M. J. Vermeij

The paper uses phylogenomic analysis to reveal substantial undescribed diversity in mesophotic corals, showing multiple genetically distinct clades within species.

The paper describes new apicomplexan symbionts of corals, establishes a new order and family, and reassigns a genus based on phylogenetic and morphological analyses.

This paper shows that post-embryonic mutations in corals are heritable, challenging the Weismann theory and suggesting a new mechanism for adaptation through somatic mutations.

The paper validates contrametazoan primers for 18S rRNA metabarcoding to specifically study animal-associated microeukaryotes, showing they reduce host contamination compared to universal primers.