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An integrative revision of the family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada) - phylogeny, taxonomy and trait evolution in challenging groups of microinvertebrates

2018/31/N/NZ8/03096

Keywords:

biodiversity cryptic species integrative taxonomy phylogeny species delimitation Tardigrada

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity
  • NZ8_10: Taxonomy and phylogenetic
  • NZ8_12: Zoology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Daniel Stec 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 16 - announced on 2018-09-14

Amount awarded: 209 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-07-05

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-07-04

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  1. Laptop/netbook + oprogramowanie (6 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (15)
  1. Integrative taxonomy identifies two new tardigrade species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Greenland
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Tumanov, D.T. & Kristensen, R.M.
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Taxonomy (rok: 2020, tom: 614, strony: 14611), Wydawca: EJT consortium: a consortium of European natural history institutions (NHIs)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5852/ejt.2020.614 - link to the publication
  2. Macrobiotus naginae sp. nov., a New Xerophilous Tardigrade Species from Rokua Sand Dunes (Finland)
    Authors:
    Vecchi, M., Stec, D., Tommi, V., Ryndov, S., Chartrain, J. & Calhim, S.
    Academic press:
    Zoological Studies (rok: 2022, tom: 61, strony: 22), Wydawca: Academia Sinica
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.6620/ZS.2022.61-22 - link to the publication
  3. Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae)
    Authors:
    Stec, D
    Academic press:
    Organisms Diversity & Evolution , Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
    DOI:
    http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-0717 - link to the publication
  4. An integrative description of Mesobiotus dilimanensis, a new tardigrade species from the Philippines (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: furciger group)
    Authors:
    Itang, L.A.M., Stec, D., Mapalo, M.A., Mirano-Bascos, D. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (rok: 2020, tom: 68, strony: 19-31), Wydawca: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum in Singapore
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.26107/RBZ-2020-0003 - link to the publication
  5. An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Zoologischer Anzeiger (rok: 2020, tom: 286, strony: 117-134), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.007 - link to the publication
  6. Integrative Descriptions of Two New Mesobiotus Species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Vietnam.
    Authors:
    Stec, D.
    Academic press:
    Diversity (rok: 2021, tom: 13, strony: 45315), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/d13110605 - link to the publication
  7. Mesobiotus datanlanicus sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: Mesobiotus harmsworthi group) from Lâm Đồng Province in Vietnam
    Authors:
    Stec, D.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (rok: 2019, tom: 4679, strony: 164-180), Wydawca: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.10 - link to the publication
  8. The Macrobiotus ariekammensis species complex provides evidence for parallel evolution of claw elongation in macrobiotid tardigrades
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Vončina, K., Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2022, tom: 195, strony: 1037-1066), Wydawca: Oxford Academic
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab101 - link to the publication
  9. An integrative description of two new Mesobiotus species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with updated genus phylogeny
    Authors:
    Stec, D
    Academic press:
    Zoological Studies , Wydawca: Academia Sinica
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  10. Desiccation risk favours prevalence and diversity of tardigrade communities and influences their trophic structure in alpine ephemeral rock pools.
    Authors:
    Vecchi, M., Ferrari, C., Stec, D. & Calhim, S.
    Academic press:
    Hydrobiologia (rok: 2022, tom: 849, strony: 1995-2007), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10750-022-04820-0 - link to the publication
  11. Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada)
    Authors:
    D., Stec & Morek, W.
    Academic press:
    Animals (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 45315), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ani12030404 - link to the publication
  12. Integrative taxonomy resolves species identities within the Macrobiotus pallarii complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Vecchi, M., Dudziak, M., Bartels, P.J., Calhim S. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Zoological Letters (rok: 2021, tom: 7, strony: 16438), Wydawca: BMC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s40851-021-00176-w - link to the publication
  13. New multilocus phylogeny reorganises the family Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada) and unveils complex morphological evolution of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Vecchi, M., Calhim, S. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution (rok: 2021, tom: 160, strony: 45311), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106987 - link to the publication
  14. Resolving the systematics of Richtersiidae by multilocus phylogeny and an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the genus Crenubiotus (Tardigrada)
    Authors:
    Stec, D., Vecchi, M., Maciejowski, W. & Michalczyk, Ł.
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 45311), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-75962-1 - link to the publication
  15. Revisiting the genus Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) – remarks, updated dichotomous key and an integrative description of new species from Madagascar.
    Authors:
    Kaczmarek, Ł., Bartylak, T., Stec, D., Kulpa, A., Kepel, M., Kepel, A. & Roszkowska, M.
    Academic press:
    Zoologischer Anzeiger (rok: 2020, tom: 287, strony: 121-146), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jcz.2020.05.003 - link to the publication