Mollusca Research
Molluscs are the second most diverse group of animals and the one with higher number of species in the marine environment. They have a staggering diversity of body shapes, ecologies, and sizes from minute worm like animals living between sand grains, to clams and gastropods with flamboyant shells, mysterious giant squids and octopuses and of course the dazzling bright coloured nudibranchs. At the Natural History Museum of Bergen we research on various aspects of the morphology, diversity, systematics, phylogenetics, ecology, biogeography, and evolution of molluscs, using DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, and electron microscopy. Our geographic scope covers nearly the whole World with projects on the Norwegian Sea, West Africa, Caribbean Sea, Indo-Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.
Affiliation
Projects
Publications
2025
Mart铆n-Herv谩s, M. R., Carmona, L., Krug, P. J., Gosliner, T., Cervera, J. L. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2025. Origin and Biogeography of the Colourful Sap-Sucking Sea Slugs Genus Thuridilla Bergh, 1872 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of Biogeography, e15171.
Bharate, M., Turani, M., Uribe, J. E., & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2025. On the relationships and origin of the worldwide Haminoea sensu lato marine molluscs (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) and the Importance of in鈥恉epth taxon sampling. Zoologica Scripta.
Malaquias, M. A. E., Turani, M., Lopes, E., & Cervera, J. L. 2025. The Heterobranchia gastropods from the Cabo Verde Islands (NE Atlantic): a hot-spot of endemism. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 86: 104193.
Ekimova, I. A., Nikitenko, E. D., Stanovova, M. V., Antokhina, T. I., Schepetov, D. M., & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2025. A deceptive variety: integrative systematics and phylogeography suggest Adalaria proxima and Adalaria loveni represent a single species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Systematics and Biodiversity, 23(1), 2468639.
2024
Barreiros, J. P., Botelho, A. Z., Costa, A. C., Parente, M. I., Porteiro, F. M., Barcelos, L. M. D., Azevedo, J., Barreiros, J. B., Menezes, G. M., Lhoumeau, S., Malaquias, M., Coelho, R., Prestes, A. C. L., Faria, J., Torres, P., Albuquerque, I., Ramos, J. B., Fontes, J., Correia, L. A. & Luz, R. 2024. Guia pr谩ctico da flora e fauna marinha dos A莽ores / Filed guide of Azorean marine flora and fauna. Instituto A莽oreano de Cultura (IAC), Angra do Heroismo, 528p. [book]
Malaquias, M. A. E. 2024. Nudibranchs and other sea slugs of the Azores. Marine gastropods. Letras Lavadas, Ponta Delgada, A莽ores, (ISBN: 9789897355387), 140p. [book]
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2024. Euopisthobranchs: Musculature. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥17. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2024. Euopisthobranchs: Integument. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥7. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Grishina, D. Y., Schepetov, D. M., Antokhina, T. I., Malaquias, M. A. E., Vald茅s, 脕., & Ekimova, I. A. 2024. Panmixia and local endemism: a revision of the Eubranchus rupium species complex with a description of new species. Invertebrate Systematics, 38: IS24032.
Ekimova, I. A., Schepetov, D. M., Green, B., Stanovova, M. V., Antokhina, T. I., Gosliner, T., Malaquias, M. A. E. & Vald茅s, 脕. 2024. Scaling the high latitudes: evolution, diversification, and dispersal of Coryphella nudibranchs across the Northern Hemisphere. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201: 108214.
Siegwald, J., & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2024. Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad201.
2023
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Intestinal System. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥24. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Introduction. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥9. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Respiratory System. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥8. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Bartolomaeus, T. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Skeletal/Support System. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥7. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Bartolomaeus, T., Malaquias, M. A. E. & Lobo-da-Cunha, A. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Body Cavities. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥10. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Bartolomaeus, T., Malaquias, M. A. E. & Lobo-da-Cunha, A. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Circulatory System. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥9. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Bartolomaeus, T., Malaquias, M. A. E. & Lobo-da-Cunha, A. 2023. Euopisthobranchs: Excretory System. In: Starck, J. M. (Ed.), Microscopic Anatomy of Animals. John Wiley & Sons, p. 1鈥11. [Encyclopaedia chapter]
Landau, B., Harzhauser, M., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 22: Marine Heterobranchia (excluding Pyramidelloidea). Cainozoic Research, 23(2): 337鈥432.
