For sexual selection to act on a given sex, there must exist variation in the reproductive
success of that sex as a result of differential access to mates or fertilisations. The …

Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny
during gestation, is one of the masterpieces of nature, contributing to offspring fitness and …

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of
marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in …

Phylogenetic relationships among Syndermata have been extensively debated, mainly
because the sister-group of the Acanthocephala has not yet been clearly identified from …

Meiofaunal life forms are found all over the animal tree of life, and miniaturization seems to
have occurred within otherwise macrofaunal clades multiple times. While sponges, comb …

Many new species of animals have been discovered during the past 40 years of deep-ocean
exploration, particularly in chemosynthetic habitats such as hydrothermal vents and cold …

It is widely held that the bilaterian tubular gut with mouth and anus evolved from a simple gut
with one major gastric opening. However, there is no consensus on how this happened. Did …

New horizons in meiobenthos research New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research Olav Giere
Michaela Schratzberger Editors Profiles, Patterns and Potentials Page 2 New Horizons in …

During a two-week workshop held at the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences on Tjärnö,
an island on the Swedish west-coast, meiofauna was studied in a large variety of habitats …

Legs and other body parts of males, females and first instar larvae of almost all recognised
families of Strepsiptera (Insecta) were examined. Descriptions of tibial, tarsal and pretarsal …