First, there is some logic to defining the parts or components of the system — after all, despite the value of defining ecotypes, species boundaries do have practical meaning. Second ...

Living members of Mollusca represent the broadest morphological disparity of any animal phylum: mollusc body plans encompass ... and interest in understanding patterns in chromosome numbers across ...

This review aims to comprehensively summarize the functions and mechanisms of IgSF in invertebrates, focusing on arthropods, mollusks, and other primitive ... invertebrates include species that ...

Maybe the most striking feature of mollusks is their marvelous shells. However, contrary to the rest of the phylum, most living cephalopods ... as a genus and sometimes even a species can be ...

also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as crabs and mollusks. Through a citizen science initiative Fish Tool Use, researchers gathered 16 new observations across five species ...

Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams. For generations, ...

This molecular approach allowed a comprehensive analysis of parasite composition and abundance, providing critical data for health assessments and informing conservation strategies for this endangered ...

Fouling communities provide a useful system for the study of ecological succession because space is a limiting and easily defined resource, experimental manipulation is relatively easy, and there is ...