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Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2021

Morphological and Molecular Assessments of Bobtail Squids (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) Reveal a Hidden History of Biodiversity

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez
Pilar Sánchez
Roger Villanueva

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.632261

6,276 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2021

Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Four Trachelocercid Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) Found in Marine Coastal Habitats of Northern China, With Description of a New Genus, Two New Species and a New Combination

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Mingzhen Ma
Yuqing Li
Honggang Ma
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid
Alan Warren
Yurui Wang
Ying Yan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.615903

3,318 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Jan 2021

Annelid Fauna of the Prince Gustav Channel, a Previously Ice-Covered Seaway on the Northeastern Antarctic Peninsula

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Regan Drennan
Thomas G. Dahlgren
Katrin Linse
Adrian G. Glover

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.595303

4,029 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2021

Morphogenesis of the Ciliature During Sexual Process of Conjugation in the Ciliated Protist Euplotes raikovi

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Usman Asghar
Yong Chi
Yunyi Gao
Borong Lu
Yaohan Jiang
Ruitao Gong
Honggang Ma
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid
Feng Gao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.615377

4,034 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 Dec 2020

Mate Choice Contributes to the Maintenance of Shell Color Polymorphism in a Marine Snail via Frequency-Dependent Sexual Selection

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Daniel Estévez
Eugene Kozminsky
Antonio Carvajal-Rodríguez
Armando Caballero
Rui Faria
Juan Galindo
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.614237

4,370 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 Dec 2020

Ultrastructural Features of an Abundant and Ubiquitous Marine Ciliate, Uronychia binucleata (Protista, Ciliophora, Euplotida)

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Jingyi Dong
Xinpeng Fan
Tengyue Zhang
Saleh A. Al-Farraj
Thorsten Stoeck
Honggang Ma
Lifang Li

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.604487

3,026 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2020

Systematics and Multi-Gene Phylogeny of the Subfamily Nothoholostichinae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), With Integrative Description of a New Marine Species Nothoholosticha luporinii n. sp.

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Tengyue Zhang
Yurui Wang
Ting Cheng
Jiyang Ma
Peter Vd’ačný
Weibo Song
Chen Shao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.610886

2,325 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2020

Novel Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Ciliates Genus Euplotes (Ciliophora, Euplotida): Redescription of Two Poorly Known Species, With a Brief Note on the Distributions of This Genus in Coastal Waters of Southern China

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Weiwei Liu
Jiamei Jiang
Yehui Tan
Xiaofeng Lin

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.615413

4,201 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Dec 2020

Single-Cell Genomic Sequencing of Three Peritrichs (Protista, Ciliophora) Reveals Less Biased Stop Codon Usage and More Prevalent Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting Than in Other Ciliates

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Xiao Chen
Chundi Wang
Bo Pan
Borong Lu
Chao Li
Zhuo Shen
Alan Warren
Lifang Li

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.602323

3,143 views
16 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Dec 2020

Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Three Species of Scuticociliates From China: Citrithrix smalli gen. nov., sp. nov., Homalogastra binucleata sp. nov. and Uronema orientalis Pan et al., 2015 (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), With the Proposal of a New Family, Citrithrixidae fam. nov.

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Mingjian Liu
Chundi Wang
Xiaozhong Hu
Zhishuai Qu
Limin Jiang
Saleh A. Al-Farraj
Hamed A. El-Serehy
Alan Warren
Weibo Song

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.604704

2,954 views
6 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 27 Nov 2020

Unraveling the Molecular Evolution of Blood Coagulation Genes in Fishes and Cetaceans

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

João Pedro V. Mariz
Mariana F. Nery

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.592383

4,857 views
23 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Nov 2020

Ontogeny and Phylogeny of a New Hypotrichous Ciliate (Protista, Ciliophora), Metaurostylopsis alrasheidi n. sp., With Establishment of a New Genus Monourostylopsis n. gen.

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Wenya Song
Yu Qiao
Jingyi Dong
William A. Bourland
Tengteng Zhang
Xiaotian Luo

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.602317

1,946 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Nov 2020

Wooden Stepping Stones: Diversity and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Wood Boring Xylophagaidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, With the Description of a New Genus

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Chiara Romano
Amandine Nunes-Jorge
Nadine Le Bris
Greg W. Rouse
Daniel Martin
Christian Borowski

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.579959

6,192 views
17 citations

Original Research

Published on 12 Nov 2020

Diversity and Functional Patterns of Benthic Amphipods in the Coralline Intertidal Zones of a Marine National Park, India

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Tatiparthi Srinivas
Soniya Sukumaran
S. Neetu
K. Ramesh Babu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.589195

6,485 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2020

Molecular and Fitness Data Reveal Local Adaptation of Southern and Northern Estuarine Oysters (Crassostrea ariakensis)

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Ao Li
Chaogang Wang
Wei Wang
Ziyan Zhang
Mingkun Liu
Zhicai She
Zhen Jia
Guofan Zhang
Li Li

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.589099

3,025 views
24 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Nov 2020

The Mitochondrial Markers Provide New Insights Into the Population Demographic History of Coilia nasus With Two Ecotypes (Anadromous and Freshwater)

in Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity

Tianxiang Gao
Yiping Ying
Qiaoli Yang
Na Song
Yongshuang Xiao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.576161

2,528 views
10 citations