Web update - July 2012

Our website www.sealifebase.org and its mirror site www.sealifebase.ca are now updated.
   
Search for your favorite marine species now. Enjoy and happy learning!

Anemone, or not anemone?

"To be, or not anemone."

So, where is Nemo? 
    
Don't go looking for a clown fish on this one. You think it's an anemone? Think again! 
   
This is actually a mushroom coral (Family Fungiidae), specifically Heliofungia actiniformis. Considered vulnerable by the IUCN, this fungid is easily recognizable by its white-tipped tentacles that are always extended, resembling those of an anemone's.

  
This photo was taken by FishBase Scientific Coordinator Nicolas Bailly at the Balitian Reef in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.

Written by:

Jeniffer Espedido

Research Assistant

The SeaLifeBase Project

Daniel Pauly in Synergy Online

SeaLifeBase Project Principal Investigator Daniel Pauly is cited in the July 2012 issue of Synergy Online, journal of the Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia (UBC).

In the article Jellyfish Rising, Pauly mentioned that the scope of the jellyfish populations study can further be extended into a global scale by combining published scientific data with other unpublished data and observations, which can then result to the "best available scientific estimate" of the jellyfish blooms.

Visit Synergy to read the rest of the article.

Posted by:

Lealde Pacres-Urriquia

Research Assistant

The SeaLifeBase Project 

Oceans and Fisheries on the Praxis Discussion Series 2012

Praxis is a monthly panel discussion series established in 2009 by the World Bank to exchange ideas and debate on key international development initiatives and issues.

Last May, the focus was on Ocean and Fisheries, primarily on marine conservation and development.
Click play and listen to what they have to say.

Posted by:

Lealde Pacres-Urriquia

Research Assistant

The SeaLifeBase Project