A5012173764- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Genetic diversity and population structure
Croatian Hydrographic Institute
2020
'Cryptic' species are an emerging biological problem that is broadly discussed in the present study. Recently, a cryptic definition was suggested for those which manifest low morphological, but considerable genetic, disparity. As case study we unique material from charismatic group of nudibranch molluscs genus Trinchesia European waters to reveal three new and demonstrate they show dual nature: on one hand, can be considered 'cryptic' complex due their overall similarity, other stable...
Three new species of the neogastropod family Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875, are described from Croatian waters Adriatic Sea: Raphitoma petanii Prkić, Giannuzzi-Savelli & Pusateri n. sp., R. pusaterii Prkić sp. and stanici The diagnosed by teleoconch characters genetic data (COI sequences) in an integrative taxonomy framework. They belong to a group with microgranules on external surface all whorls three have multispiral protoconch indicating planktotrophic larval phase. first two so far known...
The four recent species of the genus Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884 are revised based on an integrative taxonomy approach: L. leufroyi (Michaud, 1828), concinna (Scacchi, 1836), erroneaMonterosato, and villaria (Pusateri & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2008).
Using the nudibranch genus Amphorina as a model, ongoing speciation is demonstrated, well how periodic-like patterns in colouration can be included an integrated method of fine-scale species delimitation. By combining several methods, including BPP analysis and study molecular, morphological, ecological data from large number specimens within broad geographic range northern Europe to Mediterranean, five are recognised , reviewed here for first time. Two new southwestern coast Sweden...
Specimens of the nudibranch genus Calma were observed under stones at two Croatian localities while feeding on gobiid eggs. Some ambiguous morphological features compared with original descriptions known species genus, C. glaucoides and gobioophaga, hampered an easy identification. Genetic data (COI 16S sequences) confirmed distinction between Calma, allowed to unambiguously identify specimens as gobioophaga. This is first record this for Mediterranean extends remarkably its distribution...
The ectoparasitic gastropod genus Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850 was nominally based on Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803. We have used the DNA barcode COI sequences to assay sympatric samples of morphotypes recently described as distinct species -complex. Our results demonstrated that, in Croatian waters, gastropods usually called C. fact comprise a complex cryptic species, which can be reliably diagnosed only by examining soft parts. In present study we that colour pattern head-foot...
Poecilogony is the intraspecific variation in developmental mode, with larvae of different types produced by same individual, population or species. It very rare among marine invertebrates, and gastropods has long been described only a few opisthobranchs. The physiological regulatory mechanisms underlying larval evolutionary transitions, such as loss planktotrophy that occurred repeatedly many caenogastropod lineages, are still largely unknown. We have studied inter- v. development...
Three rare species of Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812) (Gastropoda) with a predominant Atlantic distribution are reported from the Mediterranean Sea: Epitonium nanum (Jeffreys, 1884), collected coralligenous bottoms Alboran Sea; Claviscala richardi (Dautzenberg et de Boury, 1897) dredged on white coral biocoenosis located off coast Lazio, Central Tyrrhenian Cylindriscala mirifica (P. Fischer, 1886) bathyal water Dubrovnik, Croatia, Southern Adriatic Sea. Updated data these epitoniids...
Based on shell and soft parts characters, a new species of the conoidean gastropod genus Bela Leach in J.E. Gray, 1847 is here described from Croatian waters.The taxon, spalatina n. sp., known only type locality (Split, Croatia), compared with most closely related species, fuscata (Deshayes, 1835).The animal colour pattern, unusual for Bela, allows an easy identification species.