Project Phoenix - Coral taxonomy
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Project Phoenix is an international multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers interested in the taxonomy, systematics and evolution of corals
Joined September 2020
New #OpenAccess article on Montipora fauna of Daito Islands in Okinawa is now available online!
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A new open access article describing the Montipora fauna of the remote Daito Islands in Okinawa, Japan is now available online at Fauna Ryukyuana. The fauna includes M. stalagmites&n…
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If you happen to be near Townsville AU🇦🇺 and have the time, check out this public talk event at Maggie Island Brewery on Magnetic Island. 🗓️2nd Nov 18:30~.
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Travel notes are back! In this article from the IOT, we explore our preliminary results based on collections from previous trips and other locations.
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Author: Andrew Baird Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) are made up of Cocos (Keeling) Island and Christmas Island, 1000s of km to west of Western Australia. Cocos (Keeling) Island is…
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What does the paper mean for the wider audience? "caution must be exercised when comparing results among studies that claim to be working on the same Acropora species, particularly if they come from different parts of the world".
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Author: Andrew Baird The team at Project Phoenix has just published a paper in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society titled “A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics…
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Our Acropora tenuis paper is out! Congratulations to our hard working team for this global collaborative effort🎉🎉.
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RT @ExmouthResearch: COMMON CORALS OF NINGALOO FIELD GUIDE 🪸. @CoralPrPhoenix researchers from @jcu and @qldmuseum are using molecular tech….
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Our PhD students @mhana24 & @A_Crosbie_ made it into the news! Thank you Peter and ABC! | Scientists study Ningaloo Reef corals, off Exmouth, WA, to identify unknown species via @ABCaustralia.
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They are about 289 coral species around this coast. But scientists fear not all have been correctly identified.
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Awesome sticker!.
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Thank you for having us team MERL🏆🪸.
Congratulations to the team @CoralPrPhoenix on a successful trip to the @ExmouthResearch Lab🪸🪸. We look forward to following your findings from this work, especially with the possibility of learning about new coral species on #Ningaloo!!. #exmouthresearch #coral #taxonomy.
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RT @mhana24: Joined mainly as lab tech but had the chance to go diving/collecting which I’m very grateful for! Has been amazing and the MER….
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Where are you Acropora protoeiformis?? Turns out it is very likely the ones abundant in the lagoon at Ningaloo reefs, Western Australia!
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Author: Andrew Baird Nominal species: Madrepora protoeiformis Saville-Kent, 1897 One of the more distinctive corals on the reefs of Ningaloo (Western Australia) is Acropora protoeiformis …
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Sometimes we get the opportunity to go for fun dives and come back with more observation data ;) Corals of the Exmouth Navy Pier -
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Author: Andrew Baird The Exmouth Navy Pier is often ranked as one of the 10 best shore dive sites, famous for its fish life and invertebrates such as nudibranchs, octopus, and harlequin shrimp. How…
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Summary of the Red Sea Acropora Workshop at @RSRC_KAUST @HabbLab is here! PP members are extremely grateful for this opportunity and very much excited for what's coming next!
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Most of the Australia based contingent of Project Phoenix (PP) has just returned from a workshop on the taxonomy of the Red Sea Acropora hosted by Professor Francesca Benzoni of the Red S…
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Prof. Andrew Baird has made a trip to Aceh, Indonesia to discuss project progress, curate🪸specimen collections and communicate new findings to students. Thanks to Dr. Nur Fadli and lab group students and staffs at Universitas Syiah Kuala, and many more.
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Author: Andrew Baird Andrew Baird has recently returned from a research trip to Aceh, Indonesia. The aims of the trip were to present some of Project Phoenix’s results to colleagues at Syiah Kuala …
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RT @seasciencesage: Feeling privileged and motivated after spending a week talking Red Sea taxonomy and discovery with the @CoralPrPhoenix….
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RT @seasciencesage: “That’s not tenuis”. @mhana24 providing insight into what we are really studying and how we can safeguard our work. #AC….
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RT @seasciencesage: “Acropora hyacinthus is not what you think it is”. Thank you for coming to my ACRS talk. #ACRS22 @AustCoralReefs @Coral….
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"The Galapagos of Japan" is indeed full of wonders! Andrew looking back on the trip done in September 2022 to Ogasawara Islands:
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Author: Andrew Baird The Ogasawara Archipelago is a group of approximately 30 islands in the northern Pacific. The islands are part of the territory of Japan. The Ogasawara Islands are an important…
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