TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cuadrado, Daniel
A1  - Rodríguez, Jorge
A1  - Moro, Leopoldo
A1  - Grande, Cristina
A1  - Noreña, Carolina
T1  - Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The systematics and distribution of the order Polycladida within the Macaronesian archipelagos are analysed. New species (Marcusia alba sp. nov., Prostheceraeus crisostomum sp. nov., Parviplana sodade sp. nov., Euplana claridade sp. nov., Stylochus salis sp. nov. and Distylochus fundae sp. nov.), new variety (Pseudoceros rawlinsonae var. galaxy), new records and records of shared species among different archipelagos are studied to compare the marine flatworm biodiversity of each island. The complex of archipelagos known as Macaronesia (including Madeira, Selvagens Islands, Canary Islands, Azores and Cape Verde) share a volcanic origin and European political influence. The five archipelagos are located along the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean and are subject to similar trade winds, streams (like the Gulf Stream) and cold currents. The term Macaronesia has suffered several changes throughout the years and it still is a topic of discussion in present times. The new delimitation of Macaronesia is mainly based on systematic studies on the invertebrate fauna of the islands. The resulting analyses shed new light on the differences and similarities among these archipelagos. In addition, molecular analyses employing 28S nuclear gene sequences are compared to verify relationships among anatomically similar species of marine polyclads.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 736:1-43 
KW  - flatworms
KW  - distribution
KW  - Acotylea
KW  - Cotylea
KW  - 28S
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55674
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-556745
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 736
SP  - 1
EP  - 43
PB  - Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -