A new species of freshwater Chaetonotidae (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from Obodska Cave (Montenegro) based on morphological and molecular characters
- Gastrotricha is a cosmopolitan phylum of aquatic and semi-aquatic invertebrates that comprises about 820 described species. Current knowledge regarding freshwater gastrotrichs inhabiting caves is extremely poor and there are no extant data regarding freshwater Gastrotricha from Montenegro. We describe a new species from Obodska Cave, which is also the first record of a gastrotrich from this region. Due to its unusual habitat and morphological characteristics, this species may be important when considering the evolution and dispersion routes of Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 (sensu Leasi & Todaro 2008). We provide morphometic, molecular and phylogenetic data for the new species, together with photomicrographs and drawings.
Author: | Małgorzata Kolicka, Piotr Gadawski, Miroslawa Dabert |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-462030 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.354 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 354 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (354) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2017 |
Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2018/04/23 |
Tag: | Balkan Peninsula; Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) antrumus sp. nov.; DNA barcode; Gastrotricha; cave fauna |
Page Number: | 30 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |