Yehuda Benayahu's Lab

Peer reviewed articles

1. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Space partitioning by stony corals, soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

Helgol. wiss. Meeresunt., Vol. 30, 1977 (pp. 362-382)

2. Y. Kashman, M. Bodner, Y. Loya, Y. Benayahu

Cembrolids from marine origin (Red Sea), survey isolation of new Sinulariolide derivatives

Isr. J. Chem., Vol. 16, 1977 (pp. 1-3)

3. J. Verseveldt, Y. Benayahu

Description of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 53, 1978 (pp. 57-74)

4. Y. Kashman, Y. Loya, M. Bodner, A. Groweiss, Y. Benayahu, N. Naveh

Gas liquid chromatograms of sesquiterpenes as finger prints for coral identification

Mar. Biol., Vol. 55, 1980 (pp. 255-259)

5. S. Carmely, Y. Kashman, Y. Loya, Y. Benayahu

New prostaglandin (PGF) derivatives from the soft coral Lobophytum depressum

Tet. Lett., Vol. 21, 1980 (pp. 875-878)

6. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Competition for space among coral reef sessile organisms at Eilat, Red Sea

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 31, 1981 (pp. 514-522)

7. Y. Benayahu

A new species of Metalcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Red Sea

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 56(16), 1982 (pp. 197-201)

8. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal, 1775)

Biol. Bull., Vol. 165, 1983 (pp. 353-369)

9. J. Verseveldt, Y. Benayahu

On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea

Zool. Verhand. Leiden, Vol. 208, 1983 (pp. 1-33)

10. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940. I. Annual dynamics of gonadal development

Biol. Bull., Vol. 166, 1984 (pp. 32-43)

11. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940. II. Planulae shedding and post larval development

Biol. Bull., Vol. 166, 1984 (pp. 44-53)

12. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Substratum preferences and planulae settling of two Red Sea alcyonaceans: Xenia macrospiculata Gohar and Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal)

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 83, 1984 (pp. 249-266)

13. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Settlement and recruitment of a soft coral: Why is Xenia macrospiculata a successful colonizer?

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 36, 1985 (pp. 177-188)

14. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: Synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Biol. Bull., Vol. 170, 1986 (pp. 32-42)

15. T. Berner, Y. Achituv, Z. Dubinsky, Y. Benayahu

Pattern of distribution and adaptation to different irradiance levels of zooxanthellae in the soft coral Litophyton arboreum (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) Symbiosis, Vol. 3, 1987 (pp. 23-40)

16. W.M. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu

Spicule formation in a gorgonian coral Pseudoplexaura flagellosa 1. emonstration of intracellular and extracellular growth and the effect of ruthenium red during decalcification

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 40, 1987 (pp. 287-303)

17. W.M. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu

Spicule formation in the gorgonian coral Pseudoplexaura flagellosa 2. Calcium localization by antimonate precipitation

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 40, 1987 (pp. 304-310)

18. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Long-term recruitment of soft-corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) on artificial substrata at Eilat (Red Sea)

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 38, 1987 (pp. 161-167)

19. D. Green, S. Carmely, Y. Benahayu, Y. Kashman

Antheliolide A & B: Two new C24 Acetoacetylated diterpenoids of the soft coral Anthelia glauca

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 1605-1608)

20. Y. Benayahu, Y. Achituv, T. Berner

Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Mar. Biol., Vol. 100, 1988 (pp. 93-101)

21. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman

Alkaloid metabolites of the marine tunicate Eudistoma sp.

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 3861-3862)

22. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman

Eilatin, a novel alkaloid from the marine tunicate Eudistoma sp.

