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Range edit
Currently reading ...the western Mediterranean Sea between the Straits of Gibraltar and Sardinia...[R]ather more common in the Gulf of Corinth and the Sea of Marmara.... But that Gulf and Sea are neither between Gibraltar and Sardinia nor in the western Med., are they? Seems contradictory as read ~ which is how it was edited in, i did check to see if someone was joking. Cheers, LindsayHello 12:52, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Lifespan edit
I am not a biologist, but I am citing here a journal article that perhaps is about this species. If so, perhaps we can integrate its findings about longevity into the article? Or if the publication applies to a different species, perhaps it could be integrated to some other more relevant article in Wikipedia?:[1] EXCERPT (from abstract): These δ 14C data suggest an age for this living organism of 1800 ± 300 years. --Presearch (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
- The article says: The growth rate of the colony is slow and carbon-14 dating techniques have given an age of 2,700 years, giving this zoanthid one of the longest lifespans of any organism on Earth.
- But reading the cited paper, it refers to generic gold corals and following the original source i discover that 2700 years is another completely different tropical species. Not the Savalia savaglia 77.39.172.41 (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Druffel, Ellen R. M.; Griffin, Sheila; Witter, Amy; Nelson, Erle; Southon, John; Kashgarian, Michaele; Vogel, John (1 December 1995). "Gerardia: Bristlecone pine of the deep-sea?". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59 (23): 5031–5036. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(95)00373-8.