Unprecedented deep-water exploration and genomic effort reveal high black coral diversity in the Red Sea and support the resurrection of the family Stichopathidae (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia)
Silvia Vicario1, Tullia I Terraneo2, Giovanni Chimienti3, Nicolas Oury1, Jeremy Horowitz4, Laura Macrina1, Fabio Marchese2, Carlos M Duarte5, Federica Barreca1, Ameer Abdulla Eweida6, Vincent Pieribone7, Mohammad A. Qurban8, Mattie Rodrigue7 and Francesca Benzoni2, (1)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (2)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (3)University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, Bari, Italy, (4)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, United States, (5)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (6)Saudi Red Sea Authority, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (7)OceanX, New York, United States, (8)National Center for Wildlife, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
