Taxonomy and Ecology of Sponge‐Associate <i>Marionina</i> spp. (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from the Horomatangi Geothermal System of Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Rota, Emilia; Manconi, Renata

doi:10.1002/iroh.200310695

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“…Freshwater sponges can survive extreme environmental constraints ranging from ice to cold and hot water, desiccation, silty floods, anoxy, eutrophy, and high concentrations of chemicals, hydrocarbons, and heavy metals (Old, 1932;Jewell, 1935Jewell, , 1939Sarà and Vacelet, 1973;Harrison, 1974Harrison, , 1977Rader, 1984;Rader and Winget, 1985;Van Soest and Velikonja, 1986;Willenz et al, 1986;Francis and Harrison, 1988;Ricciardi and Reiswig, 1993;Richelle-Maurer et al, 1994a,b;Vacelet, 1994;Reiswig and FIGURE 8.13 Reproductive strategies of most Spongillina display both K and r phases. Miller, 1998;de Ronde et al, 2002;Rota and Manconi, 2004;Müller et al, 2007). On the contrary, gemmule dispersal to colonize new habitats (A′-A′′-A′′′-A′′′′) matches the r phase when unsuccessful events (x) occur (right).…”

Section: Habitat Selectionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Manconi

2015

Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates

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Section: Habitat Selectionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Phylum Porifera

Manconi

2015

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“…Biological substrates can influence the composition and structure of the associated fauna by its architecture [8], the amount of sediment accumulated on it [12,44], the protection it offers against predators [13,45], shelter from extreme physical condition [46,47] and the provision of food resources [10]. In the current study, sponge communities were differentiated by the occurrence of meiofaunal oligochaetes, which are ectocommensals of sponges [48,49]. Oligochaetes inhabiting such filter-feeding organisms benefit from being in an environment with intense water flowing, ensuring high oxygen availability and food (microorganisms and organic detritus), and a lower exposure to the variable conditions of free sediments [48].…”

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The Effects of Habitat Heterogeneity at Distinct Spatial Scales on Hard-Bottom-Associated Communities

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For marine benthic communities, environmental heterogeneity at small spatial scales are mostly due to biologically produced habitat heterogeneity and biotic interactions, while at larger spatial scales environmental factors may prevails over biotic features. In this study, we investigated how community structure and β-diversity of hard-bottom-associated meio- and macrofauna varied in relation to small-scale (cm–m) changes in biological substrate (an algae “turf” dominated by the macroalgae Gelidium sp., the macroalgae Caulerpa racemosa and the sponge Hymeniacidon heliophile) in a rocky shore and in relation to larger-scale (10’s m) changes in environmental conditions of the same biological substrate (the macroalgae Bostrychia sp) in different habitats (rocky shore vs. mangrove roots). Results showed that both substrate identity and the surrounding environment were important in structuring the smaller-sized meiofauna, particularly the nematode assemblages, whereas the larger and more motile macrofauna was influenced only by larger-scale changes in the surrounding ecosystem. This implies that the macrofauna explores the environment in a larger spatial scale compared to the meiofauna, suggesting that effects of spatial heterogeneity on communities are dependent on organism size and mobility. Changes in taxa composition between environments and substrates highlight the importance of habitat diversity at different scales for maintaining the diversity of the associated fauna.

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“…According to Brinkhurst (1994), the two families would be sister taxa; however, a comprehensive molecular analysis has failed to recover any close relationship between them (Erséus et al 2010). Ovary organization and oogenesis are also stated to differ between the two families (Gorgoń et al 2015), but the comparison should be extended to include more representatives of enchytraeids (for instance, Rota and Manconi 2004 reported different types of ovary organization among enchytraeid species of Marionina ).…”

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Fauna Europaea: Annelida - Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Enchytraeidae and Megadrili), Aphanoneura and Polychaeta

Rota¹,

Jong²

2015

BDJ

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Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education.This paper provides updated information on the taxonomic composition and distribution of the Annelida - terrestrial Oligochaeta (Megadrili and Enchytraeidae), Aphanoneura and Polychaeta, recorded in Europe. Data on 18 families, 11 autochthonous and 7 allochthonous, represented in our continent by a total of 800 species, are reviewed, beginning from their distinctness, phylogenetic status, diversity and global distribution, and following with major recent developments in taxonomic and faunistic research in Europe. A rich list of relevant references is appended. The Fauna Europaea Annelida - terrestrial Oligochaeta data-set, as completed in 2004, will be updated accordingly.

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Taxonomy and Ecology of Sponge‐Associate Marionina spp. (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from the Horomatangi Geothermal System of Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Phylum Porifera

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The Effects of Habitat Heterogeneity at Distinct Spatial Scales on Hard-Bottom-Associated Communities

Fauna Europaea: Annelida - Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Enchytraeidae and Megadrili), Aphanoneura and Polychaeta

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