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The Ediacaran origin of Ecdysozoa: integrating fossil and phylogenomic data

Journal of the Geological Society, 2022
Ecdysozoans (Phyla Arthropoda, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapulida, Tardigrada) are invertebrates bearing a tough, periodically moulted cuticle that predisposes them to exceptional preservation. Ecdysozoans dominate the oldest exceptionally preserved bilaterian animal biotas in the early to mid-Cambrian
Richard J. Howard, Mattia Giacomelli, Jesus Lozano-Fernandez, Gregory D. Edgecombe, James F. Fleming, Reinhardt M. Kristensen, Xiaoya Ma, Jørgen Olesen, Martin V. Sørensen, Philip F. Thomsen, Matthew A. Wills, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Davide Pisani   +12 more
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Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 521-544, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Lophotrochozoa is one of the three major bilaterian groups comprising more than half of the bilaterian phyla. Lophotrochozoa includes among others Mollusca, Annelida, Platyhelminthes and Rotifera. Despite representing such a large proportion of animal diversity, they are historically understudied and genomic resources have been scarce. However,
Torsten H. Struck
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Pigment-dispersing factor is present in circadian clock neurons of pea aphids and may mediate photoperiodic signalling to insulin-producing cells

Open Biology, 2023
The neuropeptide pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) plays a pivotal role in the circadian clock of most Ecdysozoa and is additionally involved in the timing of seasonal responses of several photoperiodic species.
Francesca Sara Colizzi, Jan A. Veenstra, Gustavo L. Rezende, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, David Martínez-Torres   +4 more
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EF-hand proteins in onychophorans as compared to tardigrades and other ecdysozoans

Journal of Limnology, 2013
To learn more about the regulation of muscle contraction in the structural and functionally different muscles in Ecdysozoa, we have analysed the four EF-hand proteins calmodulin (CaM), troponin C (TnC), essential myosin light chain (eMLC) and regulatory ...
Thiruketheeswaran Prasath, Hartmut Greven, Jochen D'Haese   +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Columbia lance nematode, Hoplolaimus columbus, a major agricultural pathogen in North America

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The plant-parasitic nematode Hoplolaimus columbus is a pathogen that uses a wide range of hosts and causes substantial yield loss in agricultural fields in North America.
Xinyuan Ma, Paula Agudelo, Vincent P. Richards, J. Antonio Baeza   +3 more
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The genome sequence of the Montseny horsehair worm, Gordionus montsenyensis sp. nov., a key resource to investigate Ecdysozoa evolution

Peer Community Journal
Nematomorpha, also known as Gordiacea or Gordian worms, are a phylum of parasitic organisms that belong to the Ecdysozoa, a clade of invertebrate animals characterized by molting.
Eleftheriadi, Klara, Guiglielmoni, Nadège, Salces-Ortiz, Judit, Vargas-Chavez, Carlos, Martínez-Redondo, Gemma I., Gut, Marta, Flot, Jean-François, Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas, Fernández, Rosa   +8 more
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Cuticular microfragments from the lower Cambrian Yanjiahe Formation, China: insights into ecdysozoan biodiversity at the dawn of animal radiation [PDF]

Journal of Micropalaeontology
Ecdysozoa (molting animals) represent one of the most diverse and ecologically successful animal groups in both extant and fossil ecosystems. This study presents new microfossil cuticular evidence from the lower Cambrian (∼535 Ma) Yanjiahe Formation ...
L. Zhang, L. Zhang, F. Zhai, F. Zhai, Y. Wu, Y. Wu, S. Chang, Y. Ye, Y. Ye, X. Lang, X. Lang, Y. Pang, Y. Pang, L. Hu, L. Hu, Q. Feng, Q. Feng, M.-B. Forel, T. Danelian, Y. Yong, Y. Yong, J. Vannier   +21 more
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Insights into the microRNA landscape of Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease

Scientific Reports, 2023
The growing interest in microRNAs (miRNAs) over recent years has led to their characterization in numerous organisms. However, there is currently a lack of data available on miRNAs from triatomine bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae), which are the vectors of ...
Paula Beatriz Santiago, Kaio Luís da Silva Bentes, Waldeyr Mendes Cordeiro da Silva, Yanna Reis Praça, Sébastien Charneau, Soraya Chaouch, Philippe Grellier, Marcos Antônio dos Santos Silva Ferraz, Izabela Marques Dourado Bastos, Jaime Martins de Santana, Carla Nunes de Araújo   +10 more
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Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 848-868, April 2026.
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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Neuronal tracing of oral nerves in a velvet worm – Implications for the evolution of the ecdysozoan brain

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014
As one of the closest relatives of arthropods, Onychophora plays an important role in understanding the evolution of arthropod body plans. Currently there is controversy surrounding the evolution of the brain among the ecdysozoan clades, which shows a ...
Christine eMartin, Georg eMayer
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