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Csuzdi C, Koo J, Choi NJ, Szederjesi T, Hong Y. Complete mitochondrial genome of the composting worm Dendrobaena veneta (Clitellata: Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2023; 8:1082-1086. [PMID: 37849654 PMCID: PMC10578090 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2265177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) is widely distributed all over Europe due to its use as compost worm. The specimen presented here was collected in Tiranë district, Albania. Currently, only two species' complete or nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequences have been reported in the genus Dendrobaena; D. octaedra (Savigny, 1826) and D. tellermanica Perel, 1966. In this study, the complete mitogenome of D. veneta was sequenced, assembled, and annotated. The mitogenome of D. veneta is a circular DNA molecule, consisting of 15,475 bp with an A + T content of 61.2%. It contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 1 non-coding region (control region). Phylogenetic analysis showed that D. veneta is clustered with the other two Dendrobaena species in the well-supported family Lumbricidae.
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- Csaba Csuzdi
- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Division of Science Education and Institute of Fusion Science, College of Education, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
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- Crop Foundation Research Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Korea
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
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Szederjesi T, Marchán DF, Csuzdi C, Sarbu SM, Pavlíček T, Krízsik V, Martin P, Domínguez J. Three in one: molecular phylogeny of the genus Helodrilus (Crassiclitellata: Lumbricidae) with a description of two new genera and two new species. Zool J Linn Soc 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The earthworm genus Helodrilus comprises about 20 species with distributions ranging from the Iberian Peninsula to the Caucasus, through Central Europe, the Balkans, Anatolia and the Levant. The species prefer moist habitats and are often found in the mud of river banks, in swamps or in caves. Although a high degree of morphological variability is observed in the taxonomic characters, the genus shares a common feature: the absence of nephridial bladders. In this study, we clarify the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Helodrilus using an integrated approach including a multilocus molecular phylogenetic analysis and thorough morphological examination of several species across the putative Helodrilus area of distribution. The findings of this study have led to the genus Helodrilus being split and to the description of two new genera and two new species: Coventina Szederjesi, Sarbu & Csuzdi gen. nov. and Imetescolex movilensis Szederjesi, Sarbu & Csuzdi gen. & sp. nov. The highly homoplasic nature of the absence of nephridial bladders was also revealed.
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Medipredict Health Ltd , 4B Irinyi József Street , 1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , José Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid , Spain
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University , P.O. Box 43, 3301 Eger , Hungary
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University , Chico, CA 95929 , USA
- ‘Emil Racoviță’ Institute of Speleology , Frumoasă Street Frumoasă 31-B, 010986 Bucureşti , Romania
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa , Mount Carmel, 31905 Haifa , Israel
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- Institute of Archaeogenomics, Research Centre for the Humanities , 4 Tóth Kálmán Street 1097 Budapest , Hungary
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Taxonomy and Phylogeny , 29 rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels , Belgium
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- Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal (GEA), Universidade de Vigo , E-36310 Vigo , Spain
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Shekhovtsov SV, Shipova AA, Poluboyarova TV, Vasiliev GV, Golovanova EV, Geraskina AP, Bulakhova NA, Szederjesi T, Peltek SE. Species Delimitation of the Eisenia nordenskioldi Complex (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) Using Transcriptomic Data. Front Genet 2020; 11:598196. [PMID: 33365049 PMCID: PMC7750196 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.598196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Eisenia nordenskioldi (Eisen, 1879) is the only autochthonous Siberian earthworm with a large distribution that ranges from tundra to steppe and broadleaved forests. This species has a very high morphological, ecological, karyological, and genetic diversity, so it was proposed that E. nordenskioldi should be split into several species. However, the phylogeny of the complex was unclear due to the low resolution of the methods used and the high diversity that should have been taken into account. We investigated this question by (1) studying the diversity of the COI gene of E. nordenskioldi throughout its range and (2) sequencing transcriptomes of different genetic lineages to infer its phylogeny. We found that E. nordenskioldi is monophyletic and is split into two clades. The first one includes the pigmented genetic lineages widespread in the northern and western parts of the distribution, and the second one originating from the southern and southeastern part of the species' range and representing both pigmented and non-pigmented forms. We propose to split the E. nordenskioldi complex into two species, E. nordenskioldi and Eisenia sp. 1 (aff. E. nordenskioldi), corresponding to these two clades. The currently recognized non-pigmented subspecies E. n. pallida will be abolished as a polyphyletic and thus a non-natural taxon, while Eisenia sp. 1 will be expanded to include several lineages earlier recognized as E. n. nordenskioldi and E. n. pallida.
