by Vincent Chalias | Apr 12, 2024 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A festival of table acropora on this classic Indonesian reef, subjected to high flow! Acropora sukarnoi, is a classic Indo coral, we can admire it in many of the high current reefs around Indonesia. Its name is dedicated to the first Indonesian president and actor of...
by Vincent Chalias | Feb 10, 2024 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
Dragon Soul Gold Torch Coral in the wild Beneath the azure waters of the world’s tropical coral reefs lies a mesmerizing world of vibrant colors and extraordinary biodiversity. Among the myriad of corals that grace these underwater ecosystems, one species stands...
by Vincent Chalias | Sep 29, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A magnificent colony of grafted Acropora caroliniana, at 12 m (36 feet) deep in central Indonesia. Another day on the reef, another fine discovery. While diving in central Indonesia, I was lucky enough to come upon one of the nicest Acropora carolinana I have ever...
by Vincent Chalias | Sep 20, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A new open-access publication highlights the influence of thyroid hormones on the early life stage and settlement of clownfish larvae. Amphipiron ocellaris, the Ocellaris Clownfish. The article, “The multi-level regulation of clownfish metamorphosis by thyroid...
by Vincent Chalias | Aug 22, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine, News & Notes
The Banggai Cardinal, Pterapogon kauderni is an iconic and rare fish, but is it still threatened? A new proposed draft rule to prevent the US import and export of the Banggai Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni) under the Endangered Species Act, would do vastly more harm...
by Vincent Chalias | Aug 4, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
It’s probably not Acropora tenuis, but Acropora bifaria. The answer is ‘probably not’! A new publication fresh from the oven just came out last week about the phylogeny of Acropora tenuis. Tom C.L. Bridge et al. published their research, “A...
