Three people were arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence for trafficking dead black and soft corals, as well as Trapezium Horse Conches, in Andhra Pradesh. The endangered marine ...

The officials seized around 9.812 kg of dead black corals (scientific name: Antipatharia, local name: Indrajaal), 0.286 kg of dead soft corals (scientific name: Alcyonacea, local name: Mahendrajaal) ...

These massive whales, found in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, are known for their exceptional longevity. Some individuals have been estimated to live for over 200 years, making them one of the ...

Comparing the decay of human wastewater-associated markers and enteric viruses in laboratory microcosms simulating estuarine waters in a temperate climatic zone using qPCR/RT-qPCR assays ...

I HAVE been allowed to examine a small collection of Alcyonaria and Antipatharia that has been obtained by the fisheries branch of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland from deep water off the ...

But not all corals stick to the shallows. For example, most members of the order Antipatharia do not live within 160 feet of the surface. Some even reside at depths deeper than 26,000 feet.

Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) are an anthozoan lineage in the class Hexacorallia that occur across a wide range of habitats from the tropics to the poles and from surface waters to depths ...

The Conservation Services Programme (CSP) is DOC’s primary mechanism to understand and address fishing related threats to protected species. A proportion of funding required to investigate and ...

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