FIVE NEW COEXISTING SPECIES OF COPEPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE GENUS SPANIOMOLGUS (POECILOSTOMATOIDA: RHYNCHOMOLGIDAE), SYMBIONTS OF THE STONY CORAL STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA (SCLERACTINIA)

Five new coexisting species of copepod crustaceans of the genus Spaniomolgus (Poecilostomatoida: Rhynchomolgidae), symbionts of the stony coral Stylophora pistillata (Scleractinia)

Spaniomolgus is a symbiotic genus of copepods of the poecilostomatoid family Rhynchomolgidae and is known to be associated with shallow-water reef-building hermatypic corals.Three species of this genus were previously found only in Transmission Accessories washings of Acropora and Stylophora in northern Madagascar.Four coral morphotypes of Stylopho

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atonal- and achaete-scute-related genes in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii: insights into the evolution of neural basic-Helix-Loop-Helix genes

Abstract Background Functional studies in model organisms, such as vertebrates and Drosophila, have shown that Reusable breast pad basic Helix-loop-Helix (bHLH) proteins have important roles in different steps of neurogenesis, from the acquisition of neural fate to the differentiation into specific neural cell types.However, these studies highlight

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