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 6655-6656)

23. Y. Benayahu, T. Berner, Y. Achituv

Development of planulae within a mesogleal coat in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

Mar. Biol., Vol. 100, 1989 (pp. 203-210)

24. Y. Benayahu

Reproductive cycle and developmental processes during embryogenesis of Clavularia hamra (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)

Acta Zoologica, Vol. 70, 1989 (pp. 29-36)

25. Y. Benayahu, Y. Achituv, T. Berner

Metamorphosis of an octocoral primary polyp and its infection by algal symbiosis

Symbiosis, Vol. 7, 1989 (pp. 159-169)

26. Y. Achituv, Y. Benayahu

Polyp dimorphism and functional sequential hermaphroditism in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens (Octocorallia)

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 64, 1990 (pp. 263-269)

27. Y. Benayahu

Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 64(15), 1990 (pp. 113-120)

28. Y. Benayahu

Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Hydrobiologia, Vol. 216/217, 1991 (pp. 125-130)

29. L.V. Salvini-Plawen, Y. Benayahu

Epimenia arabica spec. nov., a Solenogaster (Mollusca) feeding on the alcyonacean Scleronephthya corymbosa (Cnidaria) from shallow waters of the Red Sea

Mar. Ecol., Vol. 12, 1991 (pp. 139-152)

30. Y. Benayahu, D. Weil, Z. Malik

Entry of algal symbionts into oocytes of Litophyton arboreum (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)

Tissue & Cell, Vol. 24, 1992 (pp. 473-482)

31. L.P. Ofwegen van, Y. Benayahu

Notes on Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) from Tanzania

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 66, 1992 (pp. 139-154)

32. Y. Achituv, Y. Benayahu, J. Hanania

Planulae brooding and acquisition of zooxanthellae in Xenia macrospiculata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)

Helgol. Meeresunt., Vol. 46, 1992 (pp. 301-310)

33. D. Green, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu

Secondary metabolites of the yellow and gray morphs of the soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum: comparative aspects

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 55, 1992 (pp. 1186-1196)

34. Y. Benayahu

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean I. Alcyonacea from Sodwana Bay, South Africa

Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Investig. Rep., Vol. 67, 1993 (pp. 1-15)

35. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, Y. Kashman

Sodwanones A-C, three new triterpenoids from a marine sponge

Tet. Lett., Vol. 34, 1993 (pp. 3943-3944)

36. A. Rudi, R. Talpir, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Four new C16 1,2-Dioxene-polketides from the sponge Plakortis aff. simplex

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 56, 1993 (pp. 2178-2882)

37. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, F. Frolow, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, Y. Kashman

Polycitone A and Polycitone B: New alkaloids from the marine ascidian Polycitor sp.

J. Org. Chem., Vol. 59, 1994 (pp. 999-1003)

38. A. Rudi, S. Green, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Phorbazoles A-D, novel chlorinated Phenylpyrrolyl-oxazoles from the marine sponge Phorbas aff. clathrata

Tet. Lett. Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 2589-2592)

39. R. Talpir, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, L. Pannell, M. Schleyer

Hemiasterlin and Geodiamolide TA: Two new cytotoxic peptides from the marine sponge Hemiasterella minor (Kirkpatrick)

Tet. Lett., Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 4453-4456)

40. A. Rudi, S. Green, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Amino acid derivatives from the marine sponge Jaspis digonoxea

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 829-832)

41. S. Isaacs, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu

3-Hydroxy-7-Phenyl-4E-6E-Heptadienoic acid from an ascidian Didemnum granulatum

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 648-649)

42. A. Rudi, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Sodwanones A-F, new triterpenoids from the marine sponge Axinella weltneri

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 1416-1423)

43. Y. Kashman, M. Saltoun, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu

Xeniafaraunol A and B and Faraunatin: three new cytotoxic diterpenes from the soft coral Xenia faraunensis

Tet. Lett., Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 8855-8858)

44. K. Fabricius, Y. Benayahu, A. Genin

Herbivory in asymbiotic soft corals

Science, Vol. 268, 1995 (pp. 90-92)

45. Y. Benayahu

Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) at the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Galaxea, Vol. 12, 1995 (pp. 103-124)

