Mucous-mesh grazers (pelagic tunicates and thecosome pteropods) are common in oceanic
waters and efficiently capture, consume and repackage particles many orders of magnitude …

In eukaryotes, genome size correlates little with the number of coding genes or the level of
organismal complexity (C-value paradox). The underlying causes of variations in genome …

To accurately assess the impacts of climate change on our planet, modeling of oceanic
systems and understanding how atmospheric carbon is transported from surface waters to …

Coevolution is a process through which two interactive systems mutually influence each
other's development. Midwater research and remotely operated vehicle technology are two …

Many animals build complex structures to aid in their survival, but very few are built
exclusively from materials that animals create,. In the midwaters of the ocean, mucoid …

Abstract Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Larvacea (Appendicularia) and Ctenophora are not typically
associated with hadal communities. Here, we report observations of these groups based on …

Appendicularia comprises 70 marine, invertebrate, chordate species. Appendicularians play
important ecological and evolutionary roles, yet their morphological disparity remains …

Bathochordaeus mcnutti sp. nov. is described from the mesopelagic northeast Pacific Ocean
(Monterey Bay, California, USA). Larvaceans in the genus Bathochordaeus are large, often …

The preferential grazing of an organism on certain particles from the environment (selective
feeding) impacts particle compositions and distributions in aquatic systems. Historically …

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