Marine biotechnology is under the spotlight, as researchers and industrialists become aware
that bioprospecting through the oceans' vast biodiversity can replace the painstaking …

Venoms are evolutionary key adaptations that species employ for defense, predation or
competition. However, the processes and forces that drive the evolution of venoms and their …

Tube anemones, or cerianthids, are a phylogenetically informative group of cnidarians with
complex life histories, including a pelagic larval stage and tube-dwelling adult stage, both …

Citizen science and informed citizens have become fundamental in providing the first
records and accounts about the expansion of numerous non-indigenous species. However …

Climate change and the overall increase of seawater temperature are causing a poleward
shift in species distribution, which includes a phenomenon described as the tropicalization …

 Abstract This is a contribution in a series of taxonomic publications on benthic fauna of
polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The …

Increasing evidence in the field of bioprospection fosters the necessity of studying poorly
investigated poisonous marine invertebrates to expand knowledge on animal venom …

Most animal toxins evolved to interact with specific molecular targets, which makes them
highly-prized bioactives for drug development. Marine toxins, in particular, due to their wide …

The immense biodiversity of marine invertebrates makes them high-value targets for the
prospecting of novel bioactives. The present study investigated proteinaceous toxins …

Profundiconus is the most divergent cone snail genus and its unique phylogenetic position,
sister to the rest of the family Conidae, makes it a key taxon for examining venom evolution …