Eric Pante

Ph.D. Student
Graduate Program in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Biology - UL Lafayette

Office: Billeaud Hall 216
Phone: (337) 482-6494
pante -at- louisiana -dot- edu

I am working on molecular systematics of deep-water chrysogorgiid octocorals and developing nuclear markers for studies of intra-specific variation of Metallogorgia melanotrichos, which has a global distribution.

Education

D.E.U.G., Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
B.S. in Marine Biology, College of Charleston
M.S. in Marine Biology, College of Charleston

Above: Close-up of Metallogorgia melanotrichos and its ophiuroid epibiont.

Publications

E. Pante and S.C. France. 2010. Pseudochrysogorgia bellona n. gen., n. sp.: a new genus and species of chrysogorgiid octocoral (Coelenterata, Anthozoa) from the Coral Sea. Zoosystema 32: 595-612

McFadden, C.S., Y. Benayahu, E. Pante, J.N. Thoma, P.A. Nevarez and S.C. France. 2011. Limitations of Mitochondrial Gene Barcoding in Octocorallia. Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 19-31

Thoma, J.N., E. Pante, M.R. Brugler and S.C. France. 2009. Deep-sea octocorals and antipatharians show no evidence of seamount-scale endemism in the NW Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 397: 25-35

T. Baker, E. Pante, E. Levesque, W. Roumillat, and I. de Buron. (2008) Metamicrocotyla macracantha, a polyopisthocotylid gill parasite of the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus: Population dynamics in South Carolina estuaries. Parasitology Research 102: 1085-1088

E. Pante, A. King, and P. Dustan (2008) Short-term decline of a bahamian patch reef coral community: Rainbow gardens reef 1991-2004. Hydrobiologia, 596(1):121–132

E. Pante, M. Adjeroud, P. Dustan, L. Penin, and M. Schrimm (2006) Spatial patterns of benthic invertebrate assemblages within atoll lagoons: importance of habitat heterogeneity and considerations for marine protected area design in french polynesia. Aquatic Living Resources, 19:207–217

T. Baker, E. Pante, and I. de Buron (2005) Co-occurrence of Naobranchia lizae (Copepoda) and Metamicrocotyla acracantha (Monogenea), gill parasites of the striped mullet Mugil cephalus. Parasitology Research, 97:515–52