Aestivation is a special ability possessed by some animals to cope with hot and dry environments utilizing dormancy. At a macroscopic level, dormant animals stop moving and eating. At the microscopic ...

Sea cucumbers were collected from Rongcheng Swan Lake (Weihai City, Shandong Province, China, 122°59’E, 37°36’N) in November, 2019 (autumn, the seawater temperature was 16.8°C); January, 2020 (winter, ...