Convergent Evolution of Unique Morphological Adaptations to a Subterranean Environment in Cave Millipedes (Diplopoda)

Contributions to the knowledge of subterranean trechine beetles in southern China’s karsts: five new genera (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

(2016) Mingyi Tian et al.   ZooKeys

The chemical defenses of millipedes (diplopoda): Biochemistry, physiology and ecology

(2015) William A. Shear   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Osteological Variation among Extreme Morphological Forms in the Mexican Salamander Genus Chiropterotriton (Amphibia: Plethodontidae): Morphological Evolution And Homoplasy

(2015) David M. Darda et al.   PLoS One

Review of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910, in China, with descriptions of new cavernicolous species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)

(2015) Sergei I. Golovatch et al.   ZooKeys

Two new cave-dwelling species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 from southern China (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Paracortinidae)

(2015) Mingyi Tian et al.   ZooKeys

At the end of the rope: Geophilus hadesi sp. n. – the world’s deepest cave-dwelling centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae)

(2015) Pavel Stoev et al.   ZooKeys

Cave Diplopoda of southern China with reference to millipede diversity in Southeast Asia

(2015) Sergei Golovatch   ZooKeys

A checklist of millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 in mainland China, with descriptions of seven new species (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)

(2015) WEIXIN LIU et al.   ZOOTAXA

A New Dimension in Documenting New Species: High-Detail Imaging for Myriapod Taxonomy and First 3D Cybertype of a New Millipede Species (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)

(2015) Nesrine Akkari et al.   PLoS One

A Transcriptomic Analysis of Cave, Surface, and Hybrid Isopod Crustaceans of the Species Asellus aquaticus

(2015) Bethany A. Stahl et al.   PLoS One

Millipedes (Diplopoda) from Caves of Portugal

(2014) Ana Sofia et al.   JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES

A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

(2014) Weixin Liu et al.   ZooKeys

Review of the millipede genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 in continental China, with descriptions of new species (Diplopoda: Polydesmidae)

(2014) S. I. GOLOVATCH   ZOOTAXA

Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda)

(2013) Alexander Blanke et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

New montane, subterranean congeners of a littoral millipede, genusThalassisobates(Diplopoda: Julida: Nemasomatidae)

(2013) H. Enghoff   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

The first troglobitic Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from South America and the description of a non-troglobitic species from Brazil

(2013) LUDSON NEVES DE ÁZARA et al.   ZOOTAXA

Four new cavernicolous species of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)

(2013) WEIXIN LIU et al.   ZOOTAXA

Subterranean species of Acipes Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae)

(2013) HENRIK ENGHOFF et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Scutogona from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae)

(2013) HENRIK ENGHOFF et al.   ZOOTAXA

Convergence and divergence in the subterranean realm: a reassessment

(2012) TANJA PIPAN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

ECOMORPHOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE OF CAVE COMMUNITIES

(2012) Peter Trontelj et al.   EVOLUTION

The enigmatic Alpine opilionid Saccarella schilleri gen. n., sp. n. (Arachnida: Nemastomatidae)—isolated systematic placement inferred from comparative genital morphology

(2012) Axel L. Schönhofer et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Three new cavernicolous species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from southern China, with notes on a formal congener from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

(2012) Sergei Golovatch et al.   ZooKeys

Evolution in caves: Darwin’s ‘wrecks of ancient life’ in the molecular era

(2010) CARLOS JUAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Repeated and Time-Correlated Morphological Convergence in Cave-Dwelling Harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from Montane Western North America

(2010) Shahan Derkarabetian et al.   PLoS One

A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism

(2009) Thomas Wesener et al.   CLADISTICS

Applying ecology for cave management in China and neighbouring countries

(2009) Tony Whitten   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Morphological Differences Among Eyeless Amphipods in the Genus Stygobromus Dwelling in Different Subterranean Habitats

(2009) David C. Culver et al.   JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY

Ultrastructure and mineral distribution in the tergal cuticle of the terrestrial isopod Titanethes albus. Adaptations to a karst cave biotope

(2009) Sabine Hild et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Molecular systematics of eastern North American Phalangodidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores), demonstrating convergent morphological evolution in caves

(2009) Marshal Hedin et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda)

(2009) Thomas Wesener et al.   ZooKeys

Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

(2009) Sergei Golovatch et al.   ZooKeys

Review of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae), with descriptions of new species

(2009) Sergei Golovatch et al.   ZooKeys

Morphology and Development of Blue Whale Baleen: An Annotated Translation of Tycho Tullberg's Classic 1883 Paper

(2009) Douglas S. Fudge et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS