Holzknecht, Martina Albano, Paolo G
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Marine biodiversity : a journal of the Senckenberg Research Institute
The seagrass Posidonia oceanica forms extensive meadows in the Mediterranean Sea. Studies on their associated highly diverse invertebrate assemblages are limited to the western Mediterranean. The eastern Mediterranean, however, is a basin undergoing rapid change due to the synergistic effects of climate warming, biological invasions and other human...
Keogh, Poppy Command, Rylan J. Edinger, Evan Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki Robert, Katleen
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Marine Biodiversity
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone (CGFZ) is a prominent geological feature offsetting the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), consisting of two parallel fractures, creating a highly variable seafloor bathymetry. It has been defined as the most important latitudinal biodiversity transitional zone on the MAR. Despite this recognition, the faunal communities livi...
Tan, Min Pau Sammogam, Revarunan Nur, Nuralif Fakhrullah Mohd Yusoff, Nur Ilham Syahadah Mohd Jaafar, Tun Nurul Aimi Mat Nor, Siti Azizah Mohd Sung, Yeong Yik Danish-Daniel, Muhd Megarajan, Sekar
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Marine Biodiversity
The brushtooth lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis) is an economically important demersal fishery resource, yet several aspects critical for its conservation are poorly studied. This study examined the genetic variability and structure of S. undosquamis from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia (ECPM), Malaysia, and its broad-scale phylogenetic relati...
Marceniuk, Alexandre P. Oliveira, Claudio Sales, João Bráullio L. Betancur-R, Ricardo
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Marine Biodiversity
The marine catfishes of the family Ariidae present an ample range of life histories. Although most species are demersal, and are common in estuaries and coastal zones, species of the genus Bagre Cloquet, 1816, are pelagic and are typical of coastal and offshore environments. While the genus Bagre is a well-defined monophyletic group, the taxonomy o...
Hata, Harutaka Lavoué, Sébastien Motomura, Hiroyuki
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Marine Biodiversity
Thrissina katana sp. nov. is described as a new species of anchovy based on 65 specimens from the western Pacific Ocean. The new species is closely related to Thrissina hamiltonii (Gray, 1835), which is redescribed and a neotype proposed. Both species have a maxilla that is moderate in length, with the posterior tip slightly beyond the posterior ma...
Escobar-Sánchez, Ofelia Pollorena-Melendrez, Jesús Enrique Corro-Espinosa, David
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Marine Biodiversity
The diet of the thornback guitarfish Platyrhinoidis triseriata is described from 31 specimens (22 females and 9 males; 30.9–53 cm total length) collected from the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula. According to the Prey-Specific Index of Relative Importance (%PSIRI), the main prey were pelagic red crab Pleuroncodes planipes (25.5%), Po...
Roveta, Camilla Marrocco, Teo Pica, Daniela Pulido Mantas, Torcuato Rindi, Fabio Musco, Luigi Puce, Stefania
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Marine Biodiversity
Substrate and depth are known to be crucial factors in determining the spatial distribution of benthic communities. Herein, we explored if the nature of the substrate, living (i.e., macroalgae) and non-living (i.e., bare rock), may influence the hydroid assemblages of the Tuscany Archipelago (Italy), in relation to the bathymetric gradient. Samples...
Etnoyer, Peter J. Messing, Charles G. Stanley, Karl A. Baumiller, Tomasz K. Lavelle, Kate Shirley, Thomas C.
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Marine Biodiversity
Shore-based submersible operations, from 2006 to 2020, have allowed us to examine megabenthic assemblages along the island margin of Isla de Roatán from depths of about 150 to 750 m, including repeated observations of the same organisms. These dives were used to photo-document a diverse benthic assemblage and observe the health and condition of the...
Jayachandran, Paravanparambil Rajakumar Velásquez, Marcel Jima, Mantodi
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Marine Biodiversity
A new species of wood-boring bivalve Xylophaga nandani sp. nov. is described based on material obtained from floating woods collected with a bongo net on the eastern Arabian Sea. The new species is morphologically closest to the members of the genus Xylophaga sensu stricto (cf. “Clade 4” of Romano et al. 2020), and can be distinguished from all of ...
Di Stefano, Victoria Luciana Giménez, Juliana
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Marine Biodiversity
The morphological characterisation of the gonadal tissue and reproductive seasonality of Tegula patagonica (d’ Orbigny, 1835 in d’ Orbigny 1834–1847) were determined based on monthly samples collected from a population in San José Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina), from July 2006 to August 2007. Histological techniques were used to describe the male and ...
