A new species of sublittoral marine gastrotrich, Lepidodasys ligni sp. n. (Macrodasyida, Lepidodasyidae), from the Atlantic coast of Florida [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 A new species of Lepidodasys is described from sublittoral sandy sediments off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Lepidodasys ligni sp. n. is a small species (≤ 450 µm) with a crossed-helical pattern of small, non-keeled, non-imbricated scales on ...
Rick Hochberg +2 more
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Marine Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan
Species Diversity, 2018 Three new species of macrodasyidan gastrotrichs are described from the coasts of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Cephalodasys mahoae sp. nov. differs from congeners in having the oocytes developing from posterior to anterior. Turbanella cuspidata sp. nov.
Shohei Yamauchi, Hiroshi Kajihara
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Neuromuscular study of early branching Diuronotus aspetos (Paucitubulatina) yields insights into the evolution of organs systems in Gastrotricha. [PDF]
Zoological Lett, 2016 BACKGROUND: Diuronotus is one of the most recently described genera of Paucitubulatina, one of the three major clades in Gastrotricha. Its morphology suggests that Diuronotus is an early branch of Paucitubulatina, making it a key taxon for understanding ...
Bekkouche N, Worsaae K.
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First Investigation of the Marine Gastrotrich Fauna from the Waters of North Tunisia, with the Description of a New Species of Halichaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) [PDF]
DiversityGastrotrichs (hairy bellies) are microscopic, acoelomate worms that live in freshwater and marine environments and represent one of the significant components of the meiobenthic communities. There are over 520 marine species, and several of them are also
Aicha Souid +4 more
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A new non-naked species of Ptychostomella (Gastrotricha) from Brazil. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2013 A new species of marine Gastrotricha from Brazil is described and discussed. Ptychostomella lamelliphora sp. n. is one of the several new taxa that were found during an extensive survey of the gastrotrich fauna carried out in 2002 and 2003 along the ...
Todaro MA.
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Reproductive system of the genus Crasiella (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) [PDF]
, 2010 Crasiella diplura from Sweden and Crasiella sp. from Italy were studied alive and with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The two species are simultaneous hermaphrodites and share the same reproductive system lay-out: paired ovaries extend along the
Loretta Guidi +3 more
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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.
Todaro MA +3 more
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Evolutionary Implications of the microRNA- and piRNA Complement of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha). [PDF]
Noncoding RNA, 2019 Gastrotrichs—’hairy bellies’—are microscopic free-living animals inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Based on morphological and early molecular analyses, gastrotrichs were placed close to nematodes, but recent phylogenomic analyses have suggested ...
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, 2017 Two marine gastrotrich species of the genus Acanthodasys, A. ericinus Lee, 2012 and A. comtus Lee, 2012, are taxonomically reconsidered. Both of them were originally described based on the specimens from intertidal or sublittoral sandy bottom of the ...
Jimin Lee, Cheon Young Chang
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 Background: Biogeographical and macroecological principles are derived from patterns of distribution in large organisms, whereas microscopic ones have often been considered uninteresting, because of their supposed wide distribution. Here, after reporting
Curini-Galletti M +12 more
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