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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 14, 2019

Mantle transcriptome sequencing of Mytilus spp. and identification of putative biomineralization genes

Magdalena Malachowicz, Roman Wenne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6245 PubMed 30723611

January 7, 2019

Ocean acidification alters morphology of all otolith types in Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii)

Robert J. Holmberg, Eric Wilcox-Freeburg, Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Alan Stebbins, Steven W. Nye Jr., Aaron Honig, Amy E. Johnston, Christine M. San Antonio, Bradford Bourque, Robyn E. Hannigan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6152 PubMed 30643693

January 21, 2019

Seasonal changes of commercial traits, proximate and fatty acid compositions of the scallop Flexopecten glaber from the Mediterranean Sea (Southern Italy)

Ermelinda Prato, Francesca Biandolino, Isabella Parlapiano, Loredana Papa, Giuseppe Denti, Giovanni Fanelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5810 PubMed 30693150

January 29, 2019

Improving the efficiency of the Fukui trap as a capture tool for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland, Canada

Jonathan A. Bergshoeff, Cynthia H. McKenzie, Brett Favaro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6308 PubMed 30713818

January 16, 2019

Growth estimation of the larger foraminifer Heterostegina depressa by means of population dynamics

Wolfgang Eder, Julia Woeger, Shunichi Kinoshita, Johann Hohenegger, Antonino Briguglio