European Journal of Taxonomy, 2017 Gastrotricha is a cosmopolitan phylum of aquatic and semi-aquatic invertebrates that comprises about 820 described species. Current knowledge regarding freshwater gastrotrichs inhabiting caves is extremely poor and there are no extant data regarding ...
Małgorzata Kolicka +2 more
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Molecular phylogenetic position and description of a new genus and species of freshwater Chaetonotidae (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida: Paucitubulatina), and the annotation of its mitochondrial genome [PDF]
Invertebrate SystematicsChaetonotidae is the most diversified family of the entire phylum Gastrotricha; it comprises similar to 430 species distributed across 16 genera. The current classification, established mainly on morphological traits, has been challenged in recent years ...
Leandro Gammuto +3 more
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Neuromuscular study of early branching Diuronotus aspetos (Paucitubulatina) yields insights into the evolution of organs systems in Gastrotricha. [PDF]
Zoological Lett, 2016 BACKGROUND: Diuronotus is one of the most recently described genera of Paucitubulatina, one of the three major clades in Gastrotricha. Its morphology suggests that Diuronotus is an early branch of Paucitubulatina, making it a key taxon for understanding ...
Bekkouche N, Worsaae K.
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An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Background Gastrotricha systematics is in a state of flux mainly due to the conflicts between cladistic studies base on molecular markers and the classical systematisation based on morphological traits.
Todaro MA, Dal Zotto M, Leasi F.
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A contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Chaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Paucitubulatina, Chaetonotidae), with the description of a new species from Italian inland waters [PDF]
The European Zoological JournalGastrotrichs of the genus Chaetonotus Ehrenberg, 1830 (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae) are known to be a speciose and pervasive group in both the marine and freshwater ecosystems, and recent investigations indicate that there is a significant amount of ...
F. Saponi +3 more
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Phylogeny of Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundPhylogenetic relationships within Gastrotricha are poorly known. Attempts to shed light on this subject using morphological traits have led to hypotheses lacking satisfactory statistical support; it seemed therefore that a different approach ...
M Antonio Todaro +3 more
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A new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Jamaica, with a key to species of Paraturbanella. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2018 The study falls within the framework of a wider research programme aimed at investigating the gastrotrich diversity of the Tropical North-Western Atlantic (TNWA). A new macrodasyidan gastrotrich is described from fine-medium sand collected at Duncans Bay,
Zotto MD, Leasi F, Todaro MA.
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Integrative taxonomy of a new Redudasys species (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) sheds light on the invasion of fresh water habitats by macrodasyids. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 The order Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha) includes over 350 marine species, and only 3 freshwater species (Marinellina flagellata, Redudasys fornerise, R. neotemperatus). Herein we describe a new freshwater species of Macrodasyida, Redudasys brasiliensis sp.
Garraffoni ARS +4 more
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Expanding the knowledge of Brazilian Gastrotrich biodiversity: Freshwater Paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba)Knowledge of neotropical freshwater gastrotrichs, especially in Brazil, has gained momentum in the past decades, with new species being discovered yearly, accumulating in the last 30 years more than 10% of known species worldwide.
Axell Kou Minowa +1 more
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Gastrotricha: a marine sister for a freshwater puzzle. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 Background: Within an evolutionary framework of Gastrotricha Marinellina flagellata and Redudasys fornerise bear special interest, as they are the only Macrodasyida that inhabit freshwater ecosystems. Notwithstanding, these rare animals are poorly known;
Todaro MA +6 more
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