46. K. Fabricius, A. Genin, Y. Benayahu

Flow-dependent herbivory and growth in zooxanthellae-free soft corals

Limnol. Oceanogr., Vol. 40, 1995 (pp. 1290-1301)

47. Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean II. Eleutherobia aurea spec. nov. (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) from deep reefs on the Kwazulu-Natal coast, South Africa Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Invest. Rep., Vol. 68, 1995 (pp. 1-12)

48. A. Rudi, S. Ketzinel, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Antheliatin, Zahavin A and B, three new cytotoxic xenicane diterpenes from two soft corals

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 58, 1995 (pp. 1581-1586)

49. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, L.G. Gravalos

Sodwanones G, H, and I: New cytotoxic triterpenes from a marine sponge

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 58, 1995 (pp. 1702-1712)

50. G. Koren-Goldshlager, P. Klein, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Sindurol and Nephthoside: New tetraprenyltoluquinols from the soft coral Sinularia dura and Nephthea sp.

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 59, 1996 (pp. 262-266)

51. Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean III. Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique: a redescription of Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936) and description of Cladiella kashmani spec. nov.

Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Invest. Rep., Vol. 69, 1996 (pp. 1-22)

52. G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu

The phorbol ester TPA induces metamorphosis in Red Sea coral planulae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

Experientia, Vol. 52, 1996 (pp. 744-749)

53. R. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu

Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 206, 1996 (pp. 55-68)

54. E. Fridkovsky, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Sarcoglane, a new cytotoxic diterpene from Sarcophyton glaucum

Tet. Lett., Vol. 37, 1996 (pp. 6909-6910)

55. A. Kushmaro, G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu

Metamorphosis of Heteroxenia fuscescens planulae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) is inhibited by crude oil: a novel short-term toxicity bioassay

Mar. Environ. Res., Vol. 43, 1996 (pp. 295-302)

56. K. F. Fabricius, Y. Benayahu Y. G. Yahel, A. Genin

Herbivory in soft corals: Correction

Science, Vol. 273, 1996 (pp. 295-296)

57. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu

Transplantation of juvenile corals: a new approach for enhancing colonization of artificial reefs

Mar. Biol., Vol. 127, 1997 (pp. 499-505)

58. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu

Clonal propagation of the azooxanthellate octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi

Coral Reefs, Vol. 16, 1997 (pp. 5-12)

59. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya

Effect of lesion site and shape on regeneration of the Red Sea coral Favia favus

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 146, 1997 (pp. 101-107)

60. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu

Reproduction of Dendronephthya hemprichi (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): All year-round spawning in an azooxanthellate soft coral

Mar. Biol., Vol. 129, 1997 (pp. 573-579)

61. Y. Benayahu

A review of three alcyonacean families (Octocorallia) from Guam

Micronesica, Vol. 30, 1998 (pp. 207-244)

62. G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu

Metamorphic responses in two soft corals: the effects of activators and inhibitors of protein kinase C

J. Invert. Reprod. Develop., Vol. 34, 1998 (pp. 35-45)

63. R. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu

Competence and longevity in planulae of several soft corals

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 163, 1998 (pp. 235-243)

64. A. Kruger, M.H. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu

Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia, Xeniidae). I. Gametogenesis and larval brooding

Mar. Biol., Vol. 131, 1998 (pp. 423-432)

65. Y. Benayahu, M.H. Schleyer

Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia, Xeniidae). II. Transmission of algal symbionts during planular brooding

Mar. Biol., Vol. 131, 1998 (pp. 433-442)

66. D. Kelman, A. Kushmaro, Y. Loya, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu

Antimicrobial activity of a Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum: reproductive and developmental considerations

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 169, 1998 (pp. 87-95)

67. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu

Embryogenesis, planular longevity and competence in the octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi

Inver. Biol., Vol. 117, 1998 (pp. 271-280)

68. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu

Vertical artificial structures as an alternative habitat for coral reef fishes in disturbed environments

