Ctenophora hunanensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from the Yongle River in Hunan Province, China [PDF]
PhytoKeysA new species, Ctenophora hunanensis Bing Liu & Rioual, sp. nov., found in the Yongle River, a tributary of the Xiang River (Hunan Province, southern China) is described on the basis of morphological observations made under light and scanning ...
Dong-Qin Xiang +4 more
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Primer registro de Bolinopsis vitrea (Ctenophora: Tentaculata) para el golfo de México
Novitates Caribaea, 2023 Se aportan los primeros datos de la distribución de Bolinopsis vitrea en el golfo de México. Diversos ejemplares de B. vitrea fueron registrados y fotografiados entre el 2015 al 2018 en los arrecifes Tuxpan, Enmedio, Tanhuijo y Lobos; ecosistemas que ...
Vicencio De la Cruz-Francisco +2 more
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Initial discovery of microplastic pollution in Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora: Lobata)
Water Biology and Security, 2023 The production of plastics has exponentially increased over time such that the observation of microplastics in the oceans has become a major concern given how frequently these particles and marine biota may interact.
Mariana Beatriz Paz Otegui +3 more
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Apicortin, a Putative Apicomplexan-Specific Protein, Is Present in Deep-Branching Opisthokonts [PDF]
BiologyApicortin, a tubulin/microtubule-binding protein, was first described in 2009 as a protein characteristic of apicomplexans; it was found to be present in all Apicomplexa genomes already sequenced.
Ferenc Orosz
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Neuromuscular organization of the benthic ctenophore, Vallicula multiformis [PDF]
Zoological LettersCtenophora is the earliest metazoan taxon with neurons and muscles. Recent studies have described genetic, physiological, and cellular characteristics of the neural and muscular systems of this phylogenically important lineage.
Kurato Mohri, Hiroshi Watanabe
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Evolution of glial cells: a non-bilaterian perspective [PDF]
Neural DevelopmentNervous systems of bilaterian animals generally consist of two cell types: neurons and glial cells. Despite accumulating data about the many important functions glial cells serve in bilaterian nervous systems, the evolutionary origin of this abundant ...
Larisa Sheloukhova, Hiroshi Watanabe
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Available data do not rule out Ctenophora as the sister group to all other Metazoa. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Whelan NV, Halanych KM.
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The Biodiversity of Peter I Island-The Most Remote Island in the World. [PDF]
Ecol EvolPeter I Island is one of the most isolated and least visited islands on earth; lying within the Antarctic Polar Front but over 420 km from continental Antarctica. Here we assess the biodiversity of the island from both previous records and our own BioBlitz in January 2022.
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Flow cytometry methods for targeted isolation of ctenophore cells
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Cell suspension fluidics, such as flow cytometry (FCS) and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), facilitates the identification and precise separation of individual cells based on phenotype.
Abigail C. Dieter +9 more
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Speciation of pelagic zooplankton: Invisible boundaries can drive isolation of oceanic ctenophores
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 The study of evolution and speciation in non-model systems provides us with an opportunity to expand our understanding of biodiversity in nature. Connectivity studies generally focus on species with obvious boundaries to gene flow, but in open-ocean ...
Shannon B. Johnson +9 more
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