
Marine Genomic Biodiversity Lab
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Schizas, N.V., D.A. Toledo-Rodriguez, N.M. Jimenez Marrero, A.J. Veglia, J. Espinosa Sáez, R. Estrada Estrada, A. Martínez Pérez, Y. del Carmen Luguera González, J. D. Muñoz-Maravilla, E. Weil, C.S. McFadden (2026) The invasive soft coral Xenia umbellata has been confirmed in Cuban waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 102(4):1–12. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2026.0040
Veglia, A.J., D.A. Toledo-Rodriguez, J.A. Watkins, and N.V. Schizas (2025) Early Invasion Genomic Resources for Xenia umbellata (Native to the Red Sea) and Its Associated Dinoflagellate Symbionts in Puerto Rico. Biodiversity Genomes, November. https://doi.org/10.56179/001c.147130. (pdf)
Toledo-Rodriguez DA, CS McFadden, NM Jimenez Marrero, JD Muñoz-Maravilla, AJ Veglia, E Weil, NV Schizas (2025) Discovery of Latissimia ningalooensis: a new invasive soft coral species in Puerto Rico. Biological Invasions 27:246 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03702-5 (pdf)
Toledo-Rodriguez D.A., A. J. Veglia, N. M. Jimenez-Marrero, J. M. Gomez-Samot, C. S. McFadden, E. F. Weil, N. V. Schizas (2025). Shadows over Caribbean reefs: Identification of a new invasive soft coral species, Xenia umbellata, in southwest Puerto Rico. Coral Reefs DOI 10.1007/s00338-025-02670-5 (pdf)