Two New Nematode Species Unearthed From South China Sea Mud
Taxonomists have described Comesoma gracilis and Paracomesoma sinica, two new species of free-living marine nematodes recovered from intertidal silty sediments ...
Tag: meiofauna
Baseline Baltic Sea meiofauna survey finds marker and location shape biodiversity estimates
A comparative sediment survey in two Baltic Sea regions found that DNA marker choice changed meiofaunal diversity estimates and that ...
New flower-crowned flatworm species discovered in South China Sea sands
A new interstitial flatworm species, Boninia corolla, has been described from coarse sands in Huidong, China, using integrated morphology and ...
Genetic and Microscopic Methods Tell the Same Story of Beach Nourishment Damage
A landmark Baltic Sea study shows that DNA metabarcoding and traditional microscopy produce matching results when tracking the ecological damage ...
Costa Rica’s Marine Nematodes Remain Largely Unknown, Review Finds
A new review finds that only ten marine nematode species have ever been identified from Costa Rica, despite the phylum ...
Community DNA Outperforms Sediment eDNA for Deep-Sea Biodiversity Monitoring in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone
A new study comparing DNA extraction methods in the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone finds that isolating organisms before DNA extraction recovers ...
Deep-Sea Worms Thrived While Crustaceans Collapsed After the Deepwater Horizon Spill
A new reanalysis of post-spill Gulf of Mexico sediments shows that Deepwater Horizon's effects on deep-sea meiofauna depended as much ...
Tiny Deep-Sea Worms Mounted a Rapid Counterattack After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
A new study reveals that free-living nematodes in Gulf of Mexico sediments doubled in abundance and restructured their communities within ...
Tiny Seafloor Worms Emerge as Surprising Players in the Ocean Plastic Mystery
New microcosm experiments show that marine nematodes sequester microplastics only at very high particle densities, with opportunistic non-selective feeders doing ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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