Covering: 2011–2021 Marine mollusks, which are well known as rich sources of diverse and
biologically active natural products, have attracted significant attention from researchers due …

Although abiotic factors may be important first-order filters dictating which sponge species
can thrive at a particular site, ecological interactions can play substantial roles influencing …

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 …

Carijoa riisei is an invasive octocoral whose dispersal in the tropics has increased
considerably in recent years. This study evaluated the changes in the benthic fauna …

Carijoa riisei (Octocorallia: Cnidaria), a western Atlantic species, has been reported in the
Pacific as an invasive species for nearly forty years. C. riisei has been recently observed …

Small fionid nudibranch specimens collected within a Chaetopterus sp. tube worm are
described here as a new species Tenellia chaetopterana sp. nov. This case is the first …

Nudibranch molluscs represent an interesting model group to study the evolution of feeding
apparatus and feeding modes, being characterized by specialized buccal complex in …

Sponges are characterised by high levels of phenotypic plasticity, thus allowing the same
species to live in different habitats by taking different shapes. Here we describe 28 sponge …

Carijoa riisei is a snowflake coral that has aggressively spread across many coastal habitats
in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, threatening a number of tropical ecosystems worldwide …

Keywords: Maldives; mesophotic coral ecosystem; Suberitidae; symbiosis; Zanclea timida
EN Maldives mesophotic coral ecosystem Suberitidae symbiosis Zanclea timida 1 4 4 …