What we know and don't know about the invasive zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) mussels

AY Karatayev, LE Burlakova - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
We summarized existing knowledge on Dreissena polymorpha (the zebra mussel) and D. r.
bugensis (the quagga mussel), including data on their taxonomy, systematics, evolution, life …

Tethyan changes shaped aquatic diversification

Z Hou, S Li - Biological reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …

Molecular analyses of pseudoscorpions in a subterranean biodiversity hotspot reveal cryptic diversity and microendemism

D Hlebec, M Podnar, M Kučinić, D Harms - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nested within the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot, the Dinaric Karst of the western
Balkans is one of the world's most heterogeneous subterranean ecosystems and renowned …

The European green deal misses Europe's subterranean biodiversity hotspots

C Fišer, Š Borko, T Delić, A Kos, E Premate… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—To tackle climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss,
the European Commission in 2021 initiated the European Green Deal (EGD) 1, designed to …

Multiple transitions between realms shape relict lineages of Proteus cave salamanders

H Recknagel, V Zakšek, T Delić, Š Gorički… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In comparison to biodiversity on Earth's surface, subterranean biodiversity has largely
remained concealed. The olm (Proteus anguinus) is one of the most enigmatic extant cave …

Phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism of cave colonization and adaptation

H Bilandžija, B Hollifield, M Steck, G Meng, M Ng… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
A widely accepted model for the evolution of cave animals posits colonization by surface
ancestors followed by the acquisition of adaptations over many generations. However, the …

New insights into the genetic diversity of the stone crayfish: taxonomic and conservation implications

L Lovrenčić, L Bonassin, LL Boštjančić… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Austropotamobius torrentium is a freshwater crayfish species native to central
and south-eastern Europe, with an intricate evolutionary history and the highest genetic …

Longevity in cave animals

E Lunghi, H Bilandžija - Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
An extraordinary longevity has been observed in some cave species, and this raised the
hypothesis that a longer lifespan may be considered one of the characteristic traits of these …

Invasive mussels fashion silk-like byssus via mechanical processing of massive horizontally acquired coiled coils

M Simmons, N Horbelt, T Sverko… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Zebra and quagga mussels (Dreissena spp.) are invasive freshwater biofoulers that
perpetrate devastating economic and ecological impact. Their success depends on their …

Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs …

A Dubois, PA Crochet, EC Dickinson, A Nemésio… - 2013 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
In zoological nomenclature, to be potentially valid, nomenclatural novelties (ie, new nomina
and nomenclatural acts) need first to be made available, that is, published in works …