididae reveals mitonuclear discordance and the presence of unknown open reading frames - Marine Biology
Historically, evolutionary studies have not been able to resolve relationships within Octocorallia but recent advances in genomic techniques have allowed large numbers of Ultra Conserved Elements and ...
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Congrats to our fearless leader! Reconstructing the Anthozoa tree of life, one branch at a time. 😍
Coral Lab@corallab.bsky.social · 2y agoCongrats to Dr. Andrea Quattrini (Coral Curator, SI NMNH) for winning The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers! This is the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists in the early stages of their independent research careers!
Today is all about squat lobsters. These guys were found living on corals from Irelands deep sea! Soon we will work to assess the diversity of these animals in Irish waters including descriptions of new species! @corallab.bsky.social
One of the many new bamboo corals coming and the first of a few interesting new Irish corals!
Coral Lab@corallab.bsky.social · 2y agoA new genus of bamboo coral from the Whittard Canyon, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic doi.org/10.1071/IS24... 🧵4/7
Welcome to the Coral Lab! 🪸 🦑🧪🌊🐙 This page shares new research and discoveries related to coral taxonomy, systematics, and evolutionary history. To kick things off, here’s a few of our favorite coral research and discoveries of 2024! A thread 🧵1/7
