The ability to perform muscle contractions is one of the most important and distinctive
features of eumetazoans. As the sister group to bilaterians, cnidarians (sea anemones …

Jellyfish comprise a diverse clade of free-swimming predators that arose prior to the
Cambrian explosion. They play major roles in ocean ecosystems via a suite of complex …

This study provides a systematic account of the hydrozoan species collected up to now in
the Mediterranean Sea. All species are described, illustrated and information on morphology …

The biodiversity of the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) coral bank is summarized and its
description is updated using data collected by means of underwater video systems, benthic …

A re-examination of marine alien species or Non Indigenous Species (NIS) reported in
Italian Seas, until December 2018, is provided, focusing on establishment success, year of …

Gelatinous zooplankton are the least understood of all planktonic animal groups. This is
partly due to their fragility, which typically precludes the capture of intact specimens with nets …

The neural code relates the activity of the nervous system to the activity of the muscles to the
generation of behavior. To decipher it, it would be ideal to comprehensively measure the …

Hydroids, one of the dominant components of the zoobenthic communities, share
comparable growth patterns with higher plants because of their modular body organization …

Food intake is regulated by internal state. This function is mediated by hormones and
neuropeptides, which are best characterized in popular model species. However, the …

The majority of Hydrozoa is represented by not readily noticeable, small species. In recent
decades, however, taxonomic knowledge of the group has increased worldwide, with a …