Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 2, 2021

Longitudinal variations in the gastrointestinal microbiome of the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Estefanía Garibay-Valdez, Francesco Cicala, Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Ricardo Gómez-Reyes, Francisco Vargas-Albores, Teresa Gollas-Galván, Luis Rafael Martínez-Córdova, Kadiya Calderón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11827 PubMed 34414030

August 18, 2021

A synthesis tree of the Copepoda: integrating phylogenetic and taxonomic data reveals multiple origins of parasitism

James P. Bernot, Geoffrey A. Boxshall, Keith A. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12034 PubMed 34466296

August 23, 2021

Reef manta rays forage on tidally driven, high density zooplankton patches in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

Asia O. Armstrong, Guy M.W. Stevens, Kathy A. Townsend, Annie Murray, Michael B. Bennett, Amelia J. Armstrong, Julian Uribe-Palomino, Phil Hosegood, Christine L. Dudgeon, Anthony J. Richardson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11992 PubMed 34513330

August 11, 2021

Biogeography, diversity and environmental relationships of shelf and deep-sea benthic Amphipoda around Iceland

Anne-Nina Lörz, Stefanie Kaiser, Jens Oldeland, Caroline Stolter, Karlotta Kürzel, Saskia Brix

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11898 PubMed 34447625

August 26, 2021

Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records

Julio A. Díaz, Sergio Ramírez-Amaro, Francesc Ordines

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11879 PubMed 34527436

August 2, 2021

Embryo and larval biology of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor under different temperature regimes

Maria Rakka, António Godinho, Covadonga Orejas, Marina Carreiro-Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11604 PubMed 34414021

August 20, 2021

Reeling them in: taxonomy of marine annelids used as bait by anglers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Carol Simon, Jyothi Kara, Alheit du Toit, Hendré van Rensburg, Caveshlin Naidoo, Conrad A. Matthee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11847 PubMed 34484982

August 31, 2021

Dongsha Atoll is an important stepping-stone that promotes regional genetic connectivity in the South China Sea

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Jacob Green, Dana Briggs, Ruth Hastings, Ylva Jondelius, Skylar Kensinger, Hannah Leever, Sophia Santos, Trevor Throne, Chi Cheng, Hawis Madduppa, Robert J. Toonen, Michelle R. Gaither, Eric D. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12063 PubMed 34540369

August 30, 2021

The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas

Tri Arfianti, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12054 PubMed 34540368

August 30, 2021

When size matters: the first comprehensive anatomical study of a species of “Condylocardiidae”, an extremely miniaturized bivalve

Flávio Dias Passos, Alan Rodrigo Batistão, Rüdiger Bieler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12108 PubMed 34540376

August 20, 2021

Measurement error using a SeeMaLab structured light 3D scanner against a Microscribe 3D digitizer

Dolores Messer, Michelle S. Svendsen, Anders Galatius, Morten T. Olsen, Vedrana A. Dahl, Knut Conradsen, Anders B. Dahl