First evidence of parasitation of a Bosmina (Cladocera) by a water mite larva in a karst sinkhole, in Quintana Roo (Yucatán Peninsula, México)

Montes-Ortiz, Lucía; Goldschmidt, Tom; Elías‐Gutiérrez, Manuel

doi:10.24349/acarologia/20194315

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“…As a result, we are facing a fascinating new world of species that we consider "zooplankton in a broad sense." All these animals interact and have a role within this community, as we demonstrate with a mite predating Bosmina tubicen, a strict planktonic cladoceran (Montes-Ortiz et al, 2019). We have currently described this new fauna (Montes-Ortiz et al, 2022) but not at the pace of the "turbo-taxonomy" (Fisher et al, 2017).…”

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Relevance of DNA barcodes for biomonitoring of freshwater animals

Elías‐Gutiérrez

Valdéz-Moreno²

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The COI gene, colloquially named the DNA barcode, is a universal marker for species identification in the animal kingdom. Nevertheless, due to the taxonomic impediment, there are various proposals for molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) because high-throughput sequencers can generate millions of sequences in one run. In the case of freshwater systems, it is possible to analyze whole communities through their DNA using only water or sediment as a sample. Using DNA barcodes with these technologies is known as metabarcoding. More than 90% of studies based on eDNA work with MOTUs without previous knowledge of the biodiversity in the habitat. Despite this problem, it has been proposed as the future for biomonitoring. All these studies are biased toward the Global North and focused on freshwater macrofaunae. Few studies include other regions of the world or other communities, such as zooplankton and phytoplankton. The future of biomonitoring should be based on a standardized gene, for example, COI, the most studied gene in animals, or another secondary consensual gene. Here, we analyzed some proposals with 28S or 12S. The studies on eDNA can focus on analyses of the whole community or a particular species. The latter can be an endangered or exotic species. Any eDNA study focused on a community study should have a well-documented DNA baseline linked to vouchered specimens. Otherwise, it will be tough to discriminate between false positives and negatives. Biomonitoring routines based on eDNA can detect a change in a community due to any perturbation of the aquatic ecosystem. Also, it can track changes along the history of an epicontinental environment through the analyses of sediments. However, their implementation will be complex in most megadiverse Neotropical countries due to the lack of these baselines. It has been demonstrated that a rapid functional construction of a DNA baseline is possible, although the curation of the species can take more time. However, there is a lack of governmental interest in this kind of research and subsequent biomonitoring.

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Relevance of DNA barcodes for biomonitoring of freshwater animals

Elías‐Gutiérrez

Valdéz-Moreno²

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Water mites include thousands of acari species that are true permanent residents of many freshwater habitats [8]. They are grouped into eight superfamilies [8,9], three of which include members with adaptations to living in the plankton [10][11][12][13]. Furthermore, water mites can prey on other zooplankters [12,14,15].…”

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“…They are grouped into eight superfamilies [8,9], three of which include members with adaptations to living in the plankton [10][11][12][13]. Furthermore, water mites can prey on other zooplankters [12,14,15]. More than 7,500 water mite species have been described worldwide [9,16,17].…”

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Freshwater Diversity of Zooplankton from Mexico: Historical Review of Some of the Main Groups

Cervantes-Martínez

Ramírez

Elías‐Gutiérrez

et al. 2023

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In this review, we include rotifers, copepods, and cladocerans, including other groups not usually deemed as zooplankters: i.e., protists, acari, and large branchiopods. The objectives of this study were to integrate the dispersed literature on the taxonomy and diversity of these freshwater zooplankton groups and to explain (1) how these contributions can be arranged in distinct historical periods and (2) how this knowledge has allowed the detection of exotic and threatened species. We divided the freshwater zooplankton studies in Mexico into three historical periods: the first one comprised the 1840s to the 1940s when foreign researchers carried out most studies during several expeditions. Spanish researchers promoted surveys on different zooplankton taxa at the end of this first period. The second period, from the early 1950s to the end of the 1990s of the XX century, showed a remarkably increased research activity in its last ten years only (that is, during the 1990s to 2000), represented by contributions of a new generation of Mexican zooplanktologists. This period yielded more complete zooplankton listings and detailed morphological descriptions of rotifers, cladocerans, copepods, and large branchiopods. The third period started from the year 2000 to date. During this time, listings and online faunistic baselines based on integrative taxonomy have been the primary trend. An account of exotic zooplankters and conservation issues of several native species are discussed. The results of this review show that the knowledge of the freshwater zooplankton of this country has increased significantly over the last 40 years, with at least 408 first records of species for Mexico. Currently, the knowledge of Mexican freshwater zooplankton is among the most complete in the world. However, it is estimated that only a small fraction of the true diversity has been documented.

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Taxonomic richness and host range of tropical Asian mussel‐associated mite assemblages (Acari: Unionicolidae) with a description of a new subgenus and species of parasitic mite from freshwater pearl mussels (Unionida: Margaritiferidae)

Chapurina

Bolotov

Vidrine

et al. 2021

J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.

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Freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) are among the most imperiled groups of animals globally. While the parasites and symbionts of the Margaritiferidae are rather poorly known, these mussels were thought to be free of parasitic mites (Acari: Unionicolidae: Unionicola). Here, we report on the discovery of a mite species being associated with the endangered freshwater pearl mussel Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863) from Myanmar. This species, Unionicola (Gibbosulicola) sella subgen. & sp. nov., morphologically resembles mites belonging to the subgenera Coelaturicola and Fulleratax (African and Southeast Asian groups, respectively). Our novel discovery expands the host range of Unionicola mites and reveals that all freshwater mussel families of the order Unionida host these aquatic mites. Our phylogenetic research and available published data reveal that the mussel-associated mite assemblage in Southeast and South Asia contains not less than 17 species and 8 subgenera. Currently, the regional taxonomic richness of this group seems to be largely underestimated. We found that mussel mites from Southeast Asia are narrow host specialists, which are known to occur in a single or a few closely related species belonging to one or two sister genera of freshwater mussels. Finally, our results indicate that mussel mites share generally restricted ranges and that their distribution patterns in Southeast Asia are largely congruent with the boundaries of biogeographic subregions delineated on the basis of phylogenetic studies of freshwater mussels. 614 | CHAPURINA et Al. 1 | INTRODUC TI ON The mantle cavity of freshwater mussels (order Unionida) is a home for a plethora of protists and metazoans, for example, ciliates, leeches, oligochaetes, mites, mayflies, dragonflies, crustaceans, and fishes (Brian &

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First evidence of parasitation of a Bosmina (Cladocera) by a water mite larva in a karst sinkhole, in Quintana Roo (Yucatán Peninsula, México)

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Relevance of DNA barcodes for biomonitoring of freshwater animals

Relevance of DNA barcodes for biomonitoring of freshwater animals

Freshwater Diversity of Zooplankton from Mexico: Historical Review of Some of the Main Groups

Taxonomic richness and host range of tropical Asian mussel‐associated mite assemblages (Acari: Unionicolidae) with a description of a new subgenus and species of parasitic mite from freshwater pearl mussels (Unionida: Margaritiferidae)

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