Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha)

Herranz, María; Stiller, Josefin; Worsaae, Katrine; Sørensen, Martin V.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107375

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“…Class Allomalorhagida (Sørensen et al, 2015) sensu Herranz et al, 2022. Family Pycnophyidae (Zelinka, 1928) sensu Sánchez et al, 2016. Genus Setaphyes Sánchez et al, 2016 3.1.…”

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The genus Setaphyes (Kinorhyncha, Pycnophyidae) in European waters: Redescription of Setaphyes dentatus ( ) and Setaphyes kielensis ( ), including notes on morphometrics, sexually dimorphic features and reproduction of the genus

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“…Class Allomalorhagida (Sørensen et al, 2015) sensu Herranz et al, 2022. Family Pycnophyidae (Zelinka, 1928) sensu Sánchez et al, 2016. Genus Setaphyes Sánchez et al, 2016 3.1.…”

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confidence: 99%

The genus Setaphyes (Kinorhyncha, Pycnophyidae) in European waters: Redescription of Setaphyes dentatus ( ) and Setaphyes kielensis ( ), including notes on morphometrics, sexually dimorphic features and reproduction of the genus

González-Casarrubios

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Neuhaus

et al. 2023

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“…However, in order to include the full set of 31 phyla considered for this study, other works that specifically addressed the placement of certain phyla were taken into account, which was the case for Kinorhyncha, Loricifera and Nematomorpha (Yamasaki et al, 2015) and for Dicyemida and Orthonectida (Lu et al, 2017). Certain nodes that are proposed only in new studies, supported by relatively low bootstrap values or that are in contradiction between different analyses in the literature were highlighted as still disputed/problematic (Schultz et al, 2023;Marlétaz et al, 2019;Juravel et al, 2023;Laumer et al, 2018;Herranz et al, 2022;Wu et al, 2023), since this tree is presented for guidance only.…”

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Unveiling the Hidden Viromes Across the Animal Tree of Life: Insights from a Taxonomic Classification Pipeline Applied to Invertebrates of 31 Metazoan Phyla

Alfonso,

Butković,

Fernández

et al. 2023

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Invertebrates constitute the majority of animal species on Earth, including most disease-causing agents or vectors, with more diverse viromes when compared to vertebrates. Recent advancements in high-throughput sequencing have significantly expanded our understanding of invertebrate viruses, yet this knowledge remains biased toward a few well-studied animal lineages. In this study, we analyze invertebrate DNA and RNA viromes for 31 phyla using 417 publicly available RNA-Seq datasets from diverse environments in the marine-terrestrial and marine-freshwater gradients. This study aims to (i) estimate virome compositions at the family level for the first time across the Animal Tree of Life, including the first exploration of the virome in several phyla, (ii) quantify the diversity of invertebrate viromes and characterize the structure of invertebrate-virus interaction networks, and (iii) investigate host phylum and habitat influence on virome differences. Results showed that a set of few viral families of eukaryotes, comprisingRetroviridae,Flaviviridaeand several families of giant DNA viruses, were ubiquitous and highly abundant. Nevertheless, some differences emerged between phyla, revealing for instance a less diverse virome in Ctenophora compared to the other animal phyla. Compositional analysis of the viromes showed that the host phylum explained over five times more variance in composition than its habitat. Moreover, significant similarities were observed between the viromes of some phylogenetically related phyla, which could highlight the influence of co-evolution in shaping invertebrate viromes.ImportanceThis study significantly enhances our understanding of the global animal virome by characterizing the viromes of previously unexamined invertebrate lineages from a large number of animal phyla. It showcases the great diversity of viromes within each phylum and investigates the role of habitat shaping animal viral communities. Furthermore, our research identifies dominant virus families in invertebrates and distinguishes phyla with analogous viromes. This study sets the road towards a deeper understanding of the virome across the Animal Tree of Life.

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“…Studies on these topics focusing on meiofauna arecomparatively limited and lag behind compared to those on large-bodied animals (Miller et al, 2022). Despite that, recent collaborative efforts among phylogenetists, morphologists, and systematists have significantly enhanced our capacity to integrate morphological and genomic data (Fonseca et al, 2017;Smythe et al, 2019;Martín-Durán et al, 2021;Herranz et al, 2022).…”

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“…However, recent advances in complementary DNA library synthesis and amplification have facilitated the acquisition high-quality transcriptomes from meiofaunal animals (e.g., Smythe et al, 2019;Herranz et al, 2022). Whole-genome sequencing remains a challenge, but commercially available kits to produce long-read sequencing libraries from as little as 5 nanograms of highmolecular-weight DNA have successfully been used to produce high-quality genomes from individual small animals such as mosquitos (Kingan et al, 2019) and springtails (Schneider et al, 2021).…”

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Fundamental questions in meiofauna—how small but ubiquitous animals can help to better understand Nature

Martínez García,

Bonaglia,

Di Domenico

et al. 2023

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Meiofauna—a collective term to define microscopic animals—represent a numerically important component of biodiversity in most of Earth’s ecosystems and play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles. Meiofauna have also been used as models to understand fundamental adaptive processes, have contributed to a better understanding of the animal’s Tree of Life, and are believed to be a treasure trove for future genomic studies. To celebrate the diversity of research topics brought to us by the term “meiofauna”, we gathered a multidisciplinary team of 42 ecologists, taxonomists, morphologists, biogeographers, molecular biologists, and scientific disseminators to list 194 fundamental questions in meiofaunal research. Then, through an online survey, 251 scientists, administrators, students, and stakeholders assisted us in reducing this list to 50 top-priority questions. Applied topics related to anthropogenic impact and climate change received the highest scores, whereas questions related to areas in development such as genomics or adaptations, received less attention. Whereas we might not be exploiting meiofauna’s full potential yet, more and more integrative approaches and technological developments will create opportunities to employ these fascinating organisms to answer broad and important questions, despite of their impediments related to their small body size. Meiofauna research agenda should balance amongst investigating general questions, addressing more specialized research topics, and generating primary data on distribution, taxonomy, traits, and DNA sequences. The geographical and taxonomic biases that have historically affected meiofaunal research can be alleviated by promoting international cooperation, open data sharing, and an increase effort in education, taxonomic training, as well as scientific communication. We hope that this will get both researchers and the general public intrigued by those small critters that constantly lurk unseen in front of us.

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Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha)

Cited by 25 publications

References 52 publications

The genus Setaphyes (Kinorhyncha, Pycnophyidae) in European waters: Redescription of Setaphyes dentatus ( ) and Setaphyes kielensis ( ), including notes on morphometrics, sexually dimorphic features and reproduction of the genus

The genus Setaphyes (Kinorhyncha, Pycnophyidae) in European waters: Redescription of Setaphyes dentatus ( ) and Setaphyes kielensis ( ), including notes on morphometrics, sexually dimorphic features and reproduction of the genus

Unveiling the Hidden Viromes Across the Animal Tree of Life: Insights from a Taxonomic Classification Pipeline Applied to Invertebrates of 31 Metazoan Phyla

Fundamental questions in meiofauna—how small but ubiquitous animals can help to better understand Nature

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