Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea
Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; however, their biodiversity is underestimated. Antarctic tardigrades from Dronning Maud Land and Victoria Land were analyse...
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ftunivmodena:oai:iris.unimore.it:11380/1107208 2024-05-19T07:31:33+00:00 Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea VECCHI, MATTEO CESARI, Michele BERTOLANI, Roberto Jonsson, K. Ingemar REBECCHI, Lorena GUIDETTI, Roberto Vecchi, Matteo Cesari, Michele Bertolani, Roberto Jonsson, K. Ingemar Rebecchi, Lorena Guidetti, Roberto 2016 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1107208 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15033 eng eng country:AUS info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000383540800001 volume:30 issue:4 firstpage:303 lastpage:322 numberofpages:20 journal:INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1107208 doi:10.1071/IS15033 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84984837686 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess molecular phylogenetics nuclear DNA systematics Tardigrada taxonomy info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunivmodena https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15033 2024-05-02T00:47:52Z Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; however, their biodiversity is underestimated. Antarctic tardigrades from Dronning Maud Land and Victoria Land were analysed from a morphological point of view with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and from a molecular point of view using two genes (18S, 28S) analysed in Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood frameworks. In addition, indel-coding datasets were used for the first time to infer tardigrade phylogenies. We also compared Antarctic specimens with those from Italy and Greenland. A combined morphological and molecular analysis led to the identification of two new evolutionary lineages, for which we here erect the new genera Acanthechiniscus, gen. nov. (Echiniscidae, Echiniscoidea) and Mesobiotus, gen. nov. (Macrobiotidae, Macrobiotoidea). Moreover, two species new to science were discovered: Pseudechiniscus titianae, sp. nov. (Echiniscidae : Echiniscoidea) and Mesobiotus hilariae, sp. nov. (Macrobiotidae : Macrobiotoidea). This study highlights the high tardigrade diversity in Antarctica and the importance of an integrated approach in faunal and taxonomic studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Greenland Victoria Land Tardigrade Archivio della ricerca dell'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Unimore: IRIS) Invertebrate Systematics 30 4 303 |
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Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; however, their biodiversity is underestimated. Antarctic tardigrades from Dronning Maud Land and Victoria Land were analysed from a morphological point of view with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and from a molecular point of view using two genes (18S, 28S) analysed in Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood frameworks. In addition, indel-coding datasets were used for the first time to infer tardigrade phylogenies. We also compared Antarctic specimens with those from Italy and Greenland. A combined morphological and molecular analysis led to the identification of two new evolutionary lineages, for which we here erect the new genera Acanthechiniscus, gen. nov. (Echiniscidae, Echiniscoidea) and Mesobiotus, gen. nov. (Macrobiotidae, Macrobiotoidea). Moreover, two species new to science were discovered: Pseudechiniscus titianae, sp. nov. (Echiniscidae : Echiniscoidea) and Mesobiotus hilariae, sp. nov. (Macrobiotidae : Macrobiotoidea). This study highlights the high tardigrade diversity in Antarctica and the importance of an integrated approach in faunal and taxonomic studies. |
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Vecchi, Matteo Cesari, Michele Bertolani, Roberto Jonsson, K. Ingemar Rebecchi, Lorena Guidetti, Roberto |
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Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea |
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Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea |
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Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea |
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Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea |
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Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea |
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integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from antarctica identify new genera and new species within macrobiotoidea and echiniscoidea |
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