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Karyological analysis of Acanthocephalus ranae (Echinorhynchida): expanding the cytogenetic knowledge in acanthocephalans This study presents the first comprehensive cytogenetic analysis of the common amphibian parasite Acanthocephalus ranae. A combination of classical cytogenetic methods and molecular techniques, includ...

The first comprehensive cytogenetic analysis of the common amphibian parasite Acanthocephalus ranae.

#chromosomes #cytogenetics

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Four new species of tarantulas with "unusual male sex organs" discovered by @alirezazamani.bsky.social et al, just published in ZooKeys!

Read more here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/04/n...

Segmented worms are very abundant nearly everywhere on Earth, but they are not easy to identify. With the publication of “ANNiKEY Linear” (DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1247.137606) any worm on the planet can now be identified to family, using the traditional key or an online interactive key and glossary.

Four new freshwater shrimp species are described in the genus Caridina. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #endemicspecies #fauna

Description of a new ant social parasite from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

@unihohenheim.bsky.social #parasites #taxonomy #ants ‪

A novel hypotrichous ciliate was identified in Chongqing, southwestern China. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #taxonomy #zoology

A new moth genus is established to accommodate a new species and three new combinations. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#DNAbarcoding #taxonomy #newspecies

Type specimens of recent mammals in Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Part 1 Monotremata, Didelphimorphia, Dasyuromorphia, Peramelemorphia, Diprotodontia, Afrosoricida, Macroscelidea, Hyracoidea, Probosc... This is the first part of a catalogue containing all known types in the mammal collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, covering the orders Monotremata to Rodentia in the ...

Тhe first part of a series of publications presenting the type specimens in the mammal collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

#biodiversity #museums #mammals

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Description of a new species of Pseudobornella Baba, 1932 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae) from the Yellow Sea The genus Pseudobornella Baba, 1932 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae), which was previously thought to be monotypic and restricted to the Western Pacific, is here expanded with the description...

This amazing nudibranch was first described as new to science in ZooKeys - read its description here doi.org/10.3897/zook...

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Curious isolation: new butterfly species discovered | Blog Due to its specific ecological associations and low genetic diversity, this butterfly may soon face challenges with climate change adaptation.

If the podcast grabbed your attention, you can also read our blog post (with really nice pictures)!

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A New Butterfly with Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis — New Species Podcast Think butterfly genomics is a simple topic? Think again, but this time think alongside Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis. Not only are they answering some of the most interesting contemporary conservati...

A fascinating story of a butterfly we recently published as new to science, told by authors Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis on the @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social Podcast!

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An annotated checklist of fish species described from the Philippines A comprehensive list of fish species collected from Philippine waters and taxonomically described from 1770 to 2024 is herein compiled and presented. A total of 1212 species from 156 families were des...

A significant contribution to the scientific understanding of fish diversity and distribution in the Philippines.

#biodiversity #endemicspecies #taxonomy

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Two new cave-dwelling spiders species are described - find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #caves #taxonomy

A collection of crab spiders from Indonesia's Jambi Province revealed five new species and one new genus. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

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Two new beetle species of the genus 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑥 are discovered from Tibet. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #beetles #Coleoptera

Surprise: the nudibranch genus Pseudobornella is not monotypic! This new species, called Pseudobornella qingdaoensis, extends its range to the Yellow Sea in China.

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Description of a new Australian genus of rove beetle, with seven new species and three new combinations: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#beetles #taxonomy #newspecies

Felipe Francisco Barbosa joins ZooKeys as a subject editor for elateroids, elmids, and phylogenetics Felipe Francisco Barbosa is a Brazilian evolutionary biologist, phylogeneticist, and entomologist at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). His research focuses on phylog...

Felipe Francisco Barbosa is our newest subject editor! Coming from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, he works on evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, and entomology.

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A new species of Anemonefish from French Polynesia, Amphiprion maohiensis, (Pomacentridae, Amphiprioninae), the Polynesian anemonefish Anemonefishes (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 28 species of damselfishes that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones. Distribution ranges vary, with some species only found...

New anemonefish species alert! After many years working with this species, we finally also described it as a the Polynesian Anemonefish. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1414...

Description of three new wolf spider species of the genus Sinartoria from southern China: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #spiders

Not so deep in the rainforest: two new species of Anastrepha (Diptera, Tephritidae) and a pictorial key to species from Amazonas state, Brazil Two new species, Anastrepha dorsidentata Uramoto, Zucchi, Araújo & Savaris and A. norrbomi Uramoto, Zucchi, Araújo & Savaris, from a fragment of the Amazon Rainforest in the city of Manaus, st...

Two new fruit fly species are described from a fragment of the Amazon Rainforest in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#flies #taxonomy #biodiversity

Description of two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela, an ancient lineage vulnerable to habitat fragmentation: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#Araneae #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy

A new scorpion species is described from Thailand's Doi Phu Kha National Park. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#ecology #scorpions #taxonomy

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just came in:

Photis bulla

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#ZooKeys #PhotisBulla

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #nature #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #amphipods

Two new marine nematode species of the genus Sabatieria and a new record of Hopperia are described from the Southern Ocean using morphological and molecular data.

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Description of a new stonefly species from China's Anhui Province: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#phylogeny #stonefly #taxonomy

An updated understanding of the taxonomy of four Afrotropical and Palaearctic species of the stakled-eye fly genus Sphyracephala, with an illustrated review of the five other Sphyracephala: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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This beautiful #gecko was just described in ZooKeys! Endemic to Madagascar, it faces conservation threats like deforestation and habitat degradation.

Find out more about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/25/h...

New deep-sea species named after ONE PIECE character Found 6 km beneath the Pacific, the limpet's unusually large size inspired its name.

A new species of deep-sea limpet, discovered 6 km beneath the northwestern Pacific, has beeen named after a #ONEPIECE character.

Find out why on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/24/n...

An updated checklist of fruit flies on Borneo, with descriptions for three species new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #biogeography #flies