Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the Tethyan region has greatly changed the landforms and
environment of Eurasia, driving the evolution of animals and greatly affecting the diversity …

Seahorses have a circum-global distribution in tropical to temperate coastal waters. Yet,
seahorses show many adaptations for a sedentary, cryptic lifestyle: they require specific …

This paper summarizes the advances and challenges in spider taxonomy of China. A table
comparing the number of valid genera and species in China, Europe and the world is …

Analysis of zoogeographic, paleogeographic, and molecular data has shown that the
ancestors of many fresh-and brackish-water cold-tolerant hydrobionts of the Mediterranean …

Background Seahorses, seadragons, pygmy pipehorses, and pipefishes (Syngnathidae,
Syngnathiformes) are among the most recognizable groups of fishes because of their …

Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large
numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these …

Two Unionida (freshwater mussel) families are present in the Northern Hemisphere; the
Margaritiferidae, representing the most threatened of unionid families, and the Unionidae …

The region with the highest marine biodiversity on our planet is known as the Coral Triangle
or Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA),. Its enormous biodiversity has long attracted the …

The charismatic trumpetfishes, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards, seahorses, and
pipefishes encompass a recently defined yet extraordinarily diverse clade of percomorph …

Separating centres of neo-and paleo-endemism on the clade level from the tree of life could
infer their evolutionary history and further pinpoint conservation priorities. Yet, centres of neo …