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Summary: A new species of green coccoid algae, named Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov., was discovered in the River Moscow. It was described using morphological and molecular methods and found to belong to the species group of the genus Mychonastes, characterized by spherical single cells joined with mucilaginous, irregularly shaped stalks. Comparison of DNA sequences and structures confirmed the distinctiveness of Mychonastes hindakii from other species in the genus, suggesting that molecular data is necessary for reliable identification of this cryptic species.
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Parasitology
Maria Sophia Unterkoefler, Iris Eipeldauer, Sophie Merz, Nikola Pantchev, Josef Hermann, Rene Brunthaler, Walter Basso, Barbara Hinney
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PARASITES & VECTORS
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Junjie Hu, Mingzhu Zhang, Zhipeng Wu, Hongxia Zeng, Jianping Tao
Summary: A new species, Sarcocystis platyrhynchosi, was discovered in domestic ducks in China. This is the first record of Sarcocystis spp. from waterfowl in China. Further studies using additional molecular markers are needed to clarify the relationships among these species.
PARASITES & VECTORS
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Isabelle Pereira Mari-Ribeiro, Barbara Scorsim, Alessandra Valeria de Oliveira, Ana Luiza de Brito Portela-Castro
Summary: This study investigated the cytogenetic and molecular data of Oligosarcus pintoi, revealing the presence of a supernumerary chromosome in an allopatric population, which differs from other populations and contributes to the karyotypic diversification of the genus.
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Tomas Scholz, Andrea Waeschenbach, Mikulas Oros, Jan Brabec, D. Timothy J. Littlewood
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Alba N. Ruiz-Cuenca, Thi Anh Duong Nguyen, Joaquin Abolafia
Summary: This study aims at differentiating three cryptic species of the genus Eucephalobus with a long tail and provides detailed morphological and molecular characterisation to aid in distinguishing them.
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Natalia Fraija-Fernandez, Andrea Waeschenbach, Andrew G. Briscoe, Suzanne Hocking, Roman Kuchta, Tommi Nyman, D. Timothy J. Littlewood
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(2021)
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Goh Nishitani, Keigo Yamamoto, Masaki Nakajima, Yoshiki Shibata, Waka Sato-Okoshi, Mineo Yamaguchi
Summary: A novel strain of Amoebophrya sp. ex Alexandrium catenella was cultured from Osaka Bay, Japan, and found to infect not only Alexandrium but also Prorocentrum in culture, with confirmed infection in Tripos in a field sample. The parasite had a significant effect on the dynamics of A. catenella, particularly on the termination of the blooms, with a maximum prevalence of 73% during the Alexandrium bloom period in Osaka Bay.
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Noemi M. Fernandes, Pedro H. Campello-Nunes, Thiago S. Paiva, Carlos A. G. Soraes, Inacio D. Silva-Neto
Summary: The study investigated the diversity of ciliates in freshwater and brackish environments along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and found differences in ciliate communities between these habitats, with highly abundant and low-abundant or rare OTUs. Additionally, a considerable fraction of ciliate diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest detected through HTS was not represented in the currently available molecular databases.
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Yun-Chi Lin, Chien-Pang Chin, Jinny Wu Yang, Kuo-Ping Chiang, Chih-hao Hsieh, Gwo-Ching Gong, Chi-Yu Shih, Szu-Ying Chen
Summary: This study used metabarcoding of 18S rDNA V4 region to reveal the spatial and temporal variations of Marine Stramenopiles (MASTs) in the southern East China Sea. It was found that MAST-9 had a high representation in warm waters, while MAST-1C was common in colder waters during spring. Canonical correspondence analysis showed that temperature, nitrite, and Synechococcus concentrations significantly influenced MASTs communities. Additionally, co-occurrence networks indicated that certain minor prokaryotic taxa could impact MAST communities.
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Norhan N. Azri-Shah, Marina Hassan, Nor Asma Husna Yusoff, Norainy Mohd Husin, Hin Boo Wee, Mhd. Ikhwanuddin, Farizan Abdullah, Ahmad Najmi Ishak, John Brian Jones
Summary: This study reports the first discovery of the parasite Craspedella pedum in Malaysian freshwater, which is found on the alien crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Morphological observations and molecular techniques were used for species identification. The findings show a high degree of similarity and low genetic distance between C. pedum from this study and C. pedum from Thailand. This study provides important insights into the temnocephalid infestation in Malaysia and the potential threats to native species and ecosystem diversity.
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Roberto Junio Pedroso Dias, Pedro Mendes de Souza, Mariana Fonseca Rossi, Alfredo Hannemann Wieloch, Inacio Domingos da Silva-Neto, Marta D'Agosto
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate water quality of an urban stream in southeastern Brazil by analyzing epibenthic ciliates and investigating phylogenetic signal for saprobity in ciliates. It was found that there is clear influence of organic pollution on the composition and structure of ciliates taxocenosis in urban areas. The study confirmed the existence of phylogenetic signal for saprobity in Ciliophora, and evolutionary analysis is suggested as a potential method to predict lineages of ciliates not yet classified for saprobity.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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James Davis Reimer, Sung-Yin Yang, Kristine N. White, Ryuji Asami, Kazuhiko Fujita, Chuki Hongo, Shingo Ito, Iori Kawamura, Isshu Maeda, Masaru Mizuyama, Masami Obuchi, Takashi Sakamaki, Katsunori Tachihara, Maiko Tamura, Akira Tanahara, Aika Yamaguchi, Holger Jenke-Kodama
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2017)
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JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY
(2019)
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Biodiversity Conservation
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Summary: The order Amphipoda includes diverse species, some of which have symbiotic relationships with other animals. While polychaete-commensalism is poorly understood, a new species of the genus Leucothoe has been found living in burrows of terebellid polychaetes. This symbiotic association is likely a result of generalist species entering polychaete hosts rather than host-conversion from a specialist species.
SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY
(2022)
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Kristine N. White, James Darwin Thomas
Summary: Leucothoid amphipods are commensal associates of invertebrate hosts and can be used as proxies for monitoring ecosystem change. This study describes two new species that support the biogeographic patterns of amphipod endemism, suggesting that their patterns are dependent on geological history.
JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Kristine N. White, Christa Edwards, Louis J. Ambrosio
Summary: Studies have shown that anthropogenic sound affects ascidians, with individuals from different sites showing a slight difference in reaction to the stimuli. Further research into the impact of anthropogenic sound on invertebrates may help understand larger scale ecological consequences.
GULF AND CARIBBEAN RESEARCH
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