Published Papers - Reimer James Davis

Functional diversity of reef molluscs along a tropical-to-temperate gradient

Matthew Floyd, Masaru Mizuyama, Masami Obuchi, Brigitte Sommer, Mark GR Miller, Iori Kawamura, Hiroki Kise, James D. Reimer, Maria Beger

Coral Reefs ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  39 ( 5 ) 1361 - 1376   2020.10 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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<title>Abstract</title> Global warming is leading to range shifts of marine species, threatening the structure and functioning of ecological communities and human populations that rely on them. The largest changes are seen in biogeographic transition zones, such as subtropical reef communities, where species range shifts are already causing substantial community reorganisation. This causes functional changes in communities over subtropical latitudes, though a baseline functional understanding remains elusive for many taxa. One key marine taxon are molluscs, which provide many ecosystem services, are important prey for fishes and are also fisheries targets themselves, but remain largely unstudied. Here, we examine the trait composition, functional diversity, and functional redundancy of mollusc assemblages along the tropical-to-temperate transition in Japan (25° to 35° Northern latitude). Specifically, we use a trait database of 88 mollusc species from 31 subtropical reefs along the Pacific coast of Japan to show that trait composition of mollusc assemblages changes continuously along the latitudinal gradient. We discover that functional diversity of mollusc assemblages decreases with increasing latitude, a pattern associated with declines in functional dispersion. Moreover, we find a clear distinction between tropical and subtropical mollusc assemblages, with substrate-attached, suspension feeding bivalves more abundant in the tropics and free-living gastropod grazers more prevalent at higher latitudes. Our trait-based evidence in this study shows a contraction and almost complete shift in the functioning of marine mollusc assemblages at biogeographic transition zones and our trait database facilitates further study. Our findings provide evidence of the changing taxonomic and functional composition of extant mollusc communities with latitude, pointing to potential pertinent changes and tropicalisation of these communities with rapid ocean warming.

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Crinoid diversity and their symbiotic communities at Bangka Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia)

Riccardo Virgili, Carlo Cerrano, Massimo Ponti, Markus T. Lasut, James D. Reimer

Marine Biodiversity ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  50 ( 5 )   2020.10 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Diversity of feeding in anthozoa (Cnidaria): A systematic review

Santos T.B.

Diversity ( Diversity )  12 ( 10 ) 1 - 9   2020.10 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

Andrea M. Quattrini, Estefanía Rodríguez, Brant C. Faircloth, Peter F. Cowman, Mercer R. Brugler, Gabriela A. Farfan, Michael E. Hellberg, Marcelo V. Kitahara, Cheryl L. Morrison, David A. Paz-García, James D. Reimer, Catherine S. McFadden

Nature Ecology & Evolution ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  4 ( 11 ) 1531 - 1538   2020.08 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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Symbiodiniaceae diversity of Palythoa tuberculosa in the central and southern Red Sea influenced by environmental factors

Hin Boo Wee, Michael L. Berumen, Timothy Ravasi, James Davis Reimer

Coral Reefs ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  39 ( 6 ) 1619 - 1633   2020.08 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species

Sérgio N. Stampar, James D. Reimer, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Celine S. S. Lopes, Hellen Ceriello, Thais B. Santos, Fabián H. Acuña, André C. Morandini

ZooKeys ( Pensoft Publishers )  952 ( 952 ) 1 - 63   2020.07 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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The diversity of Ceriantharia is known from studies formally describing species from the late 18^th Century onwards. However, no nomenclators including a list and discussion of all valid species have been produced since a list discussed by Carlgren in 1912. The present nomenclator presents a complete list of adult species of Ceriantharia of the World, including a discussion on each species. It includes the three families (Arachnactidae, Botrucnidiferidae, Cerianthidae) and the currently accepted 54 species based on their adult form. This study serves as a presentation of the “state-of-the-art" list of species of Ceriantharia, and includes a species identification key to support taxonomic identification. Additional in-depth species-by-species investigations for almost all cerianthid species is still needed, as the information available for most of these species is quite superficial.

