Aquatic invertebrates play a pivotal role in (eco) toxicological assessments because they
offer ethical, cost‐effective and repeatable testing options. Additionally, their significance in …

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 …

The Phylum Echinodermata, comprising approximately 7,000 living species, and 13,000
fossil species, is epitomized by the familiar sea star, a universal symbol of the marine realm …

Intraspecific variation in offspring size is of fundamental ecological and evolutionary
importance. The level of provisioning an organism receives from its mother can have far …

Biologists have long sought to identify and explain patterns in the diverse array of marine life
histories. The most famous speculation about such patterns is Gunnar Thorson's suggestion …

Our understanding of the origin, evolution, and biogeography of seafloor fauna is limited
because we have insufficient spatial and temporal data to resolve underlying processes [1] …

Echinoderms are a common component of benthic marine ecosystems, with many being
ecologically and/or economically important. Like many marine organisms, most …

Ocean acidification (OA) is believed to be a major threat for near‐future marine ecosystems,
and that the most sensitive organisms will be calcifying organisms and the free‐living larval …

Abstract Changes in developmental gene regulatory networks (dGRNs) underlie much of the
diversity of life, but the evolutionary mechanisms that operate on regulatory interactions …

Holothurians are marine invertebrates that are among the most widespread benthic
megafauna communities by both biomass and abundance in shallow‐water and deep‐sea …