The first record of a living specimen of Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826) in Galician waters is presented, representing a significant extension of the known northern limit for this charismatic...
Echinoderms are found across a wide bathymetric range. Generally, the deep-sea environments remain inaccessible for sampling, however, by-catch serves as an opportunistic source for collecting and stu...
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...