Shifting seas: The impacts of Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations on the evolution of tropical marine taxa

WB Ludt, LA Rocha - Journal of Biogeography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Pleistocene glacial cycles reduced global sea level by up to 130 m below present
levels. These changes had profound impacts on coastal marine life, including a reduction of …

Prey selection of corallivorous muricids at Koh Tao (Gulf of Thailand) four years after a major coral bleaching event

MS Moerland, CM Scott, BW Hoeksema - Contributions to Zoology, 2016 - brill.com
Corallivorous Drupella (Muricidae) snails at Koh Tao are reported to have extended their
range of prey species following a major coral bleaching event in 2010. Populations of their …

Genetic and morphological variation in corallivorous snails (Coralliophila spp.) living on different host corals at Curaçao, southern Caribbean

G Potkamp, MJA Vermeij, BW Hoeksema - Contributions to Zoology, 2017 - brill.com
Snails of the genus Coralliophila (Muricidae: Coralliophilinae) are common corallivores in
the Caribbean, feeding on a wide range of host species. In the present study, the …

Limited population genetic structure in the littoral gastropod Nerita tessellata (Neritimorpha, Neritidae) suggests high dispersal across the Caribbean Sea

JF Quintero-Galvis, K Ocampo-Zuleta, LR Castro… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Caribbean Sea is characterized by an incredible biodiversity, including several
endemic mollusk species, most of which have larval dispersal as their main mechanism of …

Negative indirect effects of neighbors on imperiled scleractinian corals

L Johnston, MW Miller - Coral reefs, 2014 - Springer
Predation pressure on an individual may be influenced by spatial associations with other
organisms. In the case of rare and imperiled species, such indirect interactions may affect …

Host-dependent variation in density of corallivorous snails (Coralliophila spp.) at Curaçao, southern Caribbean

G Potkamp, MJA Vermeij, BW Hoeksema - Marine Biodiversity, 2017 - Springer
Snails of the genus Coralliophila (Muricidae: Coralliophilinae) are common in the Caribbean
as corallivores that feed on a large range of host species. The present study concerns the …

Evolutionary history of the calcareous sponge Clathrina aurea: genetic connectivity in the Western Atlantic and intriguing occurrence in the Eastern Pacific

B Cóndor-Luján, P Leocorny, A Padua, F Azevedo… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Clathrina aurea was considered endemic to Brazil before being recorded from the Pacific
(Peru) and the Caribbean Sea. We assessed the morphological variability, phylogeographic …

Evidence of host-associated divergence from coral-eating snails (genus Coralliophila) in the Coral Triangle

SE Simmonds, V Chou, SH Cheng, R Rachmawati… - Coral Reefs, 2018 - Springer
We studied how host-associations and geography shape the genetic structure of sister
species of marine snails Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1853) and C. violacea (Kiener …

Specialist and generalist symbionts show counterintuitive levels of genetic diversity and discordant demographic histories along the Florida Reef Tract

BM Titus, M Daly - Coral Reefs, 2017 - Springer
Specialist and generalist life histories are expected to result in contrasting levels of genetic
diversity at the population level, and symbioses are expected to lead to patterns that reflect a …

Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the commercially-collected Caribbean blue-legged hermit crab (Clibanarius tricolor)

TE Stark, N Simoes, M Daly - Conservation Genetics, 2021 - Springer
Shifts from ornamental fish tanks to functional reef ecosystem aquaria has led to
unprecedented pressure on marine invertebrate fisheries. The Caribbean blue-legged …