A new species of freshwater Chaetonotidae (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from Obodska Cave (Montenegro) based on morphological and molecular characters

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作者
Kolicka, Malgorzata [1 ]
Gadawski, Piotr [2 ]
Dabert, Miroslawa [3 ]
机构
[1] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Environm Biol, Dept Anim Taxon & Ecol, Umultowska 89, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
[2] Univ Lodz, Dept Invertebrate Zool & Hydrobiol, Banacha 12-16, PL-90237 Lodz, Poland
[3] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Fac Biol, Mol Biol Tech Lab, Umultowska 89, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
关键词
Balkan Peninsula; cave fauna; Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) antrumus sp nov; DNA barcode; Gastrotricha; BALTIC SEA; MEIOFAUNA; PHYLOGENY; MODEL;
D O I
10.5852/ejt.2017.354
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
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 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 morphometric, molecular and phylogenetic data for the new species, together with photomicrographs and drawings.
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