Mar. Environ. Res., Vol. 45, 1998 (pp. 431-451)

69. Y. Benayahu

Lobe variation in the soft coral Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea)

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 63, 1998 (pp. 229-240)

70. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu

Didemnid ascidians: rapid colonizers of artificial reefs in Eilat (Red Sea)

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 63, 1998 (pp. 199-206)

71. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen, P. Alderslade

A case study of a variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterate: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1898 and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy

Zool. Verhand. Leiden, Vol. 323, 1998 (pp. 277-309)

72. Y. Ben-David-Zaslow, G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu

Reproduction in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: seasonality and long-term record (1991-1997)

Mar. Biol., Vol. 133, 1999 (pp. 553-559)

73. D. Kelman, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Chemical defense of the soft coral Pareythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal) in the Red Sea against generalist reef fish

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 238, 1999 (pp. 127-137)

74. G. Paulay, Y. Benayahu

Patterns and consequences of coral bleaching in Micronesia (Majuro and Guam) in 1992-1994

Micronesica, Vol. 32, 1999 (pp. 109-124)

75. Y. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu

Temporal variation in lipid, protein and carbohydrate content in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK, Vol. 79, 1999 (pp. 1001-1006)

76. D. Zeevi, Y. Benayahu

The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata

Mar. Biol., Vol. 135, 1999 (473-481)

77. C. Avila, D. Kelman, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu

An association between a dendronotid nudibranch (Mollusca, Opistobranchia) and a soft coral (Octocorallia, Alcyonaria)

J. Nat. Hist., Vol. 33, 1999, (1433-1449)

78. G. Rilov, A. Gasith, S.M. Evans, Y. Benayahu

Unregulated use of TBT-based anti-fouling paints in Israel (eastern Mediterranean): high contamination and imposex levels in two marine gastropods

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 192, 2000 (pp. 229-238)

79. D. Kelman, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Variation in secondary metabolite concentrations in yellow and grey morphs of the Red Sea soft coral Pareythropodium fulvum fulvum (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): possible ecological implications

J. Chem. Ecol., Vol. 26, 2000 (pp. 1123-1133)

80. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu

Fish assemblages on natural versus vertical artificial reefs: the rehabilitation perspective

Mar. Biol., Vol. 136, 2000 (pp. 931-942)

81. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu

Biochemical composition, metabolism, and amino acid transport in planula-larvae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

J. Exp. Zool., Vol. 287, 2000 (pp. 401-412)

82. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu, H. Lubinevsky, Y. Loya

Colony integration during regeneration in the stony coral Coralfavia favus

Ecology, Vol. 82, 2000 (pp. 802-813)

83. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu, A. Gasith

Low abundance and skewed population structure of the whelk Stramonita haemastoma along the Israeli Mediterranean coast

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.,Vol. 218, 2001 (pp. 189-202)

84. O. Barneah, Z. Malik, Y. Benayahu

Attachment to substrate in soft coral fragments: desmocyte development, structure, and function

Invert. Biol., Vol. 121, 2002 (pp. 81-90)

85. G. Rilov, A. Gasith, Y. Benayahu

Effect of an exotic prey on the feeding pattern of a predatory snail

Mar. Envron. Res., Vol. 54, 2002 (pp. 85-98)

86. Y. Benayahu

Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae

Galaxea JSRS, Vol. 4, 2002 (pp. 1-21)

87. A. Rudi, S. Levi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Lemnaflavoside, a new diterpene glycoside from the soft coral Lemnalia flava.

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 65, 2002 (pp. 1672-1674)

88. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu

Rehabilitation of coral reef fish communities: The importance of Artificial-Reef relief to recruitment rates

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 70, 2002 (pp. 185-197)

89. Y. Benayahu, Y. Tesfamariam, M. H. Schleyer

Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacae) of the southern Red Sea

Is. J. Zool., Vol. 48, 2002 (pp. 273-283)