Unexpected biodiversity of epizoic gastropod genus Marseniopsis (Velutinidae) within a phylogenetic framework for the family

• Main Authors: FASSIO, GIULIA, OLIVERIO, Marco, MODICA, MARIA VITTORIA, Alvaro, M. C, Schiaparelli, S.
• Other Authors: Fassio, Giulia, Oliverio, Marco, Modica, MARIA VITTORIA
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: EDISES 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Weddell; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; D'Urville Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dumont D'Urville Sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/854490; http://www.evoluzione2015.net/userfiles/CMS_Pagina/files/Abstract_eBook_Evoluzione2015.pdf

Marseniopsis Bergh, 1886 is a genus of marine gastropods (Velutinidae) which includes nine described species, eight of which endemic to Antarctica. This genus is characterized by a peculiar planktotrophic larva, the “limacosphaera”, with a potentially long pelagic life, which is a really uncommon de...