This review of copepod crustaceans associated with reef-dwelling cnidarians, sponges and
echinoderms of the Greater Caribbean is based on published records, systematically …

Abstract The Caribbean Sea is characterized by an incredible biodiversity, including several
endemic mollusk species, most of which have larval dispersal as their main mechanism of …

With ongoing changes in climate, rare and ecologically specialized species are at increased
risk of extinction. In sessile foundation fauna that reproduce asexually via fragmentation of …

Life traits such as reproductive strategy can be determining factors of species evolutionary
history and explain the resulting diversity patterns. This can be investigated using …

Poecilogony, or multiple developmental modes in a single species, is exceedingly rare.
Several species described as poecilogenous were later demonstrated to be multiple …

The recent rise in ocean temperatures, accompanied by other environmental changes, has
notably increased the occurrence and spread of diseases in Octocorallia, many species of …

Many marine crustaceans form symbiotic relationships, yet there has been little work
quantifying morphological adaptations in species specialized on different hosts. Here we …

Symbiotic associations require a specific communication between the host and the
symbiont. In marine environments, host selection is essentially driven by chemical …

Thaisella chocolata is a marine gastropod (family Muricidae) occurring from northern Peru to
central Chile. It is of economic importance in these countries, where hundreds of tons are …

Assessing the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that shape the spatial distribution
of genetic diversity of symbionts has been a topic of debate for decades. While host …