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Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and troglomorphisms [PDF]
Subterranean BiologyAmphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011 was the world’s first known cave brittle star. It has been found only in two anchialine caves: Bernier Cave (type locality and current study area) and Lighthouse Cave on San Salvador Island ...
Jerry H. Carpenter
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Substygophily in Dinaric Karst: A Model Case of Locally Endemic Minnows Phoxinellus (Leuciscinae)
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.Phoxinellus minnows have adapted to the highly variable water conditions of karst poljes, ranging from floods to draughts within shorter (seasonal, annual) and longer (decadal) periods. In this study, based on the analysis of their morphological characters and their presence (or absence) in caves, they were classified more precisely, with P. dalmaticus
Anja Palandačić +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2024.The genus Niphargus comprises species primarily dwelling in the subterranean environment, but some of them colonised surface‐subterranean ecotones. Comparing 13 morphological traits of cave‐ and ecotone‐dwelling species, we found strong habitat‐related divergence that also includes the extent of sexual dimorphism in certain cases.
Anna Biró +5 more
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Three new species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Brazilian caves
European Journal of TaxonomyThree new species of recluse spiders are described from Brazilian caves with both males and females. Loxosceles boqueirao Bertani & Gallão sp. nov. is found in the State of Bahia, in the Serra do Ramalho karst area, it belongs to the rufescens species ...
Rogério Bertani +3 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2018 A new species of troglomorphic catfish is described from de Gedania Cave, located in the middle Suárez River drainage, Magdalena River system, Colombia.
César A. Castellanos-Morales
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Neotropical IchthyologyTrichomycterus dali, new species, is described from flooded limestone caves in Serra da Bodoquena karst area, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil. The new species is diagnosed by a unique character in the genus, the presence of conspicuous, ridge-
Pedro Pereira Rizzato +3 more
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From Cave Dragons to Genomics: Advancements in the Study of Subterranean Tetrapods. [PDF]
Bioscience, 2022 Recknagel H, Trontelj P.
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Mechanisms of pigmentation loss in subterranean fishes
Neotropical IchthyologyTroglobitic (exclusively subterranean) organisms usually present, among their apomorphies related to the subterranean life (troglomorphisms), the regression of eyes and melanic pigmentation.
Vanessa Felice +2 more
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A New Species of Spelaeometra Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae) from a Hotspot of Troglobites in Brazil, Serra do Ramalho Karst Area. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Cordeiro IRS, Bichuette ME, Moreira FFF.
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