The Hexabathynella genus is the only genus of the family Parabathynellidae that has
supposedly a worldwide distribution. Currently, there are 23 species described from five …

Awareness of pressures on subterranean habitats and their associated groundwater-
dependent ecosystems has increased recently. Subterranean fauna provide critical services …

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) studies on invertebrates commonly use ethanol as the
main sample fixative (upon collection) and preservative (for storage and curation). However …

Subterranean environments contain a diverse and unique obligate fauna: either aquatic
living in the groundwater or terrestrial living in voids above the water table. In the arid region …

Like other crustacean families, the Parabathynellidae is a poorly studied subterranean and
aquatic (stygobiontic) group in Australia, with many regions of available habitat having not …

Fifteen species of the Gondwanan genus Atopobathynella have been described so far from
four countries. The position of the genus within the family Parabathynellidae and its species …

Amphipod crustaceans comprise a significant and enigmatic component of Australian
groundwater ecosystems, particularly in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Many …

Subterranean fauna can be divided into two broad groups–stygofauna are aquatic and
occur in groundwater, while troglofauna are air-breathing and occur in the unsaturated zone …

The systematic status of the controversial crustacean family Leptobathynellidae is
investigated using molecular and morphological methods in this study. Partial sequences of …

Bathynella natans Vejdovsky, 1882, the first described Bathynellidae species, was found in
a well in Prague. Its original description was short and incomplete, and the holotype was …