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 …

Cladobranchia is a diverse clade of nudibranch gastropods, with∼ 1,000 coastal (benthic)
and off shore (pelagic) marine species. Their diversity may be tied to dietary specialization …

Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is a diverse (approx. 1000 species) but
understudied group of sea slug molluscs. In order to fully comprehend the diversity of …

A unique example of brackish water fjord-related diversification of a new nudibranch genus
and species Bohuslania matsmichaeli gen. n., sp. n. is presented. There are only few …

Background Intracellular sequestration requires specialized cellular and molecular
mechanisms allowing a predator to retain and use specific organelles that once belonged to …

To date, the knowledge of the biodiversity of Cretan Archipelago sea slugs and shelled
relatives is poor in comparison to other parts of the Greek seas and to the Mediterranean …

Abstract Background The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is located off the Caribbean coast of
Panama. Until now, only 19 species of heterobranch sea slugs have been formally reported …

Heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda) present reduction, internalization, or absence of shell,
and include more than 6,000 described species. Approximately 250 species are recorded …

The genus Okenia Menke, 1830 is a controversial taxon of nudibranchs belonging to the
family Goniodorididae. Gosliner (2004) published the first phylogenetic study based on …

Morphological and molecular data on a deep-sea pleuroproctic taxon of the family
Aeolidiidae from the Barents Sea (subarctic North Atlantic) are presented for the first time …