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Laura Macrina @lauramacrina

29 Sep 2025

Grateful to all my co-authors and the expedition leaders that allowed us to sample for this study and made this work possible 🪸

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Laura Macrina @lauramacrina

29 Sep 2025

- A reference collection for octocoral research in the Red Sea - New insights into mesophotic and deep-sea biodiversity, still largely unexplored, as well as 10 new records for the Red Sea - A foundation for biodiversity assessments in this rapidly developing region

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Laura Macrina @lauramacrina

29 Sep 2025

Here, we present the first comprehensive molecular assessment of octocoral diversity in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea, harnessing sampling efforts spanning the latitudinal extension of the basin and more than 800 m depths. This study provides:

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Laura Macrina @lauramacrina

29 Sep 2025

Our manuscript titled "The hidden diversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals revealed through a morpho-molecular assessment across bathymetric and latitudinal gradients", based on the results of my first PhD chapter, is now published open access: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

26 Jun 2025

floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc… nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

6 Jul 2024

Congrats again to all the HaBBs for another successful conference 🪸🦀 A special mention to our Vicky and @bhr_suzy for winning the best poster and best oral presentation, respectively. We are proud of you girls 💫 @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

5 Jul 2024

The HaBBs made it to another conference! Congrats to all our speakers, it’s always amazing to see the passion you all put in your research. Looking forward for the next one together 🦀🪸 @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

5 Jul 2024

Last but not least, @bhr_suzy brought us deeper into cryptic diversity 🦀 @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

5 Jul 2024

Some last presentations from yesterday. @lauramacrina showed some cool preliminary results from her PhD on the octocoral family Ellisellidae @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

4 Jul 2024

Next was our Fede who brought us around the oceans with the genus Dipsastrea @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

4 Jul 2024

New day new presentations! @Ecrs2024 #ecrs2024 Silvi gave us an overview of her first chapter, revealing the unknown diversity of the Agariciidae from the Red Sea

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

3 Jul 2024

Last but not least, our two poster girls Nattie and Vicky presenting one of their PhD chapters. @Ecrs2024 #ECRS2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

3 Jul 2024

Then our PhD students @_Megan_Nolan and Andy amazingly presented part of their PhD projects. So many questions! We are proud of you girls! #ecrs2024 @Ecrs2024

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

3 Jul 2024

Let’s wrap up the first #ECRS2024 day. First, our post doc Nicolas Oury presented on population connectivity of the hard coral Coscinaraea monile

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

2 Jun 2024

New paper out on Coral Reef @ICRSCoralReefs In this paper, we reported the effect of the 2016 bleaching event in New Caledonia on Pocillopora and Porites corals.

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

2 Jun 2024

The assessment of the Symbiodiniaceae community revealed a species and site specific partitioning, which appeared stable under warming pressure in time.

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

2 Jun 2024

Our study thus encouraged further exploration of these symbiotic relationships to unravel the adaptation of potential Symbiodiniaceae to environmental disturbances and its impact on coral health. If you want to know more, check the link: link.springer.com/article/10…

Coral-associated Symbiodiniaceae dynamics during the 2016 mass bleaching event in New Caledonia

Coral Reefs - The ecological success of shallow water corals hinges on their association with photosynthetic Symbiodiniaceae algae. This is affected by environmental drivers among which sea...

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

19 May 2024

Check out this blog story from our recent publication! discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/ar… discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/ar…

Rolling "balls" provide substrate for marine life

A detailed oceanographic survey reveals spherical nodule structures supporting life on the floor of the Red Sea.

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

23 Apr 2024

Congrats to our new PhD candidate @lauramacrina

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

19 Apr 2024

New paper out on @FrontiersIn in collaboration with @NEOM, OceanX and @NCW_center

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

19 Apr 2024

In this paper, we report the deepest record to date of an Anthozoa (specifically a black coral) in association with Symbiodiniaceae at 655 m depth in the Red Sea. We also characterize for the first time the Symbiodiniaceae community at these depths.

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HaBB Lab @HabbLab

19 Apr 2024

If you want to know more, check the paper here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Lost in the dark: Antipatharia-Symbiodiniaceae association in the deep waters of the...

Black corals (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) are a major component of mesophotic and deep marine ecosystems. Due to their preference for light deprived environm...

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