Diversity and distribution of marine Gastrotricha along the northern beaches of the state of São Paulo (Brazil), with description of a new species of Macrodasys (Macrodasyida, Macrodasyidae)
The overall high diversity contrasts with the generally low number of species from single locations, averaging 4.3 (SD 3.5) spp.
Phylogeny and biogeography of the Ergasilidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), with reconsideration of the taxonomic status of the Vaigamidae
- M. A. Amado, J. Ho, C. Rocha
- Biology
- 1995
A cladistic analysis was conducted on these genera and the five genera composing the closely allied Vaigamidae, finding that the five vaigamid genera cannot be placed in a family separate from the Ergasilidae.
On new terrestrial ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Brazil, primarily from São Paulo State
- R. L. Pinto, C. Rocha, K. Martens
- Biology, Geography
- 1 October 2005
Five new species and a new genus of terrestrial ostracods from Brazil are described and the putative causality of the prevalence of asexual reproduction in terrestrial ostrachod faunas is briefly discussed.
New morphological characters useful for the taxonomy of the genus Microcyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida)
- C. Rocha
- Biology
- 1 June 1998
On the genus Penthesilenula Rossetti and Martens, 1998 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Darwinulidae) from (semi-) terrestrial habitats in São Paulo State (Brazil), with the description of a new species
- R. L. Pinto, C. Rocha, K. Martens
- Biology
- 1 November 2004
The third species, Penthesilenula brasiliensis, is here described, constituting the first darwinulid taxon to be found in fully terrestrial habitats, and the evolutionary significance of the high incidence of teratologies in the Darwinulidae is discussed.
Acoela (Acoelomorpha) from the northern beaches of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a systematic revision of the family Otocelididae
This book discusses the history and present situation of actinoposthia, as well as some of the mechanisms and techniques used in its development, and some of its applications.
Antennulary development during the copepodid phase in the family Cyclopidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).
- M. Schutze, C. Rocha, G. Boxshall
- Biology
- 2000
L'homologie des articles antennulaires a ete etablie en comparant l'arrangement des soies de chaque article avec la presence d'elements d'ornementation reconnus ici comme marqueurs.
New cyclopoids (Copepoda) from anchialine caves in Bermuda
Speleoithona is redefined to contain the new species from Bermuda, and Halicyclops ytororoma, previously known from interstitial intertidal waters along the coast of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is also found in these troglobiont samples.
Therodamas tamarae, a new species of copepod (Poecilostomatoida: Ergasilidae) parasitic on Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel) from the Araguaia River, Brazil; with a key to the species of the genus
- M. A. Amado, C. Rocha
- BiologyHydrobiologia
- 1 May 1996
Therodamas tamarae n.sp. is described based on females removed from branchial filaments of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) caught in a lake near the Araguaia River, State of Goiás,…
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