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The diversity of Symbiodiniaceae hosted by Palythoa tuberculosa found at the edge of the South China Sea

HIN BOO WEE, YEE WAH LAU, KERYEA SOONG, REIMER DAVIS

Journal of Sustainability Science and Management ( Penerbit UMT, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu )  15 ( 4 ) 54 - 65   2020.06 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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First observation of mole-like burrowing behavior observed in a sea pen

Yuka Kushida, Takuo Higashiji, James Davis Reimer

Marine Biodiversity ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  50 ( 3 )   2020.06 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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Anemonefish aggressiveness affects the presence of Dascyllus trimaculatus co-existing with host anemones

Kina Hayashi, Katsunori Tachihara, James Davis Reimer

Marine Biology ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  167 ( 6 )   2020.06 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Widespread Occurrence of a Rarely Known Association between the Hydrocorals Stylaster roseus and Millepora alcicornis at Bonaire, Southern Caribbean

Simone Montano, James D. Reimer, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Jaaziel E. García-Hernández, Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel, Paolo Galli, Bert W. Hoeksema

Diversity ( MDPI AG )  12 ( 6 ) 218 - 218   2020.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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Among symbiotic associations, cases of pseudo-auto-epizoism, in which a species uses a resembling but not directly related species as substrate, are poorly documented in coral reef ecosystems. In the present study, we assessed the distribution of an association between the hydrocorals Stylaster roseus and Millepora alcicornis on about 50% of coral reef sites studied in Bonaire, southern Caribbean. Although previously thought to be uncommon, associations between the lace coral S. roseus and the fire coral M. alcicornis were observed at both the windward and leeward sides of Bonaire, mainly between 15 and 25 m depth, reaching a maximum occupation of 47 S. roseus colonies on a single M. alcicornis colony. Both species' tissues did not show any signs of injuries, while an in-depth inspection of the contact points of their skeletons revealed that both partners can partially overgrow each other. How it is possible that S. roseus is able to settle on the stinging tissue of Millepora as well as how, by contrast, the latter may facilitate the lace coral by offering a certain degree of protection are questions that deserve further investigations.

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Cnidaria and Ctenophora: Review of deep-sea Cnidaria and Ctenophora fauna in the NW Pacific Ocean

Reimer, J.D, Yanagi, K, Kise, H, Poliseno, A, Kushida, Y, Saeedi, H, Lindsay, D.J

Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna (eds. Saeedi, H. & Brandt, A.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria. ( Pensoft Publishers )    67 - 88   2020.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (other science council materials etc.)

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A Goniopora stokesi community at Tatsugasako, Otsuki, Kochi, Japan : a new northernmost specimen-based record

Reimer J.D.

日本ベントス研究会連絡誌 ( 日本プランクトン学会、日本ベントス学会 )  15 ( 2 ) 185 - 187   2020.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

Type of publication: Research paper (other science council materials etc.)

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<p>The zooxanthellate scleractinian species <i>Goniopora</i> <i>stokesi</i> is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific Ocean, and in Japan the northernmost records of this species are from Tatsukushi, Kochi on Shikoku, although these records are not associated with specimens deposited in museums. The species is unique among <i>Goniopora</i> in that it lives on soft bottom sediment, forming free-living colonies, and produces asexual daughter colonies, or ‘polyp balls,’ via budding from parent colonies. Here we report on a large <i>G</i>. <i>stokesi</i> community from Otsuki, Kochi, Japan, representing the northernmost specimen-based record of the species. Specimen-based records are important as verifiable baseline data in light of global warming and climate change, which is expected to drastically effect the marine flora and fauna of Kochi and surrounding areas.</p>

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Two new species of the genus Chironephthya (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae, Siphonogorgiinae) from the Gulf of Thailand

