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Science
New ocean zone added to coral “Twilight Zone”
Brian Blank Mar 23, 2018

Mesophotic, meet your new neighbor rariphotic. The deep sea Twilight Zone of coral reefs and some insanely beautiful fish has another zone names the rariphotic zone thanks to the Smithsonian Institute…

Brian Blank Mar 23, 2018 0
New Species
Sinularia mesophotica, A New Species of Photosyntetic Soft Coral From The Deep
Jake Adams Jun 1, 2017

Sinularia mesophotica is a new species of soft coral that has just been described from the deep waters of the Red Sea. This coral is special for a number reasons, not the least of which is how de…

Jake Adams Jun 1, 2017 0
Video
Genicanthus spinus: First Video of this Rare Angelfish from the Cook Islands
Jake Adams Jan 25, 2017

Genicanthus spinus is a species of angelfish so rare that it’s literally one of the few Pomacanthids that we’d never written about, until today. We’ve covered so many rare …

Jake Adams Jan 25, 2017 0
Deep Water
A new way to photosynthesize discovered in mesophotic coral, Stylophora pistillata
Nicole Helgason Oct 28, 2016

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science found that photosynthetic algae in corals which inhabit mesophotic reefs have a never-before seen adaptation to life in the twilig…

Nicole Helgason Oct 28, 2016 0
Deep Water
Prognathodes basabei, or orange margin butterfly, now officially described
Brian Blank Sep 6, 2016

Although known to exist for over 20 years and even referenced quite a few times here at Reef Builders, a new species of deep-water butterflyfish from the mesophotic reefs of the Papahanaumokuakea Mari…

Brian Blank Sep 6, 2016 0
Deep Water
Habitat Persistence Hypothesis is Rich Pyle’s exciting theory about deep reef fish
Jake Adams Jul 5, 2016

Dr. Rich Pyle is one of the undisputed pioneers of deep reef fish species habitats, and biology. Over the last thirty years, Pyle has been exploring deep mesophotic reefs and discovering new species o…

Jake Adams Jul 5, 2016 0
Deep Water
Brian Greene, Richard Pyle and Sonia Rowley teases with a surfeit of undescribed species from Pohnpei
Lemon TYK Aug 18, 2015

To the uninitiated, the mesophotic coral reefs would seem like an unlikely place to find vibrant fish life. Antonymous to the ebullient habitat of shallow water coral gardens, the mesophotic zone is a…

Lemon TYK Aug 18, 2015 0
Deep Water
The deep sea is on display in Curacao
Guest Writer Jul 27, 2015

To most people the Mesophotic Zone is an entirely unknown part of the ocean that very few study and even fewer have physically visited. Yet these areas are more diverse than anticipated and contain a …

Guest Writer Jul 27, 2015 0
Coral
Psammocora eldredgei sets new record for mesophotic photosynthesis
Jake Adams Jul 20, 2015

Psammocora eldredgei is a new species of stony coral that is remarkable not for its size or appearance, but for how deep this Scleratinian was collected from. Most new species of stony corals are real…

Jake Adams Jul 20, 2015 0
Deep Water
Coryphopterus curasub newly described from mesophotic curacao
Jake Adams Jul 20, 2015

Coryphopterus curasub is the newest species of deepwater reef fish described from the depths of Curacao. The new Coryphopterus goby species is yet another new discovery made by the deep-diving Curasub…

Jake Adams Jul 20, 2015 0

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