Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal Latest 3 Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:40:19 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://bdj.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ First record of Limnatis paluda (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Praobdellidae) from Kazakhstan, with comments on genetic diversity of Limnatis leeches https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5004/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5004

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5004

Authors: Takafumi Nakano, Tatjana Dujsebayeva, Kanto Nishikawa

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Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:47:45 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Annelida – Hirudinea, incl. Acanthobdellea and Branchiobdellea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4015/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4015

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4015

Authors: Alessandro Minelli, Boris Sket, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. Hirudinea is a fairly small group of Annelida, with about 680 described species, most of which live in freshwater habitats, but several species are (sub)terrestrial or marine. In the Fauna Europaea database the taxon is represented by 87 species in 6 families. Two closely related groups, currently treated as distinct lineages within the Annelida, are the Acanthobdellea (2 species worldwide, of which 1 in Europe) and the Branchiobdellea (about 140 species worldwide, of which 10 in Europe). This paper includes a complete list of European taxa belonging to the Hirudinea, Acanthobdellea and Branchiobdellea. Recent research on a limited number of taxa suggests that our current appreciation of species diversity of Hirudinea in Europe is still provisional: on the one hand, cryptic, unrecognised taxa are expected to emerge; on the other, the status of some taxa currently treated as distinct species deserves revisiting.

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Data Paper Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:32:11 +0200
First record of Orobdella kawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1058/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1058

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1058

Authors: Takafumi Nakano, Konstantin Gongalsky

Abstract: Specimens of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 from Kunashir Island, the Kuril Islands, are identified as Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975. Mitochondrial tRNALeu and ND1 data confirm the species identification of the Kunashir specimens. This is the first record of the genus Orobdella from the Kuril Islands.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:03:43 +0200