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Adaptive radiation is a phenomenon in which various organs are diversified morphologically or functionally as animals adapt to environmental inputs. Leeches exhibit a variety of ingestion behaviors and morphologically diverse ingestion organs.
Hee-Jin Kwak +9 more
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First record of the introduced freshwater leech Helobdella europaea Kutschera 1987 in Portugal
Primer registre de la sangonera exòtica d'aigua dolça Helobdella europaea Kutschera 1987 a Portugal (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae) S'ha comunicat la propagació recent d'espècies de sangoneres exòtiques a tot Europa i encara hi ha una gran llacuna pel que ...
S. Ferreira +4 more
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Oogenesis of Helobdella ampullariae (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae)
The knowledge of the gametogenesis in Hirudinida is an important tool that allows the understanding of the reproductive cycle. Ovogenesis of Helobdella ampullariae was described based on 30 leeches collected from mantle cavity and lung of Pomacea canaliculata .
Gullo, Bettina Sandra +1 more
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Foram estudados 50 acarás Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy e Gaimard, 1824) provenientes do rio Guandu, coletados próximo ・barragem da Estação de Tratamento de àgua (ETA) (22º48’32”S, 43º37’35”O), no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, no período de dezembro de 2004 ...
Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo +2 more
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Diez especies de hirudíneos Glossiphoniidae fueron recolectadas en ambientes dulceacuícolas de Sierra de la Ventana: Helobdella simplex (Moore, 1911); Helobdella brasiliensis Weber, 1915; Helobdella triserialis (Blanchard, 1849);, Helobdella adiastola ...
Betina S. Gullo
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia)
The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and
Irina A. Kaygorodova +3 more
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Étude de l'impact des activités touristiques sur la qualité de l'eau et l'organisation des peuplements macrobenthiques au sein des cours d'eau de la Principauté d'Andorre [PDF]
Le développement considérable de l'activité touristique hivernale et estivale entraîne des perturbations au niveau des principaux cours d'eau andorrans.
Gagneur, J., Garcia, X. F., Younes, Y.
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Abstract Clitellata is a major clade of Annelida comprising nearly all freshwater and terrestrial annelids as well as several marine species. We investigated clitellate phylogenetic relationships using transcriptomes sampled from 74 taxa (64 clitellates and 10 polychaetes), including multiple representatives of nearly all major clitellate higher taxa ...
Christer Erséus +7 more
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Effect of competitive cues on reproductive morphology and behavioral plasticity in male fruitflies [PDF]
Phenotypic plasticity will be favored whenever there are significant fitness benefits of responding to environmental variation. The extent and nature of the plasticity that evolves depends on the rate of environmental fluctuations and the capacity to ...
Bretman, Amanda +3 more
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Biodiversity and ecology of Hirudinea (Annelida) from the natural reserve of isla Martín García, Río de la Plata, Argentina [PDF]
The Island of Martin Garcia lies at the confluence of the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers (upper Río de la Plata). This island is an outcrop of the crystalline basement.
César, Inés Irma +3 more
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