Browsing The Ryan Institute (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness"
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Morphological and molecular assessments of bobtail squids (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) reveal a hidden history of biodiversity
Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Ángel; Sánchez, Pilar; Villanueva, Roger (Frontiers Media, 2021-01-20)Molecular species delimitation assists taxonomic decisions for challenging species, like cryptic species complexes. Bobtail squids (Family Sepiolidae Leach, 1817) are a very diverse group of benthic and nektonic small to ... -
Potentially handicapped but otherwise functional: Malformations in prey capture tools show no impacts on octopus life
Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Ángel; Farré, Marc; Antoni Sánchez‐Márquez, Antoni; Villanueva, Roger; Escolar, Oscar; Navarro, Joan (Wiley, 2020-10-17)Larval mortality is a keystone ecological factor for many benthic octopus since it mostly occurs before their settlement in the sea bottom as benthic juveniles. The literature had revealed that records of adult animals ...