Venoms are evolutionary key adaptations that species employ for defense, predation or competition. However, the processes and forces that drive the evolution of venoms and their …
Tube anemones, or cerianthids, are a phylogenetically informative group of cnidarians with complex life histories, including a pelagic larval stage and tube-dwelling adult stage, both …
Citizen science and informed citizens have become fundamental in providing the first records and accounts about the expansion of numerous non-indigenous species. However …
Climate change and the overall increase of seawater temperature are causing a poleward shift in species distribution, which includes a phenomenon described as the tropicalization …
L Neal, H Wiklund, LM Gunton, M Rabone… - ZooKeys, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract This is a contribution in a series of taxonomic publications on benthic fauna of polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The …
S Righi, L Forti, R Simonini, V Ferrari, D Prevedelli… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence in the field of bioprospection fosters the necessity of studying poorly investigated poisonous marine invertebrates to expand knowledge on animal venom …
IM Cabral, C Madeira, AR Grosso, PM Costa - Molecular Omics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Most animal toxins evolved to interact with specific molecular targets, which makes them highly-prized bioactives for drug development. Marine toxins, in particular, due to their wide …
S Campos, AP Rodrigo, I Moutinho Cabral, VM Mendes… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
The immense biodiversity of marine invertebrates makes them high-value targets for the prospecting of novel bioactives. The present study investigated proteinaceous toxins …
Profundiconus is the most divergent cone snail genus and its unique phylogenetic position, sister to the rest of the family Conidae, makes it a key taxon for examining venom evolution …