Plastic debris provides long-lasting substrates for benthic organisms, thus acting as a
potential vector for their dispersion. Its interaction with these colonizers is, however, still poorly …

Phylogenetic relationships and the timing of evolutionary events are essential for understanding
evolution on longer time scales. Cheilostome bryozoans are a group of ubiquitous, …

Serpuloideans, bryozoans and brachiopods, which are among the most representative
sessile skeletonised invertebrates in marine caves, are examined herein from four selected …

Breve revisione della fauna a briozoi associata a fanerogame marine, attuale e fossile a Le
conoscenze riguardanti le associazioni a briozoi fossili e moderne riportate da praterie a …

Increasing amount of anthropogenic litter in the marine environment has provided an enormous
number of substrates for a wide range of marine organisms, thus serving as a potential …

Most studies of Cenozoic shallow-water, mixed carbonate–siliciclastic depositional systems
have focused on their sedimentology. To date, however, comprehensive analyses of biotas …

Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large
numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these …

The Kutai Basin (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) contains a rich and well-preserved Miocene
fossil record of small patch reefs that developed under the influence of high siliciclastic input …

Living and dead bryozoan communities from three caves in the “Plemmirio Marine Protected
Area” (SE Sicily, Italy) were studied. Species richness from each cave and from the area as …

Ecological interactions affect the survival and reproduction of individuals. However, ecological
interactions are notoriously difficult to measure in extinct populations, hindering our …