Gonad characteristics and reproductive cycle in the acmaeid Collisella subrugosa from Northeastern Brazil were investigated. The individuals were collected monthly from February 1993 to April 1994 at ...

DURING the forty-third specialized (geological) cruise of the RV Vityaz in November 1967–September 1968, trawling and dredging operations were carried out in the central part of the northern Pacific ...

New research unveils 14 previously unknown marine species, offering fresh insight into life hidden in the ocean’s depths. Earth’s oceans still hold an immense number of undiscovered organisms, with ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

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Aplacophorans are well known as exclusively marine benthic molluscs with a vermiform body covered by aragonitic sclerites (also called spicules), whose species are widely distributed from the ...

With the accelerating development of direct and indirect anthropogenic threats, including climate change and pollution as well as extractive industries such as deep-sea mining, there is an urgent need ...

Mollusca are the second largest and arguably most diverse phylum of the animal kingdom. This is in sharp contrast to our very limited knowledge concerning epigenetic mechanisms including DNA ...

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School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom While what is known about luqin expression and function in ...