Multinucleate cells - single cells containing multiple nuclei in a shared cytoplasm - are found across the eukaryotic tree of life. Having evolved independently in fungi, plants, protists, and animals...
The dragonfishes and allies (Stomiiformes) are among the most species rich and ecologically important clades of deep-sea fishes. Within the Stomiiformes, the marine hatchetfishes (Sternoptychidae) are...
Animals have evolved diverse mating strategies to cope with limitations on mate encounter and secure reproductive success. One of the most extreme examples is found in deep-sea anglerfishes, in which ...
The hagfish eye is highly reduced, lacking pigment and a lens, and covered by soft tissue. The timing and mode of this loss of complexity remain unknown. Here, we present high-resolution anatomical da...
Polyploidy is rare in animals, where it is often associated with unusual modes of reproduction. Here we use phased exon capture data to identify ploidy and investigate the subgenome composition of fou...
The stomiiforms are a diverse radiation of ray-finned fishes found in pelagic deep-sea environments, with taxa encompassing the barbeled dragonfishes including more than 350 species placed in the fami...
Cyclothone (bristlemouths) is considered the most numerically abundant genus of fish in the world and primarily inhabits the mesopelagic and bathypelagic ocean zones. Cyclothone body fossils date to t...
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