Demographic Models and Behavioral Assessments Uncover Distinct Species Histories in the Pseudocryptic Nudibranch Genus <i>Hermissenda</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe reconstructed the speciation history of the recently split pseudocryptic nudibranch genus Hermissenda, finding divergence times in the Pleistocene (1.29–0.55 mya). Demographic modeling and behavioral experiments show no gene flow and assortative mating between sympatric species H. crassicornis (s.s.) and H.
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Exploration into Nudibranchs Illustration as Part of The Efforts to Introduce the Wealth of Marine Biodiversity [PDF]
, 2023 Nudibranchs have turned into highly popular marine creatures in the scuba diving world. With the aim to protect and conserve the environment, the illustration method is used as the medium because, as a visual artifact, it has quite reliable, and its ...
Witabora, Jonata, Kurniawati Homan, Devi
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Relationships within Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) based on RNA-Seq data: an initial investigation [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is a diverse (approx. 1000 species) but understudied group of sea slug molluscs. In order to fully comprehend the diversity of nudibranchs and the evolution of character traits within Cladobranchia, a solid ...
Jessica A. Goodheart +3 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 Rocky tide pools are transition environments whose communities are affected by sudden temperature, salinity and nutrient fluctuations. Furthermore, these environments are exposed to multiple stressors and can be easily altered by human trampling.
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Natural product biosynthesis in bacteria associated with marine organisms [PDF]
Records of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, 2023 Because antibiotics are becoming less effective and there is an increase in the number of cases of cancer, it is critical that researchers continue their search for novel natural antimicrobials and anti-cancer medicines.
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Battle of the bands: systematics and phylogeny of the white Goniobranchus nudibranchs with marginal bands (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Species identities of Goniobranchus nudibranchs with white bodies and various marginal bands have long been problematic. In this study, specimens of these Goniobranchus nudibranchs from the Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, and ...
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Diversity, 2020 The Salento peninsula is a portion of the Italian mainland separating two distinct Mediterranean basins, the Ionian and the Adriatic seas. Several authors have studied the marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) fauna composition living in the ...
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Observations of Modified Polyps and Polyp Leaves in Sea Pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): The Cases of <i>Ptilella</i> and <i>Pennatula</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe describe unusual and mostly unreported morphological traits on colonies of the deep‐water sea pens Ptilella and Pennatula from the Northwest Atlantic, namely the presence of hypertrophied polyps, split polyp leaves, and autozooids budding on the surface of polyp leaves (as opposed to the edges). ABSTRACT Here we describe unusual morphological traits
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A comparison of food sources of nudibranch mollusks at different depths off the Kuril Islands using fatty acid trophic markers [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Gastropod molluscs such as nudibranchs are important members of deep-sea benthic ecosystems. However, data on the trophic ecology and feeding specialization of these animals are limited to date. The method of fatty acid trophic markers (FATM) was applied
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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 ...
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