A niche perspective on the range expansion of symbionts

A Mestre, R Poulin, J Hortal - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Range expansion results from complex eco‐evolutionary processes where range dynamics
and niche shifts interact in a novel physical space and/or environment, with scale playing a …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of the impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires of southern and eastern Australia on invertebrate species Final Report

J Marsh, P Bal, H Fraser… - National …, 2021 - nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au
The 2019-20 wildfires of eastern and southern Australia were exceptional in their severity
and extent, resulting in catastrophic impacts on biodiversity. Those impacts have been well …

Occurrence of Temnocephalidae flatworms in Australia

L Sibraa, D Barton, S Shamsi - Journal of Natural History, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Temnocephalids are a diverse family of rhabdocoel flatworms associated as ectosymbionts
of freshwater invertebrates, including crustaceans. Eastern Australia has been identified as …

Effect of host-switching on the ecological and evolutionary patterns of parasites

E D'Bastiani, D Princepe, FMD Marquitti… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Speciation via host-switching is a macroevolutionary process that emerges from a
microevolutionary dynamic where individual parasites switch hosts, establish a new …

Fossil constraints on the timescale of parasitic helminth evolution

K De Baets, P Dentzien-Dias, GWM Harrison… - The evolution and fossil …, 2021 - Springer
The fossil record of parasitic helminths is often stated to be severely limited. Many studies
have therefore used host constraints to constrain molecular divergence time estimates of …

Incorporating coextinction in threat assessments and policy will rapidly improve the accuracy of threatened species lists

ML Moir, KEC Brennan - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Threatened species lists are important policy tools for species conservation, and they are
often used to help prioritize recovery actions. Current listing processes, such as the IUCN …

Biology, distribution, and conservation of the Gamilaroi crayfish Euastacus gamilaroi Morgan, 1997 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Parastacidae), a freshwater crayfish from …

RB McCormack, NS Whiterod - Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Euastacus gamilaroi Morgan 1997, the Gamilaroi crayfish, was initially described
based on specimens collected in 1954 from Hanging Rock, New South Wales, but since …

Another hitchhiker exposed: Diceratocephala boschmai (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) found associated with ornamental crayfish Cherax spp.

F Ložek, J Patoka, M Bláha - Knowledge & Management of …, 2021 - kmae-journal.org
There are known plenty tiny invertebrate species associated with decapod crustaceans. Our
contribution documents the first record of New Guinean ornamental Cherax crayfish …

Where traditional extinction estimates fall flat: using novel cophylogenetic methods to estimate extinction risk in platyhelminths

LPA Mulvey, RCM Warnock… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Today parasites comprise a huge proportion of living biodiversity and play a major role in
sha** community structure. Given their ecological significance, parasite extinctions could …

Fossil constraints on the origin and evolution of Platyhelminthes are surprisingly concordant with modern molecular phylogenies

K De Baets, P Dentzien-Dias, JW Huntley… - Zoologia …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Trace fossils preserved with fossil worm-shaped remains suggest the presence of free-living
flatworms during the Ordovician at the latest and their occurrence in terrestrial environments …