Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

The phylum Mollusca is one of the largest and more diversified among metazoan phyla,
comprising many thousand species living in ocean, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems …

В четырех томах учебника рассматриваются группы животных от простейших до
хордовых включительно. Помимо морфологических характеристик приводятся …

During the last decades, textbook concepts of “Opisthobranchia” have been challenged by
morphology-based and, more recently, molecular studies. It is no longer clear if any precise …

Morphological (including ultrastructural) and developmental characters utilized in recent
literature are critically reviewed as the basis to reassess the phylogenetic relationships of …

Background A robust phylogenetic hypothesis of euthyneuran gastropods, as a basis to
reconstructing their evolutionary history, is still hindered by several groups of aberrant, more …

More than 100 morphological, anatomical and histological characters pertaining to the
Nudibranchia are discussed in the course of a phylogenetic analysis. Based on our own …

Background In general shell-less slugs are considered to be slimy animals with a rather dull
appearance and a pest to garden plants. But marine slugs usually are beautifully coloured …

Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara
Channel: Miscellaneous taxa Page 1 Page 2 VJORARETHY COR CAPOD. DE CAIron …

Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are
some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover …