Collection
Interstitial and Cave Diversity in Atlantic Oceanic Islands
- Submission status
- Closed
The goal of this topical collection is to mainly promote research on marine biodiversity in cave and interstitial ecosystems in Atlantic oceanic at three levels: (1) description of new species; (2) ecological studies that might help to infer local and regional distribution patterns and its correlates; (3) inference of processes producing the observed patterns, using phylogenetic tools. The overall goal is to fill our gap on knowledge in these habitats, but also to improve our understanding of colonization processes of partially isolated habitats, including the role of Atlantic Oceanic islands in trans-Atlantic dispersal of marine species. Contributions focusing on Atlantic Oceanic islands along with other archipelagos or continental zones, are also accepted within this topical collection.
Editors
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Alejandro Martínez
Alejandro likes to address eco-evolutionary questions using model ecosystems, such as flooded caves and interstitial environments, applying different phylogenetic and statistical methods. He is interested in microscopic animals insofar as they seem to challenge some of the general ecological principles that we have inferred from larger organisms. Alejandro is also interested in Systematics, particularly regarding annelids, but also crustaceans (excluding insects), scalidophorans, and gastropods.
Articles (9 in this collection)
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The First International Workshop to Marine and Anchialine Meiofauna in Lanzarote 2011
Authors
- Alejandro Martínez
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 25 October 2019
- Pages: 2029 - 2031
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Patterns of diversity and endemism of soft-bodied meiofauna in an oceanic island, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Alejandro Martínez
- Maikon Di Domenico
- Katrine Worsaae
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 14 October 2019
- Pages: 2033 - 2055
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Saccocirridae (Annelida) from the Canary Islands with a description of Saccocirrus slateri sp. nov.
Authors
- Maikon Di Domenico
- Alejandro Martínez
- Katrine Worsaae
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 11 October 2019
- Pages: 2125 - 2139
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Diversity and evolution of the stygobitic Speleonerilla nom. nov. (Nerillidae, Annelida) with description of three new species from anchialine caves in the Caribbean and Lanzarote
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Katrine Worsaae
- Brett C. Gonzalez
- Alejandro Martínez
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 27 July 2018
- Pages: 2167 - 2192
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How to achieve internal fertilization without a vagina: the study case of the genus Archilina Ax, 1959 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from Canary Islands
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Fabio Scarpa
- Daria Sanna
- Marco Curini-Galletti
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 13 June 2018
- Pages: 2057 - 2073
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New insights on the genus Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889 (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata), with description of two new species from the Canary Islands
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Fabio Scarpa
- Piero Cossu
- Marco Curini-Galletti
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 18 September 2017
- Pages: 2075 - 2087
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Marine gastrotrichs from Lanzarote, with a description of a phylogenetically relevant species of Urodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida)
Authors
- M. Antonio Todaro
- Agata Cesaretti
- Matteo Dal Zotto
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 06 July 2017
- Pages: 2109 - 2123
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Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes Rhabdocoela) of Lanzarote (Canary Islands), with the description of eight new species
Authors
- Stefan Gobert
- Patrick Reygel
- Tom Artois
- Content type: MeioLanza
- Published: 30 June 2017
- Pages: 2089 - 2107