Dear coral-list members, Part of our study about octocorals in the Persian Gulf has been published, which might be of your interest. Samimi Namin, K., & van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009) Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa, 2058: 1–52 Please let me know if somebody needs the PDF file. Cheers, Kaveh