Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2021YFF0502801,2021YFE0193700);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDB42000000,XDA22050203);the Taishan Scholars Program(No.tsqn202306280)。
Four species new to science were identified in the Tellinidae museum collections in the Marine Biological Museum of Chinese Academy of Sciences.Pinguitellina triquetra sp.nov.,collected in 1981,has not previously been...
supported by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah Niche Area Research Scheme No.SDN0025-2019.
Knowledge about the population dynamics within a specific spatial area is vital for the effective planning and management of important fishery resources.Population parameters,including the asymptotic length(L∞),growt...
Island ecosystems support diverse aquatic invertebrate communities comprising endemic taxa.Documentation of existing species is important for conservation.In this study,a checklist of marine opisthobranch from the Rep...
supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(202241002 and 202172002);Science and Technology Innovation Project of Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202203104);the Young Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province(tsqn202103036).
Mollusca is the second-largest animal phylum with over 100,000 extant species representing eight classes.Across 1000 extant species in the class Polyplacophora,chitons have a relatively constrained morphology but with...
The authors would like to thank Dr.Weibo Song and Ms.Gongaote Zhang for improving the quality of the fgures in the manuscript.This work was supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972789);Industrial Development Project of Qingdao City(20-3-4-16-nsh);the Science and Technology Development Project of Weihai City(2018NS01).
Despite signifcant advances in the phylogenomics of bivalves over the past decade,the higher-level phylogeny of Imparidentia(a superorder of Heterodonta)remains elusive.Here,a total of fve new mitochondrial sequences(...
Cephalopods are known to be commercially important around the world. Worth mentioning it constitutes a major part of the Egyptian fishing industry. Samples of cephalopods were collected from fishing boats in the Suez ...
Tagelus adansonii has served as man’s food around the world from time immemorial.However,the aquatic ecosystem in which they live is constantly polluted.Microbial and proximate compositions and energy value of T.adan...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41872014, 41572007 and 41572009);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.XDB26000000);the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.193123);the Basic Research Plan of Natural Science of Shaanxi Province (Grant No.2018JM4002);the Student Innovation Project of Chang’an University (No.202010710458);the 12th ‘Challenge Cup’ competition of Chang’an University (No.D-P-B-1)。
A new maikhanellid genus, Totornatus gen. nov., from the Lower Cambrian(Fortunian Stage) of Zhangjiagou section at Xixiang County, southern Shaanxi Province, South China, is based on a new taxon T. strigatus gen. et s...
This work was supported by research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31772414);the Natural Science Foundation of Qingdao City(No.20-3-4-16-nsh);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.201964001).
The mitochondrial genomes(mitogenomes)are purportedly under selection for smaller size to improve their replica-tion and translation efficiency.However,the mitogenomes of Arcidae species are larger than those of other...
The Fundamental Research Grant Scheme from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia under contract No.FRG0467-2017。
The population parameters of blood cockles,Tegillarca granosa in the intertidal zone of Marudu Bay,Sabah,Malaysia were investigated based on monthly length-weight frequency data(July 2017 to June 2018).A total of 279 ...