Turani, M., Vald茅s, 脕., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2023. Molecular phylogeny of the marine snail genus Haminoea (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea): a framework to study marine diversity and speciation. Zoologica Scripta, 53(1): 52鈥77.
Tibiri莽谩, Y., Pola, M., Pittman, C., Gosliner, T. M., Malaquias, M. A., and Cervera, J. L. 2023. A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia) A troupe of Spanish dancer. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 23: 697鈥742.
Ekimova, I. A., Nikitenko, E., Stanovova, M. V., Schepetov, D. M., Antokhina, T. I., Malaquias, M. A. E., and Vald茅s, 脕. 2023. Unity in diversity: morphological and genetic variability, integrative systematics, and phylogeography of the widespread nudibranch mollusc Onchidoris muricata. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21(1), 2246472.
Malaquias, M. A. E. and Afonso, P. 2023. An account on the marine Heterobranchia gastropods collected during the Mission 鈥淕AMPA Graciosa 2014鈥 (Archipelago of the Azores, mid-north Atlantic). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, 38: 43鈥49.
Campany脿-Llovet, N., Bates, A. Cuvelier, D., Giacomello, E., Catarino, D., Gooday, A. J., Berning, B., Figuerola, B., Malaquias, M. A. E., Moura, C. J., Xavier, J. R., Sutton, T. T., Fauconnet, L., Ramalho, S. P., Neves, B. d. M., Machado, G. M., Horton, T., Gebruk, A.V., Minin, K., Bried, J., Molodtsova, T., Silva, M. A., Dilman, A., Kremenetskaia, A., Costa, E. F. S., Clarke, J., Martins, H. R., Pham, C. K., Carreiro-Silva, M., and Cola莽o, A. 2023. FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1050268.
Vald茅s, 脕., Feliciano, K., and Malaquias, M. A. 2023. The genus Pupa R枚ding, 1798 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Acteonidae) in New Caledonia with notes on Recent species. Zootaxa, 5270(3), 471鈥506.
Ara煤jo, A. K., Pola, M., Malaquias, M. A. E., Vitale, F., and Cervera, J. L. 2023. Integrative taxonomy reveals that not all European reddish runcinids are the same: the case of the Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Runcinida) species-complex, with the description of a new genus. Invertebrate Systematics, 37(1), 61鈥77.
Fassio, G., Stefani, M., Russini, V., Buge, B., Bouchet, P., Treneman, N., Malaquias, M. A. E., Schiaparelli, S., Modica, M. V., Oliverio, M. 2023. Neither slugs nor snails: a molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 197(4), 924鈥964.
2022
Oskars, T. R., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2022. Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific bubble-snails of the genus Haloa (Pilsbry, 1921) (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 36(5): 436鈥492.
Ekimova, I., Vald茅s, 脕., Malaquias, M. A. E., Rauch, C., Chichvarkhin, A., Mikhlina, A., Antokhina, T., Chichvarkhina, O., and Schepetov, D. 2022. High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family 小oryphellidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196, 215鈥249.
Hellem, E., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2022. The taxonomic status of the headshield slug genus Nakamigawaia Kuroda and Habe, 1961 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Aglajidae), with the description of a new species from the Western Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 55(35鈥36): 2231鈥2244.
Siegwald, J., Kano, Y., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2022. A global phylogeny of the deep-sea gastropod family Scaphandridae (Heterobranchia: Cepahalaspidea): redefinition and generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 169: 107415.
Siegwald, J. and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2022. Revisiting the deep-sea Atlantic gastropod species Scaphander gracilis Watson, 1883: First data on its morphology, systematics, and ecology. Journal of Natural History, 55(47鈥48): 3053鈥3066.
