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Abiotic Drivers of Groundwater Fauna Across Aquifer Types and Urban–Rural Gradients in the City of Halle (Saale), Germany

Ecohydrology, Volume 19, Issue 5, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Subterranean ecosystems in urban environments are exposed to multiple anthropogenic stressors that compromise groundwater quality and biodiversity. Rising groundwater temperatures, oxygen depletion, hydraulic disturbance and chemical contamination are among the main pressures.
Laura Meyer, Christian Griebler, Martina Herrmann, Peter Bayer   +3 more
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Metabarcoding of Broad‐Diet Nototheniid Fish Stomachs Reveals Newly Detected Antarctic Parasite Signals and Potential Host Associations

Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.
Using 18S rDNA metabarcoding of stomach contents from two Antarctic nototheniid fishes, we detected 242 parasite OTUs. Protists dominated diversity, metazoans dominated abundance, and depth structured assemblages. Novel parasite–host associations and previously unreported pathogenic protists highlight fish metabarcoding as a tool for biodiversity and ...
Micaela B. Ruiz, Jesús Zarcero, Bruno Fusaro, Eugenia Moreira, Manuel Novillo, Charlotte Havermans, Elisabet Alacid   +6 more
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Global Expansion of Ponto‐Caspian Aquatic Invaders: Drivers, Trends and Taxonomic Biases in a Changing World

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions pose major threats to ecosystems, with aquatic habitats particularly vulnerable due to high connectivity and biodiversity. The Ponto‐Caspian region is widely recognised as a major source of highly invasive non‐native aquatic species, yet a global synthesis of their spatial, taxonomic and temporal invasion patterns has been
Ismael Soto, Ross N. Cuthbert, Michal Grabowski, Denis Copilaș‐Ciocianu, Joanna Grabowska, Karolina Bacela‐Spychalska, Tomasz Rewicz, Markéta Ondračková, Yuriy Kvach, Péter Borza, Alexander Y. Karatayev, Lyubov E. Burlakova, Sarah Bailey, Hugh J. MacIsaac, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Antonín Kouba, Phillip J. Haubrock, Elizabeta Briski   +17 more
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Helminths of the Eurasian marsh frog, Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) (Anura: Ranidae), from the Shiraz region, southwestern Iran

Helminthologia, 2019
Fourty seven specimens of Pelophylax ridibundus were collected in the vicinity of Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran in 1972. Fourteen helminth species were found, eight digeneans (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Halipegus alhaussaini, Haematoloechus similis ...
León-Règagnon V.
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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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Physiological evaluation of the behavior and epidermis of freshwater planarians (Girardia tigrina and Girardia sp.) exposed to stressors

Biology Open, 2018
Planarians are metazoan freshwater flatworms which are free-living organisms. Their body has pluripotent stem cell promoters of tissue regeneration capacity.
Matheus Salgado de Oliveira, Karla Andressa Ruiz Lopes, Priscila Maria Sarmeiro Corrêa Marciano Leite, Flavia Villaça Morais, Nádia Maria Rodrigues de Campos Velho   +4 more
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ParaHox Genes Revisited: From Gut Patterning to Integrated Axial and Neural Organization in Rotifera

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 346, Issue 4, Page 357-369, June 2026.
In rotifers, ParaHox genes show a dispersed genomic organization, with Xlox absent across gnathiferans. Exclusive neuronal expression of Gsx and Cdx reveals that ancestral ParaHox genes coordinated neural and epithelial development beyond gut patterning, suggesting an integrated role in early bilaterian body plan organization.
Andreas C. Fröbius, David B. Mark Welch, Holger Herlyn   +2 more
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A global assessment of abyssal–hadal vermiform lebensspuren: Functional consistency with depth

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Lebensspuren—sedimentary traces produced by benthic organisms—are widespread on deep‐sea floors but remain infrequently reported from abyssal (~ 3000–6000) and hadal (> 6000 m) environments. Here, we present the most comprehensive assessment of abyssal–hadal vermiform lebensspuren to date, spanning multiple ocean basins and reaching full‐ocean
Denise J. B. Swanborn, Brett C. Gonzalez, A. J. Jamieson   +2 more
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Sampling effort to characterize estuarine macroinfaunal communities in patchy habitats

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, Volume 24, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Estuarine benthic macroinfauna have aggregated, patchy distributions, making accurate community measurements dependent upon sampling scales. The purpose of this study is to determine the appropriate core sizes and sampling effort needed to characterize benthic infaunal communities in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, USA.
Paul A. Montagna
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