An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)

P Gąsiorek, D Stec, W Morek, Ł Michalczyk - 2018 - ruj.uj.edu.pl
A laboratory strain identified as" Hypsibius dujardini" is one of the best studied tardigrade
strains: it is widely used as a model organism in a variety of research projects, ranging from …

Unmasking hidden species diversity within the Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri complex, with an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the family …

D Stec, W Morek, P Gąsiorek… - Systematics and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Outdated and inaccurate original descriptions of species nominal for genera or species
complexes give birth to notorious difficulties in species identification and often translate into …

Integrative taxonomy reveals new, widely distributed tardigrade species of the genus Paramacrobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

P Kayastha, D Stec, Ł Sługocki, M Gawlak… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In a moss sample collected in Ribeiro Frio, Madeira, Paramacrobiotus gadabouti sp. nov.
was found and described using the integrative taxonomy approach. The new species is …

An experimental test of eutardigrade preparation methods for light microscopy

W Morek, D Stec, P Gąsiorek, RO Schill… - Zoological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Given the constantly growing number of described tardigrade species and the scarcity of
taxonomically meaningful morphological characters that these microinvertebrates exhibit, in …

High diversity in species, reproductive modes and distribution within the Paramacrobiotus richtersi complex (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

R Guidetti, M Cesari, R Bertolani, T Altiero, L Rebecchi - Zoological letters, 2019 - Springer
For many years, Paramacrobiotus richtersi was reported to consist of populations with
different chromosome numbers and reproductive modes. To clarify the relationships among …

The emergence of the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris as a model system

B Goldstein - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2018 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
The success of scientists in revealing biological mechanisms has depended in large part on
choosing tractable model systems. In 1997, molecular phylogenetics revealed that two of …

Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry

D Stec, P Gąsiorek, W Morek, P Kosztyła… - Zoological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Tardigrade taxonomy is based largely on classical methodology, with morphological and
morphometric traits being most often the sole basis for species delineation and identification …

Rough backs: taxonomic value of epicuticular sculpturing in the genus Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Apochela)

W Morek, K Wałach, Ł Michalczyk - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The phylum Tardigrada comprises~ 1400 described species that inhabit a wide range of
ecosystems throughout the globe. Tardigrades are generally considered taxonomically …

[HTML][HTML] Deceptive conservatism of claws: distinct phyletic lineages concealed within Isohypsibioidea (Eutardigrada) revealed by molecular and morphological …

P Gąsiorek, D Stec, W Morek, Ł Michalczyk - Contributions to Zoology, 2019 - brill.com
Isohypsibioidea are most likely the most basally branching evolutionary lineage of
eutardigrades. Despite being second largest eutardigrade order, phylogenetic relationships …

Untangling systematics of the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex by an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the group, with multilocus phylogeny and …

D Stec, Ł Krzywański, K Zawierucha… - Zoological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Incomplete descriptions of nominal taxa are one of the most significant obstacles in modern
taxonomy, including the taxonomy of Tardigrada. Another major problem in tardigrade …