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Digenean metacercaria (Trematoda, Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) parasitizing "coelenterates" (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa and Ctenophora) from Southeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2005
Metacercaria specimens of the genus Opechona (Trematoda: Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) are described parasitizing "coelenterates" (scyphomedusae and ctenophores) from Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo state).
André Carrara Morandini, Sergio Roberto Martorelli, Antonio Carlos Marques, Fábio Lang da Silveira   +3 more
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Incorporating environmental DNA metabarcoding for improved benthic biodiversity and habitat mapping

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Seafloor imagery is commonly used to collect information about the distribution of benthic organisms in order to generate habitat and biodiversity maps. Recent advances in genomics (e.g., environmental DNA; eDNA) show potential to complement video surveys for habitat mapping, but there have been few examples testing this.
Rylan J. Command, Shreya Nemani, Benjamin Misiuk, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Nicole Fahner, Emily Porter, Greg Singer, Beverly McClenaghan, Katleen Robert   +8 more
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Recording cilia activity in ctenophores: effects of nitric oxide and low molecular weight transmitters

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Cilia are the major effectors in Ctenophores, but very little is known about their transmitter control and integration. Here, we present a simple protocol to monitor and quantify cilia activity and provide evidence for polysynaptic control of cilia ...
Tigran P. Norekian, Tigran P. Norekian, Leonid L. Moroz, Leonid L. Moroz   +3 more
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Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A healthy ocean is a crucial life support system that regulates the global climate, is a source of oxygen and supports major economic activities. A vast and understudied biodiversity from micro‐ to macro‐organisms is integral to ocean health.
Patricia I. S. Pinto, Angelica Miglioli, Carlie A. LaLone, Lisa Baumann, Alice Baynes, Mélanie Blanc‐Legendre, Ibon Cancio, Xavier Cousin, ZhiChao Dang, Rémi Dumollard, Alex T. Ford, Christopher Green, Taisen Iguchi, Philippa Kearney, Thomas Knigge, Christophe Minier, Tiphaine Monsinjon, Marta S. Monteiro, Joachim Sturve, Haruna Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Gerald Ankley, Deborah M. Power, Ioanna Katsiadaki   +23 more
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Expansion microscopy in Placozoa: improving resolution and preservation of fragile samples during marine expedition

Frontiers in Marine Science
Placozoa are small disc-shaped animals representing one of the early branching metazoan lineages with only a dozen cell types, fast effector reactions, and complex behaviors.
Daria Y. Romanova, Yana A. Frank, Leonid L. Moroz, Leonid L. Moroz   +3 more
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Extensive mitochondrial gene rearrangements in Ctenophora: insights from benthic Platyctenida

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Background Complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes have been sequenced for thousands of animals and represent a molecule of choice for many evolutionary studies. Nevertheless, some animal groups have remained under-sampled.
Hanan Arafat, Ada Alamaru, Carmela Gissi, Dorothée Huchon   +3 more
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A late-surviving stem-ctenophore from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Canada)

Scientific Reports, 2021
Like other soft-bodied organisms, ctenophores (comb jellies) produce fossils only under exceptional taphonomic conditions. Here, we present the first record of a Late Devonian ctenophore from the Escuminac Formation from Miguasha in eastern Canada. Based
Christian Klug, Johanne Kerr, Michael S. Y. Lee, Richard Cloutier   +3 more
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Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplanidae (Ctenophora, Platyctenida). Abstract We present a phylogenetic analysis of benthic ctenophores of the order Platyctenida, sampling all but one genus ...
Nicholas Bezio, Gustav Paulay, Allen Collins   +2 more
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Parallel evolution of gravity sensing

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Omnipresent gravity affects all living organisms; it was a vital factor in the past and the current bottleneck for future space exploration. However, little is known about the evolution of gravity sensing and the comparative biology of gravity reception.
Daria Y. Romanova, Leonid L. Moroz, Leonid L. Moroz   +2 more
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A software tool ‘CroCo’ detects pervasive cross-species contamination in next generation sequencing data

BMC Biology, 2018
Background Multiple RNA samples are frequently processed together and often mixed before multiplex sequencing in the same sequencing run. While different samples can be separated post sequencing using sample barcodes, the possibility of cross ...
Paul Simion, Khalid Belkhir, Clémentine François, Julien Veyssier, Jochen C. Rink, Michaël Manuel, Hervé Philippe, Maximilian J. Telford   +7 more
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