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Inter-annual variability patterns of reef cryptobiota in the central Red Sea across a shelf gradient

Research article Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21304-2

Authors: R. Villalobos, E. Aylagas, J. K. Pearman, J. Curdia, D. Lozano-Cortés, D. J. Coker, B. Jones, M. L. Berumen, S. Carvalho

Molecular hydrogen can minimize negative effects of heat stress on the hard coral genus Acropora

Research article Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.02.606431

Authors: Malte Ostendarp, Mareike de Breuyn, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Susana Carvalho, Raquel S. Peixoto, Christian Wild

Two new records and description of a new Perinereis (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region

Research article Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1196.115260

Authors: Marcos A L Teixeira, Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Susana Carvalho

Gulf of Aqaba
mtCOI-5P
NEOM
north-eastern Red Sea
Polychaeta
Saudi Arabia
taxonomy

The Coral Probiotics Village: An Underwater Laboratory to Tackle the Coral Reefs Crisis

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71558

Authors: Neus Garcias-Bonet, Helena Villela, Francisca C. García, Gustavo A. S. Duarte, Nathalia Delgadillo-Ordoñez, Inês Raimundo, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Erika P. Santoro, Morgan Bennett-Smith, Brian O. Nieuwenhuis, João Curdia, Brian Zgliczynski, Clinton Edwards, Stuart Sandin, Eslam O. Osman, Ronell Sicat, Alexander Przybysz, Alexandre S. Rosado, Burton H. Jones, Francesca Benzoni, Michael L. Berumen, Khaled Salama, Shinkyu Park, Manuel Aranda, Carlos M. Duarte, Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Tadd Truscott, David J. Suggett, Christian R. Voolstra, Susana Carvalho, Raquel S. Peixoto

Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Red Sea

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70000

Authors: Elamurugu Alias Gokul, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Robert J. W. Brewin, Susana Carvalho, Khaled Asfahani, Ibrahim Hoteit

Probiotics prevent mortality of thermal-sensitive corals exposed to short-term heat stres

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf039

Authors: Mareike de Breuyn, Malte Ostendarp, Yusuf C El-Khaled, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Susana Carvalho, Christian Wild, Raquel S Peixoto

Temperature-dependent responses of the hard corals Acropora sp. and Pocillopora verrucosa to molecular hydrogen

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308894

Authors: Malte Ostendarp, Mareike de Breuyn, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Susana Carvalho, Raquel S. Peixoto, Christian Wild

Parahesione dudahamra sp. nov., an eye-catching symbiotic worm from the Red Sea, with complementary description and notes on Leocrates giardi Gravier, 1900 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Hesionidae)

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.2

Authors: VITALY SYOMIN, ARTHUR ANKER, GLAFIRA KOLBASOVA, SUSANA CARVALHO

Near complete local extinction of iconic anemonefish and their anemone hosts following a heat stress event

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-025-00107-4

Authors: Morgan F. Bennett-Smith, Helena Villela, Micaela S. S. Justo, Viktor Nunes Peinemann, Michael L. Berumen, Susana Carvalho, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Francisca C. García, Melissa Versteeg, Theresa Rueger, Peter M. Buston, Raquel S. Peixoto

Adaptive hues: color change in a small coral reef mesopredator (Pseudochromis flavivertex)

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02804-9

Authors: Stephania Palacios-Narváez, Darren J. Coker, Micaela S. Justo, Viktor Nunes Peinemann, John E. Majoris, Michael L. Berumen

The first record of Porcupinella profunda from the North Pacific, Aleutian Trench documents phylogenetic position in the Umbellulidae

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103590

Authors: Yuka Kushida, Angelika Brandt, James Davis Reimer, Hiroki Kise, Angelo Poliseno

Aleut-Bio cruise
Chunellidae
Molecular phylogeny
Umbellula

Gaps and Data Ambiguities in DNA Reference Libraries: A Limiting Factor for Molecular-Based Biodiversity Assessments Using Annelids as a Case Study

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71544

Authors: Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Eva Aylagas, John K. Pearman, Susana Carvalho

A sea of worms: the striking cases of the European Perinereis cultrifera and P. rullieri (Annelida: Nereididae) species complexes, with description of 13 new species

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1071/IS24059

Authors: Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Joachim Langeneck, Maël Grosse, Pedro E. Vieira, José Carlos Hernández, Bruno R. Sampieri, Panagiotis Kasapidis, Torkild Bakken, Susana Carvalho, Ascensão Ravara, Arne Nygren, Filipe O. Costa

Canary Islands
cryptic species
identification key
integrative taxonomy
Mediterranean Sea
Northeast Atlantic
Polychaeta