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- Sergei V Shekhovtsov
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Kurchatov Genomic Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Biocenology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Kurchatov Genomic Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Kurchatov Genomic Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Biocenology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Systematics and Ecology of Invertebrates, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia
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- Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biocenology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia.,Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Kurchatov Genomic Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Csuzdi C, Rota E, Szederjesi T, Sherlock E, Brown GG, Chang CH, Cosin DD, Fragoso C, Jamieson BGM, Hong Y, James SW, Paoletti MG, Pavlícek T, Plisko D, Pop VV, Shen HP. Description of a new Central African earthworm, Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Eudrilidae), celebrating the 100th birthday of Pietro Omodeo. Zootaxa 2019; 4674:zootaxa.4674.5.1. [PMID: 31715983 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Prof. Pietro Omodeo (University of Siena, Italy), the world-renowned earthworm taxonomist and evolutionary biologist, was born in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy on the 27th September, 1919. He celebrates his 100th birthday in 2019 and members of the international community of earthworm taxonomists salute him with Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov., a new megadrile taxon discovered in 1991 by him but which has not been formally described until now. The many important contributions of Omodeo to oligochaetological research are briefly mentioned.
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Hong Y, Razafindrakoto M, Blanchart E, Szederjesi T, Csuzdi C. New acanthodrilid species from Madagascar (Clitellata, Acanthodrilidae). ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H 2019. [DOI: 10.17109/azh.65.3.215.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Szederjesi T, Pavlíček T, Márton O, Krízsik V, Csuzdi C. Integrative taxonomic revision of Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) sensu lato with description of a new species and resurrection of Dendrobaena succinta (Rosa, 1905) (Megadrili: Lumbricidae). J NAT HIST 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1593537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary
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Szederjesi T, Pop VV, Márton O, Csuzdi C. New earthworm species and records from the Southern Carpathians (Megadrili: Lumbricidae). ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H 2019. [DOI: 10.17109/azh.65.2.123.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Szederjesi T, Pop VV, Pavlíček T, Márton O, Krízsik V, Csuzdi C. Integrated taxonomy reveals multiple species in the Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893) complex (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893) is a Circum-Mediterranean species complex composed of at least 17 nominal taxa. Regarding the most important species characters (clitellum and tubercles) the worms belonging to the genus Fitzingeria Zicsi, 1978 seem to be very close to the D. byblica species group. Here we provide the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of the byblica species group and the Fitzingeria species, and show that the genus Fitzingeria is polyphyletic and groups together with the Carpathian and Balkanic deeply pigmented byblica forms. The other main clade consists of the ‘classical’ byblica species. The morphological characteristics also support these results. On the basis of the molecular and morphological characters the species of the former Fitzingeria were relegated to Dendrobaena and four new species were described together with a new replacement name Dendrobaena carpathomontana nom. nov. for F. platyura montana (Černosvitov, 1932).
