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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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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Spatio-temporal changes in the abundance of the populations of the gastrotrich community in a shallow lake of tropical Africa [PDF]
, 2007 Studies on the biodiversity and population dynamics of freshwater planktonic Gastrotricha have been carried out in conjunction with a physical–chemical analysis of the water in the Yaounde Municipal Lake (Cameroon, Central Africa) over a 14 months period
Boutin, Claude +7 more
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Reproductive system of the genus (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) [PDF]
, 2010 from Sweden and 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 posterior part of the intestine and join mid-dorsally, while bilateral, club-shaped testes lie at the sides of the anterior gut,
Guidi, Loretta +3 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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Kingdom Animalia, phylum Gastrotricha (hairy-bellied worms) [PDF]
, 2023 The New Zealand Gastrotricha fauna is effectively unknown (Table 10.1; Fig. 10.1). The total number of recorded taxa from the Aotearoa New Zealand region is four genera and four undescribed species from the order Macrodasyida, and one undescribed ...
Todaro M. Antonio
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Comparative anatomy and evolution of the gastrotrich muscular system [PDF]
, 2002 Gastrotrichs figure prominently in metazoan phylogeny because they share a suite of complex morphological characteristics with several other members of the Bilateria.
Hochberg, Richard
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Status of the Italian Freshwater Gastrotricha Biodiversity, with the Creation of an Interactive GIS-Based Web Map [PDF]
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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