...Daniel R. Chappell; Daniel I. Speiser ABSTRACT The marine mollusc Acanthopleura granulata (Mollusca; Polyplacophora) has a distributed visual array composed of hundreds of small image-forming eyes embedded within its eight dorsal shell plates. As in other animals with distributed visual systems, we...

...Melody S. Clark ABSTRACT Much recent marine research has been directed towards understanding the effects of anthropogenic-induced environmental change on marine biodiversity, particularly for those animals with heavily calcified exoskeletons, such as corals, molluscs and urchins. This is because...

..., 2004 ); annelids such as the tube-dwelling sabellids ( Bok et al., 2016 ) and serpulids ( Bok et al., 2017 ); and molluscs such as ark clams ( Nilsson, 1994 ), giant clams ( Wilkens, 1986 ), scallops ( Land, 1965 ) and chitons ( Speiser et al., 2011 ). Many recent studies have focused on the optical...

... ; Kooijman, 2010 ; Perlman, 2013 ). Invertebrate Insulin-like peptides Mollusc Neuronal plasticity Life-history optimization Energy budget Summary: Natural selection optimizes the way organisms spend their limiting resources on growth, reproduction and survival. We tie this process...

...Elliot Scanes; Laura M. Parker; Wayne A. O'Connor; Laura S. Stapp; Pauline M. Ross ABSTRACT Sessile marine molluscs living in the intertidal zone experience periods of internal acidosis when exposed to air (emersion) during low tide. Relative to other marine organisms, molluscs have been identified...

... sufficient not only for today's needs but also for those in a warmer acidified future. Aerobic scope Global warming Climate change Ocean acidification Gastropod Mollusc Ocean temperature and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels are rising and this is projected to continue throughout this century...

... ( cbishop@stfx.ca ; pkrug@calstatela.edu ) 27 9 2012 13 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 dimorphism Alderia desperate larva hypothesis larval settlement metamorphosis mollusc Planktonic larvae of marine invertebrates are under strong...

... 5 2012 © 2012. 2012 hypoxia metal pollution mitochondria mollusc proton leak temperature Oxygen deficiency is a common stressor in estuarine and coastal environments, and occurs when respiration by the resident biota (especially micro-organisms) outstrips the oxygen input...

... by a survey of ET studies across animal taxa, including insects, crustaceans, molluscs, lizards, fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. Variability in ETs is examined in terms of ecological significance and morpho-physiological constraints. The survey shows that certain escape strategies (single ETs and highly...

... enhancing their ability to colonize a wider range of habitats. * Author for correspondence ( smpeyer@wisc.edu ) 15 3 2011 © 2011. 2011 biological invasions bivalve functional morphology Great Lakes kinetic energy locomotion mollusc moment of inertia sediment Zebra...

... ( richard.stephenson@utoronto.ca ) 15 11 2010 © 2011. 2011 sleep mollusc model organism Lymnaea stagnalis The study of sleep is growing rapidly, as is our awareness of the vital importance of this behavioural state to basic biology and clinical medicine. Yet some of the most fundamental...

... fixation (photosynthesis). ‘Solar-powered’ sacoglossan molluscs, or sea slugs, have taken this type of symbiotic association one step further by solely harboring the photosynthetic organelle, the plastid (=chloroplast). One such sea slug, Elysia chlorotica , lives as a ‘plant’ when provided with only light...

... with lettuce and Aquamax-carnivorous Grower 600 trout pellets (Purina Mills LLC, St Louis, MO, USA). * Author for correspondence( hermann@ucalgary.ca ) 7 7 2009 2009 reciprocal copulation mollusc fitness male sexual drive sperm trading size-assortative mating Sexually...

...Abdullah M. Khan; Gaynor E. Spencer SUMMARY The aerial respiratory behaviour of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis is an important homeostatic behaviour that can be operantly conditioned. The central pattern generator underlying this behaviour, as well as motorneurons innervating the respiratory orifice...

... of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 serotonin receptor gastropod mollusc phylogenetic analysis receptor expression Among the many neurotransmitter and hormone systems studied to date,serotonin (5-HT) stands out in its relatively large diversity of receptors. In studies on vertebrates, seven...

...-mail: fabrice.pernet@ifremer.fr ) 25 1 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 genetically based intraspecific variation growth temperature adaptation scope for growth lipid remodelling homeoviscous adaptation mollusc aquaculture The physiological components regulating...

...@umcs.ca ) 18 6 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 lipid fatty acid triglyceride phospholipid homeoviscous adaptation mollusc temperature adaptation acclimation Temperature, due to its impact upon all levels of biological organisation,is a crucial...

...Oliver R. Braubach; Amanda J. G. Dickinson; Carol C. E. Evans; Roger P. Croll SUMMARY Larval molluscs commonly use ciliated vela to swim and feed. In this study we used immunohistochemistry to demonstrate innervation of velar cilia and muscles by monoaminergic and peptidergic fibres...

... for correspondence (e-mail: aheyland@ufl.edu ) 8 9 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 thyroid hormone mollusc echinoderm iodine nuclear hormone receptor non-genomic action sea urchin Aplysia Many structurally similar signaling molecules are shared between...

...Kosei Sasaki; Fumihiro Morishita; Yasuo Furukawa SUMMARY The arterial system of the marine mollusc Aplysia consists of three major arteries. One of them, the abdominal aorta, has a sphincter (the vasoconstrictor muscle) at the base of the artery. Contraction of this muscle reduces the blood flow...