2021
Ramirez-Llodra, E., Pedersen, T., Dexter, K.F., Hauquier, F., Guilini, K., Mikkelsen, N., Borgersen, G., Van Gyseghem, M., Vanreusel, A. and Vilas, D., 2021. Community structure of deep fjord and shelf benthic fauna receiving different detrital kelp inputs in northern Norway. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 168, p.103433. DOI: .
Neuhaus, J., Rauch, C., Bakken, T., Picton, B., Pola, M. and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2021. The genus Jorunna (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: a new species and a possible case of incipient speciation. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 87(4), eyab028. DOI: .
Feliciano, K., Malaquias, M. A. E., Stout, C., Brenzinger, B., Gosliner, T. M., and Vald茅s, 脕. 2021. Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity in Micromelo undatus (Brugui猫re, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae). Systematics and Biodiversity, XX: 1-25. .
Ara煤jo, A. K., Pola, M., Malaquias, M. A. E., Ballesteros, M., and Cervera, J. L. 2021. Molecular phylogeny of European Runcinida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): the discovery of an unexpected pool of species complex, with special reference to the case of Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, XX: 1-28.
Mart铆n-Herv谩s, M. R., Carmona, L., Malaquias, M. A. E., Krug, P. J., Gosliner, T. M. and Cervera, J. L. 2021. A molecular phylogeny of Thuridilla Bergh, 1872 sea slugs (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa) reveals a case of flamboyant and cryptic radiation in the marine realm. Cladistics, 37: 647鈥676.
Varney, R. M., Brenzinger, B., Malaquias, M. A. E., Meyer, C. P., Schr枚dl, M. and Kocot, K. 2021. Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1): 1-14.
2020
Bharate, M., Apte, D., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. A massive aggregation of the mangrove snail Bakawan rotundata (A. Adams, 1850) (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae) in India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 39: 101406. .
S酶rensen, C. G., Rauch, C., Pola, M. and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. Integrative taxonomy reveals a cryptic species of the nudibranch genus Polycera (Polyceridae) in European waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(5): 733-752. .
Oskars, T. R. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. The temperate Australasian genus Papawera Oskars and Malaquias, 2019 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae), with a redescription of P. zelandiae and P. maugeansis. Journal of Natural History, 54(21-22): 1343-1362. .
Oskars, T. R. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific colourful bubble-snails of the genus Lamprohaminoea Habe, 1952 (Cephalaspidea : Haminoeidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 34: 727鈥756. .
Oskars, T. R. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific mangrove-associated snails of the genus Bakawan (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 86: 323鈥341.
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Alves, 脗., Oliveira, E., Wranik, W., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. The copulatory apparatus of the marine gastropod Haminella solitaria (Say, 1822) (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) and its phylogenetic relevance. Invertebrate Biology, 139(1): e12281.
Siegwald, J., Pastorino, G., Oskars, T., and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2020. A new species of the deep-sea genus Scaphander (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) from the Mar del Plata submarine canyon off Argentina. Bulletin of Marine Sciences, 96(1):111鈥126.&苍产蝉辫;
2019
Kocot, K. M., Todt, C., Mikkelsen, N. T., & Halanych, K. M. 2019. Phylogenomics of Aplacophora (Mollusca, Aculifera) and a solenogaster without a foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1902), 20190115. DOI: .
Oskars, T. R. and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2019. A molecular phylogeny of the Indo-West Pacific species of Haloa sensu lato gastropods (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae): Tethyan vicariance, generic diversity, and ecological specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 139:
Araujo, A. K., Pola, M., Malaquias, M. A. E., Cervera, J. L. 2019. To be or not to be? What molecules say about Runcina brenkoae Thompson, 1980 1 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Runcinida). Sciencia Marina, 83(3): 223-235. .
Oskars, T. R., Too, C. C., Rees, D., Mikkelsen, P., Willassen, E., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2019. A molecular phylogeny of the gastropod family Haminoeidae sensu lato (Heterobranchia, Cephalaspidea), - a generic revision. Invertebrate Systematics, 33(2): 426-472. .
Aslam, S., Oskars, T. R., Siddiqui, G., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2019. Beyond shells: First detailed morphological description of the mangrove-associated gastropod Haminoea aff.fusca (A. Adams, 1850) (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae), with a COI phylogenetic analysis. Zoosystema, 41(16): 313-326. .
