In the face of increasing threats to biodiversity, the advancement of methods for surveying
biological communities is a major priority for ecologists. Recent advances in molecular …

Vermetid reefs are a key intertidal habitat in the warm-temperate part of the Mediterranean
Sea and in some subtropical and tropical regions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This …

Large-scale patterns of encapsulated embryo development and causal factors determining
developmental success in the marine environment have been relevant issues of research for …

ABSTRACT A vermetid gastropod, previously unreported from the Pacific Ocean, was found
at O 'ahu, Hawai 'i, in aquariums at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, in fouling communities on …

This book is perhaps the first attempt to comprehensively project the uniqueness of
molluscs, covering almost all aspects of reproduction and development from aplacophorans …

Adelphophagy occurs when encapsulated embryos complete development by feeding on
their developing siblings, which are known as nutritive embryos. Nutritive embryos are found …

Abstract BAARLI, BG; SANTOS, A.; DA SILVA, CM; LEDESMA-VÁZQUEZ, J.; MAYORAL, E.;
CACHÃO, M., and JOHNSON, ME, 2012. Diverse macroids and rhodoliths from the Upper …

Olivancillaria carcellesi occurs in shallow sandy shores from north Patagonia, in intertidal
and subtidal sandy bottoms. Females of O. carcellesi exhibited a remarkable specificity for …

The reproductive biology of the Mediterranean vermetid gastropod Serpulorbis arenarius, a
subtidal sessile solitary species that lives in shady rocky communities, was studied at two …

Vermetidae are sessile molluscs with tubular shells cemented to the substrate. Although
they are common inhabitants of coral reefs and rocky shores, little is known about the basic …