Global Patterns of Species Richness in Coastal Cephalopods

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Rosa, Rui, Pissarra, Vasco, Borges, Francisco O., Xavier, José, Gleadall, Ian G., Golikov, Alexey, Bello, Giambattista, Morais, Liliane, Lishchenko, Fedor, Roura, Álvaro, Judkins, Heather, Ibáñez, Christian M., Piatkowski, Uwe, Vecchione, Michael, Villanueva, Roger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: biogeography; mollusk; cephalopod; cuttlefish; squid; octopus; species richness; Arctic; Indian; Oyashio; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Sunda; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106960; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00469

Within the context of global climate change and overfishing of fish stocks, there is some evidence that cephalopod populations are benefiting from this changing setting. These invertebrates show enhanced phenotypic flexibility and are found from polar regions to the tropics. Yet, the global patterns...