Algal turfs are ecosystem engineers receiving steadily growing attention in recent years in
relation to their expansion on temperate reefs due to global change. However, their species …

In this work, all the Lower Pliocene gastropod assemblages of Santa Maria Island are
revised. These all form part of the Touril Complex. Seventy-seven species are identified …

Globally, elasmobranchs have suffered severe population declines and are, therefore, under
an urgent necessity of protection, particularly along the Northeastern Atlantic realm …

Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of
Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira …

Moon jellies are some of the most popular, widely distributed, and best-studied marine
jellyfish. By the end of the past century only two or three Aurelia species were recognized …

How species are distributed on Earth depends largely on climate factors. Whenever these
environmental conditions change, species tend to shift their distributions to reach more …

Despite a long history of taxonomic studies on the genus Tricolia Risso, 1826, there is a
shortfall on thorough systematic molecular reviews of the taxon from the NE Atlantic and …

Aim Habitat diversity has been linked to the diversity and structure of island communities,
however, little is known about patterns and processes within habitats. Here we aim to …

The conservation of marine megafauna presents numerous difficulties owing to their high
mobility over difficult‐to‐access oceanic areas that impairs the collection of basic, but …

Oceanic islands are recognized evolutionary hotspots for terrestrial organisms, but little is
known about their impact on marine organisms' evolution and biogeography. The volcanic …