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Nataliia Iakovenko
  • Ostrava, Moravskoslezsky kraj, Czech Republic
ABSTRACT This volume of Polish Freshwater Fauna Series contains vaste data on Rotifera Bdelloidea of Polish fauna and details of the specific features for their species, genera, families and orders. An important part of this issue is... more
ABSTRACT This volume of Polish Freshwater Fauna Series contains vaste data on Rotifera Bdelloidea of Polish fauna and details of the specific features for their species, genera, families and orders. An important part of this issue is taxonomic keys for the identification of genera, and an atlas allowing species identification. The monograph is a compendium of the latest theoretical and practical knowledge about Bdelloidea. Volume 32C was written by Dr. hab. Irena Bielańska - Grajner from the University of Silesia in Katowice, prof. Dr. hab. Jolanta Ejsmont - Karabin from the University of Bialystok, Poland and Dr. Natalia Iakovenko of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev and the University of Ostrava (Czech Republic). These authors devoted themselves to the research of Rotifera Bdelloidea, and gave in detail the anatomy, biology, ecology and taxonomy of these animals; they have also provided a practical guidance on the methodology of research.
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ABSTRACT We present a morphological feature-based key for the genus Otostephanos and describe two new species, O. jolantae sp. nov. and O. ukrainicus sp. nov. For O. jolantae sp. nov. we analysed the intraspecific morphological... more
ABSTRACT We present a morphological feature-based key for the genus Otostephanos and describe two new species, O. jolantae sp. nov. and O. ukrainicus sp. nov. For O. jolantae sp. nov. we analysed the intraspecific morphological variability and provided the barcodes of mtCOX1 mitochondrial gene. Further, we developed a method to standardize measurements for the Philodina type of corona and trophi measurements of bdelloids. Otostephanos jolantae sp. nov. is a large rotifer with a smooth cuticle and bright red-orange gut; it can be distinguished from the known species by a high triangular upper lip with a tongue-like tip not divided into lobes, spade-shaped swollen rump, and 6/6 dental formula. It is found in Sphagnum collected in Poland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. Otostephanos ukrainicus sp. nov. has a long body covered with coarse-grained cuticle on the last two neck segments, trunk and rump; it is distinguished by long narrow head and neck, saccular-like swollen trunk, spade-like rump, and a tiny foot. Unlike the other species of this genus, it has band-like upper lip with two narrow, sharp protrusions separated by an interspace, unusually small spurs and trophi with 5/5 major teeth. Thus far, it is only found in Ukraine, in pine and oak forest litter.
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ABSTRACT New for the Fauna of Ukraine Rotifers (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) of Adinetidae and Habrotrochidae Families. Yakovenko N. S. – The whole list of rotifer species from class Bdelloidea found in Ukraine includes 84 species and subspecies... more
ABSTRACT New for the Fauna of Ukraine Rotifers (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) of Adinetidae and Habrotrochidae Families. Yakovenko N. S. – The whole list of rotifer species from class Bdelloidea found in Ukraine includes 84 species and subspecies of 10 genera and 3 families. Author have found 53 species and subspecies of Class Bdelloidea in poorly investigated biotopes of five Ukrainian reserves (Kanev natural re-serve,"Kam'yani mohyly","Roztoch'chya","Granitno-Stepove pobuzh'a",Carpathian reserve). 23 of them proved new for the Ukrainian fauna. Redescriptions and drawings of nine bdelloid species of families Adinetidae and Habrotrochidae new for Ukraine are presented in the paper. These are Habro-trocha elegans (Milne), H. pavida Bryce, H. plana (?) Milne, Otostephanos cuspidilabris de Koning, O. donneri (?) Bartoš, O. monteti Milne, Adineta gracilis Janson, A. rhomboidea Berzins, A. steineri Bar-toš. K e y w o r d s : Rotatoria, Bdelloidea, fauna, taxonomy, Ukraine. Íîâûå â ôàóíå Óêðàèíû êîëîâðàòêè (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) èç ñåìåéñòâ Adinetidae è Habrotrochidae. ßêîâåíêî Í. Ñ. –  íàñòîÿùåå âðåìÿ â ôàóíå Óêðàèíû íàñ÷èòûâàþò 84 âèäà è ïîäâèäà êîëî-âðàòîê (èç 10 ðîäîâ 3 ñåìåéñòâ), îòíîñÿùèõñÿ ê êëàññó Bdelloidea.  ìàëî-èëè íåäîñòàòî÷íî èçó÷åííûõ â îòíîøåíèè Rotatoria ìåñòîîáèòàíèÿõ (äîííûå îñàäêè, îáðàñòàíèÿ, íàçåìíûå ìõè, ïî÷âà, ïîâåðõíîñòü òåëà âîäíûõ ÷ëåíèñòîíîãèõ) ïÿòè çàïîâåäíûõ òåððèòîðèé Óêðàèíû (Êàíåâ-ñêèé ïðèðîäíûé è Êàðïàòñêèé çàïîâåäíèêè, "Êàìåííûå ìîãèëû", "Ðàñòî÷üå", "Ãðàíèòíî-ñòåïíîå Ïîáóaeüå") àâòîðîì íàéäåíû 53 âèäà è ïîäâèäà áäåëëîèäíûõ êîëîâðàòîê, èç êîòîðûõ 23 – íîâûå äëÿ ôàóíû Óêðàèíû.  äàííîé ñòàòüå ïðèâîäÿòñÿ êðàòêèå ïåðåîïèñàíèÿ è ðèñóíêè 9 âèäîâ èç ñåìåéñòâ Adinetidae, Habrotrochidae : Habrotrocha elegans (Milne), H. pavida Bryce, H. plana (?) Milne, Otostephanos cuspidilabris de Koning, O. donneri (?) Bartoš, O. monteti Milne, Adineta gracilis Janson, A. rhomboidea Berzins, A. steineri Bartoš. Ê ë þ ÷ å â û å ñ ë î â à : Rotatoria, Bdelloidea, ôàóíà, òàêñîíîìèÿ, Óêðàèíà.
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Cryptic species are continuously discovered in rotifers using different methods to delineate these units of diversity. DNA taxonomy is the most effective method taxonomists have to untie potential cryptic taxa. Here, we estimate hidden... more
Cryptic species are continuously discovered in rotifers using different methods to delineate these units of diversity. DNA taxonomy is the most effective method taxonomists have to untie potential cryptic taxa. Here, we estimate hidden diversity in a genus of bdelloid rotifers, Adineta. We analyse cryptic diversity using a coalescent approach to infer evolutionarily significant units from a phylogenetic tree obtained from cytochrome oxidase I sequences. Cryptic diversity was measured for eight traditional species and from several additional undetermined populations. Taxonomic inflation of up to 36 taxa was found in A. vaga from DNA taxonomy. As observed in other microscopic organisms, cryptic taxa within each traditional species were not geographically isolated, but had significantly narrower ecological niches than expected by chance alone.
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