The Salento peninsula is a portion of the Italian mainland separating two distinct
Mediterranean basins, the Ionian and the Adriatic seas. Several authors have studied the …

This work aimed to test whether the colour variability featured by the European nudibranch
Polycera quadrilineata is consistent with the concept of a single polychromatic species or …

Biodiversity is a broad concept that encompasses the diversity of nature, from the genetic to
the habitat scale, and ensures the proper functioning of ecosystems. The Mediterranean …

This Collective Article presents new information about the occurrence of 23 marine taxa that
belong to five Phyla: two Chlo-rophyta, one Annelida, six Mollusca, three Arthropoda, eleven …

Rocky tide pools are transition environments whose communities are affected by sudden
temperature, salinity and nutrient fluctuations. Furthermore, these environments are exposed …

Sponge grounds are complex three-dimensional benthic habitats dominated by sponges.
These sponge-dominated assemblages have been reported worldwide, from the intertidal …

Citizen (or community) science has provided copious and valuable information about
charismatic marine taxa such as heterobranch gastropods, thus contributing enormously to …

Abstract Hemichordates (Enteropneusta and Pterobranchia) belong to a small deuterostome
invertebrate group that may offer insights on the origin and evolution of the chordate nervous …

Abstract The project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase” aims to research and promote coastal and
marine biodiversity at the MARE Outpost (Avamposto MARE), a marine station established …

The present short note reports the finding of five Nudipleura species: one (Taringa cf.
telopia) new for the Mediterranean, two (Doto maculata and Okenia longiductis) new for …