Octopus vulgaris is an important species in cephalopod fisheries and also in understanding population regulation in marine invertebrates. Despite its importance, little is known about its distribution and genetic connectivity ...

Natural populations of many marine invertebrates are under pressure by fisheries due to the increasing demand and unit prices leading to overexploitation. I examined the genetic variation of two marine invertebrates: the ...

Coral reef invertebrates are not, nor have ever been, completely autonomous entities; rather they exist as a network of inter-dependent species, living and evolving as a “holobiont”. A major, yet relatively understudied, ...

Millepora is a relative rich-species genus of hydrocorals, with 18 species distributed around the globe and no shared species between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. It is considered one of the important reef building ...

There are no studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the polychaetes from the Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCE) and this work represents the first effort to identify and catalog the polychaetes of these ecosystems ...

Millepora, an important structural component of tropical coral reefs, is a ubiquitous hydrocoral genus in the shallow water reefs of the Caribbean and is traditionally thought to consist of four species: M. alcicornis ...

The population genetic structure of the zooxanthellate corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis were used as a proxy to understand connectivity between reefs. Sequences of the mitochondrial control region were recovered ...

Identifying genetic population connectivity and discrete population boundaries are important objectives for management of declining Caribbean reef-building corals and coral reefs. A double digest restriction associated DNA ...

The bearded fireworm Hermodice carunculata is an important predator invertebrate in tropical and subtropical Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. There is limited data on the genetic population structure of H. carunculata ...

Echinoderms display a wide array of life histories, which can have a profound effect in the dispersal potential and population structure of species. The brittle stars Ophiocoma echinata and Amphipholis squamata are ...