by CORAL Magazine | Dec 18, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Can you identify this marine invertebrate? Hint: It is not Christmas Tree Worms. Image by Vincent Chalias/Bali Aquarium. Excerpt from Reef VisionsEdited by Matt PedersenJanuary/February 2021 CORAL RED & GOLD CYCLOSERISCycloseris sp.Bali AquariumDenpasar, Bali,...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 11, 2020 | Marine
Shark squalene is a key ingredient in some vaccines, fact of major concern to marine biologists. Graphic: Jeff Kepler@seventh.voyage/Shark Allies Lost in the breathless reporting about the global rush to produce and administer Covid-19 vaccines is the very real...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 11, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Junda Lin’s Peppermint Shrimp, Lysmata jundalini, was only described in 2012. Just 8 years later, it debuts as a captive-bred aquarium resident from Bocas Mariculture, with U.S. distribution by Biota Aquariums. Image by Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich....
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 11, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Branson’s new Aquarium at the Boardwalk promises something spectacular from the moment you walk up, as this exterior rendering demonstrates. The 55-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture of Aquarius the Octopus is currently being completed; we’ll update with...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 4, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
ACI Aquaculture’s “Covid ‘Shroom” Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. If 2020 had a coral mascot, this would be it. What’s been dubbed the “COVID ‘Shroom” in private conversations has an interesting backstory, as...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 1, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Yellow Tangs, Zebrasoma flavescens, are the iconic marine aquarium fish only available through Hawaiian fishery harvest (and recently captive-bred offerings), and one of the spotlight species in the battle over the future of Hawaii’s aquarium fishery. Image...
