Abstract Aim The Red Sea is characterised by a unique fauna and historical periods of
desiccation, hypersalinity and intermittent isolation. The origin and contemporary …

Hotspots of high species diversity are a prominent feature of modern global biodiversity
patterns. Fossil and molecular evidence is starting to reveal the history of these hotspots …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Aim To understand why and when areas of endemism (provinces) of the tropical Atlantic
Ocean were formed, how they relate to each other, and what processes have contributed to …

The ranges of many tropical marine species overlap in a centre of maximum marine
biodiversity, which is located in the Indo-Malayan region. Because this centre includes …

After a 12-million-year (My) process, the Central American Isthmus was completed 2.8 My
ago. Its emergence affected current flow, salinity, temperature, and primary productivity of …

Much of what we know about speciation comes from detailed studies of well‐known model
systems. Although there have been several important syntheses on speciation, few (if any) …

The perceived wide geographic range of organisms in the sea, facilitated by ready dispersal
of waterborne dispersal stages, is a challenge for hypotheses of marine speciation but a …

Extreme concentration of marine biodiversity and exploitation of marine resources in the
Coral Triangle pose challenges to biogeographers and resource managers. Comparative …

We synthesize the evolutionary implications of recent advances in the fields of
phylogeography, biogeography and palaeogeography for shallow‐water marine species …