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.

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Author:Małgorzata Kolicka, Piotr Gadawski, Miroslawa Dabert
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):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0