Native to the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, European conger (Conger conger) is largest extant eel species thought be semelparous, with adults migrating deep ocean spawn (J Fish Biol 2020; doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14223). As juveniles, congers inhabit coastal areas where they act as top predators, feeding on fish, cephalopods, decapods Mar Assoc UK 2010; doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409990555). Gi...

The study of pollen morphology has historically allowed evolutionary biologists to assess phylogenetic relationships among Angiosperms, as well as to better understand the fossil record. During this process, pollen has mainly been studied by discretizing some of its main characteristics such as size, shape, and exine ornamentation. One large plant clade in which pollen has been used this way fo...