YUKIMITSU IMAHARA, SUCHANA CHAVANICH, VORANOP VIYAKARN, YUKA KUSHIDA, JAMES D. REIMER, TOSHIHIKO FUJITA

Zootaxa ( Magnolia Press )  4780 ( 2 ) 324 - 340   2020.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Two new species of the genus Chironephthya, C. sirindhornae sp. nov. and C. cornigera sp. nov., are described based on three specimens collected from the Gulf of Thailand. Both species are well distinguished from the previously described species of the genus Chironephthya by their colonies consisting of multiple stems that stand upright from a common base, and by a significantly thinner canal wall without large spindles. As a result of phylogenetic analyses using COI, mtMutS, and 28S rDNA sequences of these two species, these three specimens constituted an independent small clade within a large mixed clade of Siphonogorgia and Chironephthya, with the two species slightly different from each other. The discrepancy in the morphology suggested the erection of a new genus to accommodate these species, however, as the subclade was included in a large mixed clade of Siphonogorgia and Chironephthya, we place these species within genus Chironephthya. Our results further highlight the continuing confusion between Siphonogorgia and Chironephthya, and demonstrate the need for taxonomic revision of these genera.

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Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean and One New Species of Parazoanthus

Javier Montenegro, Bert W. Hoeksema, Maria E. A. Santos, Hiroki Kise, James Davis Reimer

Diversity ( MDPI AG )  12 ( 5 ) 190 - 190   2020.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Species of the anthozoan order Zoantharia (=Zoanthidea) are common components of subtropical and tropical shallow water coral reefs. Despite a long history of research on their species diversity in the Caribbean, many regions within this sea remain underexamined. One such region is the Dutch Caribbean, including the islands of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Saba, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, as well as the Saba Bank, for which no definitive species list exists. Here, combining examinations of specimens housed in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center collection with new specimens and records from field expeditions, we provide a list of zoantharian species found within the Dutch Caribbean. Our results demonstrate the presence at least 16 described species, including the newly described Parazoanthus atlanticus, and the additional potential presence of up to four undescribed species. These records of new and undescribed species demonstrate that although the zoantharian research history of the Caribbean is long, further discoveries remain to be found. In light of biodiversity loss and increasing anthropogenic pressure on declining coral reefs, documenting the diversity of zoantharians and other coral reef species to provide baseline data takes on a new urgency.

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Octocoral-associated Parazoanthus cf. swiftii from the southwestern Atlantic

Claudia F. Vaga, Maria E. A. Santos, Alvaro E. Migotto, James Reimer, Marcelo V. Kitahara

Marine Biodiversity ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  50 ( 2 )   2020.04 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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A species complex within the red-reticulate Goniobranchus Pease, 1866 (Nudibranchia: Doridina: Chromodorididae)

Giun Yee Soong, Nerida G. Wilson, James D. Reimer

Marine Biodiversity ( Springer Science and Business Media LLC )  50 ( 2 )   2020.04 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Evolutionary implications of analyses of complete mitochondrial genomes across order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia)

Angelo Poliseno, Maria Eduarda Alves Santos, Hiroki Kise, Brooks Macdonald, Andrea M. Quattrini, Catherine S. McFadden, James Davis Reimer

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research ( Wiley )  58 ( 4 ) 858 - 868   2020.03 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Five-year study on the bleaching of anemonefish-hosting anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) in subtropical Okinawajima Island

Kina Hayashi, James Davis Reimer

Regional Studies in Marine Science ( Elsevier BV )  35   101240 - 101240   2020.03 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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The Origin of the Subtropical Coral Alveopora japonica (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in High-Latitude Environments

Ji Hyoun Kang, Ji Eun Jang, Jae Hwan Kim, Sangil Kim, Shashank Keshavmurthy, Sylvain Agostini, James D. Reimer, Chaolun Allen Chen, Kwang-Sik Choi, Sang Rul Park, Hyuk Je Lee

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ( Frontiers Media SA )  8   2020.02 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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Eroding diversity away: Impacts of a tetrapod breakwater on a subtropical coral reef

Giovanni Diego Masucci, Alessandro Acierno, James Davis Reimer

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ( Wiley )  30 ( 2 ) 290 - 302   2020.02 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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