Holopelagic Annelida from the Red Sea off the Central Saudi Arabian coast

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.1

Authors: G.D. KOLBASOVA, V.L. SYOMIN, J. SEMPERE-VALVERDE, M.A.L. TEIXEIRA, S. CARVALHO

Annelida
18S
28S
pelagic polychaetes
zooplankton
molecular systematics
morphology
COI

The role of limpets in biodiversity patterns and bioerosion on coastal infrastructure: Insights from Plymouth Breakwater

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107548

Authors: Aeden Cooper, Antony M. Knights, Sandalia Walker, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Chris Moocarme, Stephen J. Hawkins, Louise B. Firth

Bioerosion
Biofouling
Succession
Ecosystem engineers
Biodegradation
Habitat-modifying

First assessment of biofouling assemblages in the northern Red Sea, an important region for marine non-indigenous species transfer

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1522723

Authors: Juan Sempere-Valverde, Eva Aylagas, Vitaly Syomin, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Sofía Ruiz-Velasco, Sahar Chebaane, Arthur Anker, João Cúrdia, Ronald Cadiz, Dylan M. Cottrell, Andrea Desiderato, Luiz F. Andrade, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Carolina Bocanegra-Castano, Matilde Marzucchi, Angelo Poliseno, Doaa Baker, Basmah Alabdulaziz, Flor Torres, Ameer A. Eweida, Susana Carvalho

The spread of Aoroides longimerus Ren & Zheng, 1996 across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: genetic diversity, anthropogenic transport, and ecological implications

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.41784

Authors: José Manuel Guerra-García, Andrea Desiderato, SERENA MUCCIOLO, Carlos Navarro-Barranco, Macarena ROS, Jasmine Ferrario, Paula Moretti, Agnese Marchini, Nawfel Mosbahi, Sofía RUIZ-VELASCO, Ignacio Gestoso, PATRÍCIO RAMALHOSA, JOÃO CANNING-CLODE, Celia Olabarria, Eva Cacabelos, JESÚS S. TRONCOSO, Jean-Philippe Pezy, Aurore Raoux, Jean-Claude Dauvin, MATHILDE CHARBONNELLE, Ferdinand Schlicklin, Hiroyuki Ariyama, Emanuele MANCINI, Andrea BONIFAZI, Vincent Le Garrec, Thomas Burel, Benoit GOUILLIEUX, CRISTINA ESPÍRITO SANTO, Paula Chainho, ROMEU S. RIBEIRO, INÊS AFONSO, Yanrong Wang, JEAN-CHARLES LECLERC, Marine Moal, CÉLINE HOUBIN, FRÉDÉRIQUE VIARD, ERIC THIÉBAUT, Victoria FERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ, SANDRA NAVARRO-MAYORAL, SONIA DÍAZ-VERGARA, ARJAN GITTENBERGER, LAUREN ELIZABETH HUGHES, MARIA LAMPA, GIORGOS CHATZIGEORGIOU, WANDA PLAITIS, Francesco TIRALONGO, Gemma MARTÍNEZ-LAIZ, M. PILAR CABEZAS, Sofia Duarte, JOÃO P.R. PINHEIRO, GIOVANNA O. REIS, Triana REVANALES, SEMPERE-VALVERDE JUAN, Eva Aylagas, ANGELO POLISENO, Sahar CHEBAANE, Susana CARVALHO, Vasilis GEROVASILEIOU, INMACULADA FRUTOS, Pablo SAENZ-ARIAS

Early detection
Non-indigenous
Taxonomic expertise
Amphipoda
Scientific collaboration
aquaculture recreational boating

A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea

Research article Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi-org.kaust.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2025.152159

Authors: Eloise B. Richardson, Eva Aylagas, Laura Gajdzik, Royale S. Hardenstine, Jesse E.M. Cochran, Stephania Palacios-Narváez, Carolina Bocanegra, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Michael L. Berumen

BRUVS
UAVS
eDNA
Rays
Sharks
Coral reef
Red Sea

Coral probiotics induce tissue-specific and putative beneficial microbiome restructuring in a coral-dwelling fish

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf052

Authors: Joao G. D. Rosado, Nathalia Delgadillo-Ordoñez, Matteo Monti, Viktor Nunes Peinemann, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Ahmed Alsaggaf, Inês Raimundo, Darren Coker, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Francisca C García, Raquel S Peixoto, Susana Carvalho, Michael L. Berumen

Effects of salinity stress on Acropora sp. and Stylophora pistillata in the Red Sea: A pre-construction risk assessment for desalination plants

Research article Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.119328

Authors: Micaela S.S. Justo, Laura Beenham, Joao Curdia, Marta Cunha, Fern Lyne, Rita Bartossek, Carla Leite, Edwin Palmer, Edward Oldmeadow, Raquel S. Peixoto, Rosa Freitas, Michael L. Berumen, Susana Carvalho

Brine discharge
Red Sea
Coral health
Physiological and biochemical effects
Reef conservation
Water management

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