Status of the Italian Freshwater Gastrotricha Biodiversity, with the Creation of an Interactive GIS-Based Web Map [PDF]
, 2023 Gastrotricha are microscopic benthic animals found in almost all water bodies. To date, over 890 species distributed in 71 genera, 18 families, and two orders are known.
Saponi, Francesco, Todaro, M. A.
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Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology [PDF]
, 2021 Sedimentary habitats cover the vast majority of the ocean floor and constitute the largest ecosystem on Earth. These systems supply fundamental services to human beings, such as food production and nutrient recycling.
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Not too big for its mouth: direct evidence of a macrodasyidan gastrotrich preyed in nature by a dileptid ciliate [PDF]
, 2022 Nearly ubiquitous and usually speciose in most aquatic habitats, the meiofaunal-sized gastrotrichs are recognized as an important component of marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Luporini, P., Todaro, M. A.
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An Introduction to the Study of Gastrotricha, with a Taxonomic Key to Families and Genera of the Group [PDF]
, 2019 Gastrotricha is a group of meiofaunal-sized, free-living invertebrates present in all aquatic ecosystems. The phylum includes over 860 species globally, of which 505 nominal species have been recorded in marine sandy sediments; another 355 taxa inhabit
Barquero, Juan D. +7 more
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Pseudostomella Dolichopoda Todaro, 2012 and P. cataphracta Ruppert, 1970 (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae): new records from Brazil and USA and an updated key to the genus [PDF]
, 2017 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Pseudostomella dolichopoda was originally described from the north coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and P. cataphracta from North Carolina, USA. Herein we report new distributional records of
Araujo Thiago Quintão +4 more
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Contribution of soft-bodied meiofaunal taxa to Italian marine biodiversity [PDF]
, 2020 Meiofauna includes an astonishing diversity of organisms, whose census is far from being complete. Most classic ecological studies have focused on hard-bodied Ecdysozoan taxa (notably Copepoda and Nematoda), whose cuticle allows determination at ...
Curini-Galletti M. Di Domenico M. +8 more
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Marine Gastrotricha from the Belgian coast: species list and distribution [PDF]
, 1992 A list of thirty seven species of marine gastrotrichs is given, together with their occurrences at seven collection sites along the Belgian coast.
Hummon, M.R. +3 more
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The enigmatic mineral particle accumulations on the cuticular rings of marine desmoscolecoid nematodes structure and significance explained with clues from live observations [PDF]
, 2010 The majority of Desmoscolecoidea are characterized by ring-shaped accumulations of mineral particles on the cuticle resulting in the impression of a peculiar body articulation.
Riemann, Franz, Riemann, O.
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