Members of the Asteroidea (phylum Echinodermata), popularly known as starfish or sea
stars, are ecologically important and diverse members of marine ecosystems in all of the …

We summarize and evaluate explanations that have been proposed to account for the
unusually high number of benthic marine invertebrate species in the Southern Ocean with …

The last decade has seen an increase in the frequency and breadth of application of
molecular tools, many of which are beginning to shed light on long-standing questions in …

Mass mortalities in natural populations, particularly those that leave few survivors over large
spatial areas, may cause long-term ecological perturbations. Yet mass mortalities may …

The Valvatacea is one the most ecologically important, taxonomically diverse, and
widespread groups of post-Palaeozoic (ie modern) Asteroidea. Classification within the …

Over the last decade, cryptic speciation has been discovered in an increasing number of
taxa. Species complexes are useful models for the understanding of speciation processes …

Abstract Conformity of trans-Arctic Coryphellidae genera with the most recent revised
taxonomy for the group was tested. Both morphological and molecular data were used to …

Speciation is a process that occurs over time and, as such, can only be fully understood in
an explicitly temporal context. Here we discuss three major consequences of speciation's …

The genus Laminaria has a wide distribution range compared with other kelp genera
because it is found in both the North and the South Atlantic, on both sides of the North …

We present a comprehensively sampled three-gene phylogeny of the monophyletic
Forcipulatacea, one of three major lineages within the crown-group Asteroidea. We present …