Seek and you shall find: new species of the rare genus Ornamentula (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and first record outside of type-locality

Author(s)

Minowa, Axell ^[1] ; Garraffoni, Andre R. S. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Lab Evolucao Organismos Meiofaunais, Dept Biol Anim, Inst Biol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zoologia; v. 38, FEB 26 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

ABSTRACT Ornamentula Kisielewski, 1991 is a monospecific genus in Order Chaetonotida. The sole species, O. paraensis Kisielewsk, 1991, is a semiplanktonic gastrotrich found in a single pond in the Amazon region of Brazil. Herein we describe a new species of the genus Ornamentula, collected in a small urban lagoon in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil. Ornamentula miyazakii sp. nov. resembles O. paraensis, but it shows differences in the ornamented trunk scales and spinal spines distribution, sufficient to proposte it as it’s a new species. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/20312-8 - Cladistic analysis of the Dasydytidae family (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and contribution to the increase of gastritric sequences on GenBank genetic database
• Grantee: Axell Kou Minowa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• FAPESP's process: 14/23856-0 - Phylogenetic reconstruction of Gastrotricha based on molecular and morphological data
• Grantee: André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 19/01955-0 - Rethinking the classification of the Dasydytidae family (Chaetonotida: Gastrotricha): integrative taxonomy, tree thinking and total evidence
• Grantee: Axell Kou Minowa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master