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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Contrasting Reproductive and Early Life-History Strategies in Recently Diverged Octocoral Species (

Christina Egger, Aschwin H Engelen, Roland R Melzer, Marcellina Rola, Catarina Melo, Chiara Favaretto, Manuela Quiroga-Pérez, Sheena Suet-Wah Chung, Lorenzo Bramanti, Ester A Serrão and 1 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Christina EggerCentro de Ciências Do Mar Do Algarve (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Campus de Gambelas Universidade Do Algarve Faro Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-2549
Aschwin H EngelenCentro de Ciências Do Mar Do Algarve (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Campus de Gambelas Universidade Do Algarve Faro Portugal.
Roland R MelzerSNSB - Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Munich Germany.
Marcellina RolaDepartment of Evolution and Biodiversity Bergische Universitat Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany.
Catarina MeloCampus de Gambelas Universidade Do Algarve Faro Portugal.
Chiara FavarettoDepartment Biology University of Padua Padua Italy.
Manuela Quiroga-PérezZoological Department III Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria.
Sheena Suet-Wah ChungSouthern Cross University National Marine Science Centre Coffs Harbour New South Wales Australia.
Lorenzo BramantiLaboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques, LECOB, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Sorbonne Université Banyuls-sur-Mer France.
Ester A SerrãoCentro de Ciências Do Mar Do Algarve (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Campus de Gambelas Universidade Do Algarve Faro Portugal.
Márcio A G CoelhoCentro de Ciências Do Mar Do Algarve (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Campus de Gambelas Universidade Do Algarve Faro Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7832-5241

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Species delimitation is central to understanding biodiversity and its conservation, yet genetic divergence among sister lineages is often insufficient to demonstrate reproductive isolation or to resolve speciation unambiguously. This limitation is especially pronounced in marine invertebrates such as corals. Their slowly evolving genomes, cryptic diversity, and complex reproductive traits can obscure species boundaries. These challenges also characterize the

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cryptic lineagesdispersal strategyecological speciationlife‐history divergencemesophotic octocoralsprezygotic isolation

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PMCPMC13107290

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