Marine organisms have occupied hard substrates since the Archaean. Shells, rocks, wood
and sedimentary hardgrounds offer relatively stable habitats compared to unconsolidated …

To some potential readers of this book the description of Biological System atics as an art
may seem outdated and frankly wrong. For most people art is subjective and unconstrained …

We present a comprehensive revision and synthesis of the higher-level classification of the
barnacles (Crustacea: Thecostraca) to the genus level and including both extant and fossils …

'No group of plants or animals on the planet exhibits the range of morphological diversity
seen among the extant crustacea.'this provocative quote from martin and davis (2001) …

Previous phylogenetic attempts at resolving barnacle evolutionary relationships are few and
have relied on limited taxon sampling. Here we combine DNA sequences from three nuclear …

Global biodiversity patterns in deep time can only be understood fully when the relative
preservation potential of each clade is known. The relative preservation potential of marine …

The Thoracica includes the ordinary barnacles found along the sea shore and is the most
diverse and well-studied superorder of Cirripedia. However, although the literature abounds …

Here, I present a review and synthesis of fossil and neontological evidence to find major
trends in the pre-Cenozoic evolution of animal acoustic behaviour. Anatomical, ecological …

Understanding how animals evolve to become parasites is key to unravelling how
biodiversity is generated as a whole, as parasites could account for half of all species …

Acorn barnacles are sessile crustaceans common in shallow-water settings, both in modern
oceans and in the Miocene geological record. Barnacle-rich facies occur from polar to …