Mikkelsen, N. T., Todt, C., Kocot, K. M., Halanych, K. M., Willassen, E. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Caudofoveata (Mollusca) challenges traditional views.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132:&苍产蝉辫;138鈥150.&苍产蝉辫;
Moles, J., Avila, C., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2019. Unmasking Antarctic mollusc lineages: novel evidence from philinoid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea). Cladistics, 35:1鈥27.
2018
Mikkelsen, N. T., Kocot, K. M., Halanych, K. M. 2018. Mitogenomics reveals phylogenetic relationships of caudofoveate aplacophoran molluscs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution127. 429鈥436.
Mikkelsen, N. T., Todt, C. 2018. One or many? Molecular versus morphological diversity in the aplacophoran Chaetoderma nitidulumLov茅n, 1844 (Mollusca: Caudofoveata). Journal of Molluscan Studies84. 113鈥131.
Bharate, M., Oskars, T. R., Narayana, S., Ravinesh, R., Kumar, A. B., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2018. Description of a new species of Haminoea (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) from India, with an account of the diversity of the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 52 (37鈥38): 2437鈥2456.
Austin, J., Gosliner, T., Malaquias, M. A. E. 2018. Systematic revision, diversity patterns, and trophic ecology of the tropical Indo-West Pacific sea slug genus PhanerophthalmusA. Adams, 1850 (Cephalaspidea, Haminoeidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 32: 1336鈥1387.
Vald茅s, 脕., Breslau, E., Padula, V., Schr枚dl, M., Camacho, Y., Malaquias, M. A. E., Alexander, J., Bottomley, M., Vital, X., and Gosliner, T. M. 2018. Molecular and morphological systematics of DolabriferaGray, 1847 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Aplysiomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184: 31鈥65.
Moles, J., 脕vila, C. and Malaquias, M. A. E. 2018. Systematic revision of the Antarctic gastropod family Newnesiidae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) with the description of a new genus and a new abyssal species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183: 763鈥775.
Bharate, M., Oskars, T, Malaquias, M. A. E. 2018. Diniatys callosa (Preston, 1908), new combination name for Haminoea callosafrom the Andaman Islands (India). Journal of Conchology, 43(1): 1鈥3.
Lobo-da-Cunha, A., Alves, 脗., Oliveira, E. and Malaquias, M. 2018. Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural investigation of the male copulatory apparatus of Haminoea navicula(Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea). Journal of Morphology, 279(4): 554鈥565.
Zamora-Silva, A. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2018. Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183(1): 1鈥51.
2017
Oskars,T. R., Mifsud, C., & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2017. Redescription of the Cephalaspidea gastropod Atys jeffreysi(Weinkauff, 1866) (Haminoeidae), with a discussion on the phylogenetic affinities of the Mediterranean species of the genus. Journal of Natural History, 51: 1593鈥1608.
Tibiri莽a, Y. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2017. The bubble snails (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Mozambique: an overlooked biodiversity hotspot. Marine Biodiversity, 47(3), 791-811.
Malaquias, M. A. E., Zamora-Silva, A., Vitale, D., Spinelli. A., De Matteo, S., Giacobbe, S., Ortigosa, D. & Cervera J. L. 2017. The Suez Canal as a revolving door for marine species: a reply to Galil et al. (2016). Aquatic Invasions,&苍产蝉辫;12(1):&苍产蝉辫;1鈥4.&苍产蝉辫;
Garabedian, K., Malaquias, M.A.E., Crocetta, F., Zenetos, A., Kavadas, S. & Vald茅s, 脕. 2017.Haminoea orteai Talavera, Murillo and Templado, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea), a widespread species in the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 58(1): 107-113.
Malaquias, M. A. E., Ohnheiser, L. T., Oskars, T. R. & Willassen, E. 2017. Diversity and systematics of philinid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) in West Africa with remarks on the biogeography of the region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(1): 1-35.
2016
Cruz-Rivera, E. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2016. Ecosystem alterations and species range shifts: An Atlantic-Mediterranean cephalaspidean gastropod in an inland Egyptian lake. PLoS ONE, 11(6): e0156760.
