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Beauty in the beast – Placozoan biodiversity explored through molluscan predator genomics [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The marine animal phylum Placozoa is characterized by a poorly explored cryptic biodiversity combined with very limited knowledge of their ecology.
Michael Eitel, Hans‐Jürgen Osigus, Bastian Brenzinger, Gert Wörheide   +3 more
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Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) [PDF]

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
Background The impact of predator-prey interactions on the evolution of many marine invertebrates is poorly understood. Since barriers to genetic exchange are less obvious in the marine realm than in terrestrial or freshwater systems, non-allopatric ...
Jessica A. Goodheart, Adam L. Bazinet, Ángel Valdés, Allen G. Collins, Michael P. Cummings   +4 more
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The biodiversity of the marine Heterobranchia fauna along the central-eastern coast of Sicily, Ionian Sea

Biodiversity Journal, 2020
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Andrea Lombardo, Giuliana Marletta
exaly   +4 more sources

Photographic Checklist, DNA Barcoding, and New Species of Sea Slugs and Snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda)

Diversity, 2023
Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine ...
Tauana J. Cunha, Jose Fernández-Simón, Macy Petrula, Gonzalo Giribet, Juan Moles   +4 more
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An Unexpected Small Biodiversity Oasis of Sea Slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Largest Petrochemical Hub of Italy (Central Mediterranean)

Oceans
The Magnisi peninsula is a small portion of land located near the largest Italian petrol-chemical pole of Augusta–Priolo–Melilli (40 km2), which, since the 1950s, devastated the local environment and landscape and unloaded directly into the sea an ...
Andrea Lombardo, Giuliana Marletta
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Sea Slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from the Medes Islands (Costa Brava, NE Spain): Biodiversity and Ecological Study over a Decade

Diversity
The Mediterranean Sea faces escalating environmental pressures from the unsustainable exploitation of resources and insufficient management. Marine protected areas (MPAs), such as the Parc Natural del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter (PNMMBT) on ...
Miquel Pontes, Enric Madrenas, Arnau Garcia-Tort, Olga Espada, Manuel Ballesteros   +4 more
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Comparative Multi-Marker Environmental DNA Metabarcoding of Marine Metazoan Communities: Water vs. Sediment. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT This study investigates the metazoan biodiversity in the Southern Adriatic Sea using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. Sediment and adjacent water samples were collected from three sites (one pristine, two impacted by human activities) at three distances from the coast across two seasons.
Tagliabue A, Furfaro G, Pallavicini A, Martino F, Zane L, Sattin E, Valle G, Piraino S, Turon X.   +8 more
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Two Routes to Land: Genomic Underpinnings of Parallel Aerial Egg Deposition in Aquatic Old-World Pila and New-World Pomacea (Ampullariidae). [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Zhou Y, Mu H, Nie X, Gao Y, Wang H, Fang L, Luan T, Ganmanee M, Qiu JW, Sun J, Ip JC.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Total synthesis and structural characterization of a novel protein scaffold from the snail Biomphalaria glabrata. [PDF]

Protein Sci
Abstract Disulfide‐rich miniproteins constitute compact and highly stable scaffolds of growing interest for molecular and structural engineering. Schistosomins are ~80‐residue proteins conserved across gastropods that form a long‐standing orphan family whose structure and biological roles have remained unknown.
Melnyk O, Caby S, Vigouroux A, Demanche C, Desmet R, Sénéchal M, Snella B, Mougel A, Boidin-Wichlacz C, Parmentier A, Pasco U, Cantel S, Moréra S, Vicogne J.   +13 more
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Primary Productivity and Habitat Depth Shape Developmental Mode in European Marine Gastropods. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Thorson's rule suggests that marine gastropods in colder, high‐latitude regions tend to have non‐pelagic (non‐drifting) larval development. However, this study on 94 European gastropod species found that the rule disappears when examined at finer spatial scales, with temperature and phylogeny having little influence.
Weidberg N, Bueno-Pardo J, de Diego A, Acuña JL.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources