Copulation can involve the wounding of the mating partner by specialised devices. This type
of mating, which we term traumatic mating, has been regarded as exceptional. Its …

Flatworm embryology has attracted attention since the early beginnings of comparative
evolutionary biology. Considered for a long time the most basal bilaterians, the …

The turbellarians are a key group due to the position they occupy in the tree of life, due to
their regenerative capacities and other characteristics such as their cosmopolitanism …

Polyclad flatworms offer an excellent system with which to explore the evolution of larval
structures and the ecological and developmental mechanisms driving flatworm and marine …

Polyclad flatworms are an early branching clade within the rhabditophoran Platyhelminthes.
They provide an interesting system with which to explore the evolution of development …

A phylogenetic analysis of Polycladida based on two partial mitochondrial genes (cox1 and
16S) is provided. The analysis includes 30 polyclad terminals that represent species from …

This study was carried out to investigate a paradigm of predation under natural conditions in
Bizerta lagoon. The free‐living marine polyclad flatworm Imogine mediterranea was found to …

Oyster farming has been threatened by marine flatworms for over 40 years, but few studies
have been done to address this issue. Here, we examine the predatory behavior of the …

The phylum Platyhelminthes comprises dorso-ventrally flattened worms commonly known as
flatworms (from the Greek platys, meaning flat, and helminthos, meaning worm)(for a …

Along the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, great species diversity is thought to
exist, but our knowledge of Iberian polyclads is, in fact, very limited. This study contributes to …