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary
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Csuzdi C, Chang CH, Pavlícek T, Szederjesi T, Esopi D, Szlávecz K. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of native North American lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Megadrili). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181504. [PMID: 28792948 PMCID: PMC5549934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The family Lumbricidae is arguably the most well-known and well-studied earthworm group due to its dominance in the European earthworm fauna and its invasion in temperate regions worldwide. However, its North American members, especially the genus Bimastos Moore, 1893, are poorly understood. We revised the systematics of the genus Bimastos and tested the hypothesis of the monophyly of North American lumbricids using morphological characters and eight molecular markers. Phylogenetic analyses based on our extensive sampling of Bimastos and inclusion of Dendrodrilus and Allolobophoridella indicated a well-supported clade containing Bimastos and Eisenoides Gates, 1969, and provided the first evidence supporting that North American lumbricids are monophyletic. Assuming the available divergence time estimations and dating of land bridges are correct, it would suggest that the ancestor of this clade arrived North America through Beringia or the De Geer route during Late Cretaceous, and since then the clade has diverged from its Eurasian sister group, Eisenia. The peregrine genera Dendrodrilus and Allolobophoridella are nested within the Bimastos clade; we propose to treat them as junior synonyms of the genus Bimastos, and, contradictory to the commonly held belief of being European, they are indeed part of the indigenous North American earthworm fauna. Morphological characters, such as red-violet pigmentation, proclinate U-shaped nephridial bladders and calciferous diverticula in segment 10 further support this placement. The East Mediterranean–Levantine Spermophorodrilus Bouché, 1975 and Healyella Omodeo & Rota, 1989 are nested within the Dendrobaena sensu lato clade; therefore their close relationship with the North American Bimastos is refuted. Species fit the revised diagnosis of Bimastos are reviewed and keyed, and a new species, Bimastos schwerti sp. nov., is described.
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- Csaba Csuzdi
- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Szederjesi T, Vavoulidou E, Chalkia C, Dányi L, Csuzdi C. An annotated checklist of earthworms of Greece (Clitellata: Megadrili). Zootaxa 2017; 4272:57-82. [PMID: 28610302 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The earthworm fauna of Greece is reviewed. According to the up-to-date checklist, the earthworm fauna of Greece consists of 67 species and subspecies, of which 59 taxa belong to the family Lumbricidae, three to Megascolecidae, two to Acanthodrilidae and to Ocnerodrilidae and one taxon to the family Criodrilidae. Three species are recorded for the first time from the country: Allolobophora kosowensis kosowensis Karaman, 1968, Amynthas gracilis (Kinberg, 1867) and Eukerria saltensis (Beddard, 1895). Eisenia spelaea var. athenica Černosvitov, 1938 is proposed to be a synonym of Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826). The earthworm fauna of Greece is characterized by a large number of strict endemic species belonging to the family Lumbricidae (9 taxa), together with the occurrence of another 10 Balkanic endemic species.
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 102, Hungary..
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Szederjesi T. The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Northeastern Mediterranean region (Clitellata: Megadrili). Opusc Zool 2017. [DOI: 10.18348/opzool.2017.2.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Szederjesi T, Pavlíček T, Csuzdi C. Description of the first endemic earthworm species from Cyprus (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Zoology in the Middle East 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1182778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary
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Szederjesi T, Csuzdi C. Review of the species allocated to the genus Satchellius (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) with description of a new species. Biologia (Bratisl) 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2016-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Szederjesi T, Pavlíček T, Latif R, Csuzdi C. Review of the Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910) species group with description of two new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 2014; 3884:282-8. [PMID: 25543786 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The Eisenia muganiensis species group is established, consisting of a set of Asian earthworm species characterized by elongate, backward placed clitellum and tubercles: Eisenia malevici Perel, 1962; Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910); Eisenia patriciae Szederjesi, Pavlíček, Coşkun & Csuzdi, 2014 and Eisenia transcaucasica (Perel, 1967). The species are shortly reviewed and furthermore, two new species of the E. muganiensis group are described, E. kontschani sp. nov. from Turkey and E. malekae sp. nov. from Iran.
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.;
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- School of Biology, College of Science, Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.;
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.;
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Szederjesi T, Pavlíček T, Coşkun Y, Csuzdi C. New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 2014; 3764:555-70. [PMID: 24870656 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Identifying the earthworm material recently collected in different parts of Turkey (Marmara Region, Upper Mesopotamia, Hatay Province and East Anatolia) resulted in records of 29 earthworm species including three lumbricids new to science: Dendrobaena cevdeti, D. szalokii and Eisenia patriciae spp. nov. In addition, Dendrobaena cognettii is reported for the first time from the country. With this contribution, the number of earthworm species and subspecies registered in Turkey is raised to 80.
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- Tímea Szederjesi
- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary;
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- Dicle Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Diyarbakır, Turkey.;
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary;
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