- Indo|Pacific Coral Found Growing on Venezuelan Reef🔍
- How Are These Invasive Soft Corals Choking Venezuela's Reefs?🔍
- Unomia stolonifera smothers Venezuelan reefs🔍
- Why some corals are better off dead🔍
- Deadly invader devastating Venezuelan coral reefs🔍
- Be on the Lookout🔍
- Invasive Indo|Pacific Xenia Spreading in Caribbean🔍
- Exotic corals choke reefs in Venezuela🔍
Indo|Pacific Coral Found Growing on Venezuelan Reef
Indo-Pacific Coral Found Growing on Venezuelan Reef
The xenia coral has become an invasive species in Venezuela's Caribbean waters. Scientists believe that the xenia—an Indo-Pacific soft ...
How Are These Invasive Soft Corals Choking Venezuela's Reefs?
Marine biologists in Venezuela are racing against the clock to stop an invasive species of soft coral that are ravaging reefs.
Unomia stolonifera smothers Venezuelan reefs | ICRI
Ecologists raise concerns over the impact of invasive species on fragile marine ecosystems. Their rapid spread can cause widespread damage ...
Why some corals are better off dead - The Washington Post
But here in Venezuela, reefs face a different kind of lethal threat: Unomia stolonifera, an invasive coral species that is smothering native ...
Deadly invader devastating Venezuelan coral reefs - Phys.org
The threat extends beyond Venezuela's borders: officials say Unomia traces have been found near the islands of Aruba and Curacao, and in waters ...
Be on the Lookout: a potential new invasive species-Xeniid soft corals
Coral reef scientists in the Caribbean recently released a paper cataloging the spread of a new invader on Venezuelan coral reefs: an Indo- ...
Invasive Indo-Pacific Xenia Spreading in Caribbean
Venezuelan reefs overgrown by invasive xeniid soft coral: a C. natans (left) D. strigosa (right). Scientists have discovered what they are ...
Exotic corals choke reefs in Venezuela, threatening the Caribbean
When Ruiz-Allais discovered it in 2007, it was “an unknown species in the Caribbean and even the Atlantic,” so “no one knew what it was.” With ...
Protecting Caribbean reefs from invasive coral Unomia stolonifera
Among these invaders is the octocoral species Unomia stolonifera or 'Pulsing Xenia', originally from the Indo-Pacific. With its rapid growth and ...
The first incidence of an alien soft coral of the family Xeniidae in the ...
At that time, a single colony was found growing on a dead stony coral and subsequently found on coral rubble, sand, and debris. Since then ...
Underwater images of the invasive Unomia stolonifera in the study ...
The Indo-Pacific octocoral Xenia sp. has been reported as a successful invasive species of the Venezuelan coral reefs (Southeastern Caribbean Sea), and the ...
Unomia, the Killer Coral that Suffocates Reefs Off Venezuela's ...
Unomia Coral puts Venezuelan coastline at risk. ... Bloomberg — In the early 2000s, people in northern Venezuela say, a man tried to grow and ...
The Invasive Xeniid Soft Coral Exchange - AGRRA
Species of soft octocorals of the family Xeniidae, which naturally occur in tropical, Indo-Pacific coral reefs, are now invasive in the Caribbean, Brazil, and ...
Protecting (Dutch) Caribbean Reefs from Unomia stolonifera - DCNA
Among these invaders is the octocoral species Unomia stolonifera or “Pulsing Xenia”, originally from the Indo-Pacific. With its rapid growth and ...
A Killer Coral Is Smothering Reefs Off Venezuela's Caribbean Coast
The highly invasive Unomia species is spreading quickly, raising worries it will stifle marine biodiversity.
Hawaii Invasive Species Council | Invasive octocorals
... coral”, is a fast-growing soft coral that originates from the Indo-Pacific region. It is known for its ability to reproduce quickly and outcompete native corals ...
Scientists say they've discovered the world's biggest coral, so huge it ...
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing ...
reefs. Also known as pulse corals, Xenia, or Unomia, they are common aquarium species ... To be able to combat this threat to Florida's Coral Reef ...
Scientists seek public help to prevent spread of invasive soft coral ...
Several species of pulse corals have been discovered growing outside their native range into Hawaii, Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Pulse ...
(PDF) The first incidence of an alien soft coral of the family Xeniidae ...
The Indo-Pacific octocoral Xenia sp. has been reported as a successful invasive species of the Venezuelan coral reefs (Southeastern ...