Template:Did you know nominations/Maasella edwardsi


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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 19:01, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Maasella edwardsi

 * ... that the soft coral Maasella edwardsi has been found growing in the Aegean Sea for the first time?


 * Reviewed: 2015–16 Arsenal F.C. season

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 05:20, 14 June 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough, long enough, and does not contain copyvio or neutrality problems. The hook fact is cited inline, though its ambiguity (was it there all along and just recently detected, or is it a newcomer?) is what made me read closely enough to come up with the questions below. Something like "was reported in the Aegean Sea for the first time in 2015" would avoid the issue.
 * I know it's not part of the official DYK criteria, but the source (the Özalp article) contains a lot of good information that didn't make it into the wiki article (e.g. that it's a zooxanthellate and that the increase in range is likely due to climate change).
 * Lastly, which I think does have to be addressed (ping authors ):
 * The last sentence of the Distribution section says "Since about 1990 it seems to have spread to the eastern Mediterranean", but the closest footnote is Özalp, and I don't see that in the paper.
 * Our article gives the depth range as 12-40m with no direct cite. The closest footnote in the Distribution section is again Özalp, but that paper gives 2-50m, citing two earlier papers. Seems like there might be another reference that got accidentally skipped or removed?
 * Our article says the coral was found growing on "stones" in the Aegean Sea. I guess this is a paraphrase for "rocks" in the Özalp abstract, but the paper text says variously "rocky bottoms", "rocky substratum", and "rocky substrate" for this particular set of observations. "Rocky substrate" isn't the same as "stones".
 * Opabinia regalis (talk) 07:28, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

I have made some alterations to the article and suggest ALT1 : Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:48, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that in 2015, the soft coral Maasella edwardsi was reported in the Aegean Sea for the first time?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks; ALT1 is good to go! Opabinia regalis (talk) 02:02, 5 July 2015 (UTC)