Malaquias, M. A. E, Madrenas, E, & Ballesteros, M. 2016. First occurrence of the tropical Indo-West Pacific head-shield sea slug Chelidonura fulvipunctata in the Balearic Islands confirms its range extension into the western Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 17 (New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records, March 2016): 232.
Malaquias, M. A. E., Zamora-Silva, A., Vitale, D., Spinelli. A., De Matteo, S., Giacobbe, S., Ortigosa, D. & Cervera J. L. 2016. The Mediterranean Sea as a gateway for invasion of the Red Sea: The case of the Indo-West Pacific head-shield slug Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938. Aquatic Invasions, 11(3): 247鈥255.
Padula, V., Bahia, J., St枚ger, I., Camacho-Garc铆a, Y., Malaquias, M. A. E., Cervera, J. L., & Schr枚dl, M. 2016. A test of color-based taxonomy in nudibranchs: molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the Felimida clenchi (Mollusca: Chromodorididae) species complex.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 103: 215鈥229.
Kocot KM, Struck TH, Merkel J, Waits DS, Todt C, Brannock PM, Weese DA, Cannon JT, Moroz LL, Lieb B, Halanych KM. 2016. Phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa with consideration of systematic error. Systematic Biology, in press.
Passos FD, Corr锚a PVF, Todt C. 2016. A new species of Falcidens (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata) from the southeastern Brazilian coast: external anatomy, distribution, and comparison with Falcidens caudatus (Heath, 1918) from the USA. Marine Biodiversity, in press.
Bergmeier FS, Haszprunar G, Todt C, J枚rger KM. 2016. Lost in a taxonomic Bermuda Triangle: comparative 3D-microanatomy of cryptic mesopsammic Solenogastres (Mollusca). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, in press.
Willassen, E., Williams, A. B., & Oskars, T. R. (2016). New observations of the enigmatic West African Cellana limpet (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nacellidae).Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(1), 60.
Zamora, B. A. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2016. Diet preferences of the Aglajidae: a family of cephalaspidean gastropod predators on tropical and temperate shores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96(5): 1101鈥1112.
2015
Caballer, M., Ortea J., Rivero, N., Carias, G., Malaquias, M. A. E. & Narciso, S. 2015. The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species. Zootaxa, 4034: 201鈥256.
Eilertsen, M. E. & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2015. Speciation in the dark: diversification and biogeography of the deep-sea gastropod genus Scaphander in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 42: 843鈥855.
Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2015. From complex to simple: myogenesis in an aplacophoran mollusk reveals key traits in aculiferan evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 201.
Wollesen T, Rodr铆guez Monje SV, Todt C, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2015. Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan鈥╞rain and multimodal sensory system development. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 231.
Oskars, T. R., Bouchet, P., & Malaquias, M. A. E. 2015. A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 89: 130鈥150.
People
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Group members
Martina Turani PhD candidate
Monisha Bharate PhD candidate
Cessa Rauch Research technician
Jon Kongsrud Collections Manager, Senior Technician
Alumni
Justine Siegwald PhD student working of Scaphandridae snails (2018鈥損resent)
Trond Oskars MSc (2012-2013) and PhD (2014-2019) student working on phylogeny of Cephalaspidea and philinid snails (
Andrea Zamora PhD student working on Aglajidae headshield sea slugs (2010-2017)
Cecile S酶rensen MSc student (2018-2020) working on Polycera nudibranchs
Jenny Neuhaus MSc student (2019-2020) working on Jorunna nudibranchs
Jennifer Austin MSc student (2015-2016) working on Phanerophthalmus sea slugs
Mari Eilertsen MSc student (2011-2012) working on Scaphander snails from the Atlantic Ocean
Chin Chin Too MSc student (2010-2011) working on Cephalaspidea from the West Pacific
J酶rgen Aar酶 MSc student (2010-2011) working on phytogeography of Bulla occidentalis from the western Atlantic
Lena Ohnheiser MsC student (2010-2011) working on philinid snails from Scandinavia
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University of Bergen
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University of Bergen
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