New species and new records of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha) from Sweden [PDF]
Gastrotricha is a small phylum of acoelomatic aquatic invertebrates common in both marine and freshwater environments. The freshwater gastrotrich fauna of Sweden is poorly known and so far only 20 species have been reported. In this study two species, Heterolepidoderma joermungandri n. sp. and H. trapezoidum n.
Tobias Kånneby
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Lepidodermella weissi, new species (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida: Chaetonotidae) from northwestern Oregon, U.S.A. [PDF]
A new species of Lepidodermella (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida: Chaetonotidae) is described from two streams in northwestern Oregon, U.S.A. This is the fourth species of freshwater gastrotrich reported from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The dearth of reports appears to be due more to a lack of study rather than a lack of gastrotrichs.
James J. Kirk
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. [PDF]
Background: Biogeographical and macroecological principles are derived from patterns of distribution in large organisms, whereas microscopic ones have often been considered uninteresting, because of their supposed wide distribution. Here, after reporting
Curini-Galletti M+12 more
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Italian marine gastrotricha: IV. four new species of chaetonotida [PDF]
Abstract Four new marine species of Gastrotricha Chaetonotida from the Italian coasts are described and figured: Aspidiophorus lamello‐phorus, Chaetonotus (Euchaetonotus) magnificus, C. (E.) mediterraneus, Halichaetonotus italicus.
Maria Balsamo+3 more
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Italian marine Gastrotricha: I. Six new and one redescribed species of Chaetonotida [PDF]
Abstract The species Chaetonotus lacunosus Mock, 1979 is redescribed and refigured from specimens collected in littoral and shallow sublit‐toral sediments along the entire Italian coastline of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjacent waters. Six species new to science are described and figured: Chaetonotus apechochaetus, C. apolemmus, C.
William D. Hummon+2 more
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Sweet or salty? The origin of freshwater gastrotrichs (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
AbstractChaetonotidae is the most diverse and widely distributed family of the order Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha) and includes both marine and freshwater species. Although the family is regarded as a sister taxon to the exclusively marine Xenotrichulidae, the type of environment, marine or freshwater, where Chaetonotidae originated is still not known ...
Małgorzata Kolicka+3 more
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Status of the Italian Freshwater Gastrotricha Biodiversity, with the Creation of an Interactive GIS-Based Web Map [PDF]
Gastrotricha are microscopic benthic animals found in almost all water bodies. To date, over 890 species distributed in 71 genera, 18 families, and two orders are known.
Saponi, Francesco, Todaro, M. A.
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TransPi—a comprehensive TRanscriptome ANalysiS PIpeline for de novo transcriptome assembly
Abstract The use of RNA sequencing (RNA‐Seq) data and the generation of de novo transcriptome assemblies have been pivotal for studies in ecology and evolution. This is especially true for nonmodel organisms, where no genome information is available.
Ramón E. Rivera‐Vicéns+4 more
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Abstract The positive effect of global warming on the growth of cyanobacteria has been widely predicted, but long‐term studies targeting their adaptive potential to higher temperature have not been carried out so far. Predicting the magnitude and impact of cyanobacterial blooms in the future as a response to global warming requires an understanding of ...
Bogdan Drugă+5 more
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