First records of Gastrotricha from South Africa, with description of a new species of Halichaetonotus (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2011 During a survey of the biota of the St. Lucia Estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa, a number of Gastrotricha were found among samples of meiofauna.
M. Todaro +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 The majority of meiofaunal organisms have limited abilities to disperse over long distances, yet they may still have disjointed distributions. Many studies have found evidence of long distance meiofauna dispersal due to passive transport by wind and/or ...
Letícia Magpali +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 The subgenus Hystricochaetonotus Schwank, 1990 is one of the most species-rich subgenera of Chaetonotus Ehrenberg, 1830. It has a worldwide distribution and encompasses 37 species predominantly living in the benthos and periphyton of limnetic habitats ...
Františka Rataj Križanová +1 more
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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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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 ~430 species distributed across 16 genera. The current classification, established mainly on morphological traits, has been challenged in recent years by ...
Leandro Gammuto +3 more
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Lepidodermella weissi, new species (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida: Chaetonotidae) from northwestern Oregon, U.S.A. [PDF]
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2021 . 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 ...
J. J. Kirk
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New data on freshwater psammic Gastrotricha from Brazil [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2010 Current knowledge of freshwater gastrotrich fauna from Brazil is underestimated as only two studies are available. The present communication is a taxonomic account of the first-ever survey of freshwater Gastrotricha in Minas Gerais State.
André Rinaldo Garraffoni +3 more
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Fauna Europaea: Gastrotricha. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2015 Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus ...
Balsamo M +7 more
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NEW RECORDS OF GASTROTRICHA FROM THE MAIN OUTFALL DRAIN, SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022 The current study is a taxonomic account of three gastrotrich species that belong to Chaetonotidae (Phylum Gastrotricha) namely Ichthydium auritum Brunson, 1950 Lepidodermella squamata(Dujardin, 1841) and Chaetonotus anomalusBrunson ...
Maysoon Hassan Meshjel
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