Thursday, September 20, 2012

Shirley has an Algoa Bay soft coral species Eunephthya shirleyae named after her

Thanks to Professor Catherine McFadden of Harvey Mudd College there is a new soft coral species found in Algoa Bay named after Shirley. Her group are assembling the Cnidarian Tree Of Life. They visited us in March 2008 for a three week sampling trip.

You can read more about it here http://www.justblue.co.za/Research/Activities/#McFadden2012-09

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