In this study, we analyze the current state of knowledge on extant Eunicida systematics,
morphology, feeding, life history, habitat, ecology, distribution patterns, local diversity and …

As the rate of global change increases, the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems,
including the food webs that underpin them, will radically alter. Forecasting the …

Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of
biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches …

Cold-seep megafaunal communities around gas hydrate mounds (pingos) in the western
Barents Sea (76∘ N, 16∘ E,∼ 400 m depth) were investigated with high-resolution …

Methane seeps provide a variety of ecosystem services, including the provision of complex
habitat structures and high levels of primary production, which can act as trophic support to …

Background Modern integrative taxonomy-based annelid species descriptions are detailed
combining morphological data and, since the last decades, also molecular information …

Since the discovery of> 570 methane flares on the northern US Atlantic margin between
Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank in the last decade, the acquisition of thousands of …

Polychaetes or bristle worms (Annelida) are one of the best represented invertebrate groups
in marine environments worldwide. Although the reproductive biology and life histories of …

Cold seeps support fragile deep-sea communities of high biodiversity and are often found in
areas with high commercial interest. Protecting them from encroaching human impacts …

This publication presents an unusual behavior of a comatulid crinoid that was tentatively
attributed to Heliometria glacialis (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Heliometrinae). This unstalked …