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| Author(s): |
Venekey, Virag
[1]
;
Gheller, Paula F.
[2]
;
Maria, Tatiana F.
[3]
;
Brustolin, Marco C.
[4]
;
Kandratavicius, Noelia
[5]
;
Vieira, Danilo C.
[6]
;
Brito, Simone
[6]
;
Souza, Guilherme S.
[7]
;
Fonseca, Gustavo
Total Authors: 9
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| Affiliation: | [1] Fed Univ Para, Inst Ciencias Biol, BR-66075110 Belem, Para - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Oceanog, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Estado Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO, Dept Ecol & Recursos Marinhos, BR-22290240 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[4] Fed Univ Para, Ctr Estud Os Mar, BR-83255976 Pontal Do Parana, PR - Brazil
[5] Univ Republica, Fac Ciencias, Lab Oceanog & Ecol Marina, Montevideo - Uruguay
[6] Univ Sao Paulo CEBIMAR USP, Ctr Biol Marinha, BR-11600000 Sao Sebastiao, SP - Brazil
[7] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Zool, Ctr Ciencias Biol, BR-50670920 Recife, PE - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | MARINE BIODIVERSITY; v. 44, n. 3, p. 367-390, SEP 2014. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 13 |
| Abstract | |
In the current study we provide a reviewed list of valid genera and species of Xyalidae, a widespread family of mostly marine free-living nematodes. Comments are added about the historic background and taxonomic situation of the family, all valid genera and, when necessary, diagnostic characters are given. Additionally, information about distribution and geographical location of species recorded along the Brazilian coast is provided. Our review recognized 46 valid genera, 450 valid species and 73 descriptions without enough morphological information for identification (species inquerendae). Nearly 80 % of the species inquerendae belong to Daptonema and Theristus. To avoid homonymies, two Daptonema species were renamed, Daptonema biwaensis (Tsalolikhin, 2002) new name (former Mongolotheristus timoshkini) and Daptonema vietnamensis (Gagarin and Thu, 2008) new name (former D. curvatum sensu Gagarin and Thu, 2008). Cenolaimus sapeloensis is transferred to Xyala sapeloensis comb. nov. Along the Brazilian coast 28 genera and 41 species have been recorded. The species Elzalia floresi, Metadesmolaimus tersus, Paramonohystera stricta, Pseudosteineria scopae, Rhynchonema cemae, R. veronicae, Steineria ericia, S. marcorum, S. pavo, S. tripartita, Theristus acribus, T. flevensis, T. macroflevensis, T. pertenuis, T. stranus, Trichotheristus heterus, T. setosus and Zygonemella striata have the Brazilian coast as the type locality. Among all species, three occurred across three geographic regions, while the large majority was restricted to one. Xyalidae is typically encountered in oceanic sandy beaches, with only the species belonging to Daptonema, Theristus, Trichotheristus and Zygonemella being recorded in estuarine sediments. This observation suggests that the colonization of inland waters occurred multiple times along the evolutionary history. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/21289-3 - Taxonomy and diversity of marine meiofauna |
| Grantee: | Gustavo Fernandes Camargo Fonseca |
| Support Opportunities: | Organization Grants - Scientific Meeting |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/14019-0 - Free living marine nematodes: taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny |
| Grantee: | Gustavo Fernandes Camargo Fonseca |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |