Most bivalves are suspension feeders. On the deep sea floor, however, some are predators,
typically of meiobenthic crustaceans: copepods, cumaceans and ostracods. Propeamusiid …

Background Discoveries of new species often depend on one or a few specimens, leading
to delays as researchers wait for additional context, sometimes for decades. There is …

ABSTRACT Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and
authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical …

Research on molluscan specimens is increasingly being carried out using high-throughput
molecular techniques. Due to their efficiency, these technologies have effectively resulted in …

The fossil record shows that the two clavagelloid or watering pot families evolved at different
times, the Clavagellidae first in the late Mesozoic (100–66 mya), the Penicillidae later in the …

The expression 'you need to know to conserve'is a well-known cliche among biologists.
Documenting the richness of a group of organisms is the first step towards understanding …

Detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the species is an essential element in taxonomic
studies, since it allows the comparison and differentiation of separate groups of taxa. It …

The number of new species described of the genus Terebellides Sars, 1835 (Annelida,
Trichobranchidae) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has greatly increased in the last years …

Non-invasive bioimaging techniques like X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT),
combined with contrast-enhancing techniques, allow the 3D visualization of the central …

The Anomalodesmata Dall, 1899 includes some of the rarest and most specialised species
of marine bivalves. This rarity has consequently constituted the greatest obstacle for …