Taxonomic, ecological and morphological diversity of Ponto-Caspian gammaroidean amphipods: a review

D Copilaș-Ciocianu, D Sidorov - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2022 - Springer
The dynamic geological history of the Ponto-Caspian region drove the evolution of a highly
adaptable endemic fauna that gave rise to notorious aquatic invaders. Amphipod …

[HTML][HTML] A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. Crustacea: Amphipoda

JK Lowry, AA Myers - Zootaxa, 2013 - mapress.com
The Amphipoda includes a large clade defined by the presence of a previously
unrecognised synapomorphy, apical robust setae on the rami of uropods 1–2. We term this …

A molecular phylogeny of the genus Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences

Z Hou, J Fu, S Li - Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 2007 - Elsevier
A phylogeny of the genus Gammarus Fabricius, 1775 was constructed using DNA sequence
data from the mitochondrial genes COI and 16S, and the nuclear genes 18S and 28S. Both …

A DNA barcode reference library for endemic Ponto-Caspian amphipods

D Copilaş-Ciocianu, T Rewicz, AF Sands, D Palatov… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Ponto-Caspian region is an endemicity hotspot that harbours several
crustacean radiations, among which amphipods are the most diverse. These poorly known …

Drastic underestimation of amphipod biodiversity in the endangered Irano-Anatolian and Caucasus biodiversity hotspots

AR Katouzian, A Sari, JN Macher, M Weiss… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Biodiversity hotspots are centers of biological diversity and particularly threatened by
anthropogenic activities. Their true magnitude of species diversity and endemism, however …

Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions?

F Paiva, A Barco, Y Chen, A Mirzajani… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Invasions of freshwater habitats by marine and brackish species have become more
frequent in recent years with many of those species originating from the Ponto‐Caspian …

Molecular phylogeny of the subterranean genus Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the Middle East: a comparison with European Niphargids

S Esmaeili-Rineh, A Sari, T Delić… - Zoological Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The subterranean genus Niphargus is one of the most species-rich genera among
freshwater amphipods in the world, distributed in the Western Palearctic. Thus far, taxonomic …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic review of freshwater Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Iran

M Zamanpoore, M Grabowski, M Poeckl, F Schiemer - Zootaxa, 2011 - academia.edu
The paper summarizes current knowledge upon taxonomy and distribution of the freshwater
Gammarus Fabricius, 1775 in Iran. Based on the literature data, 24 species were recorded …

Molecular markers and SEM imaging reveal pseudocryptic diversity within the Ponto-Caspian low-profile amphipod invader Dikerogammarus bispinosus

H Morhun, D Copilas-Ciocianu, T Rewicz… - The European …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus bispinosus was originally
described from the Black Sea basin. Its recent discovery in the Caspian Sea basin was …

Sea freshening may drive the ecological impacts of emerging and existing invasive non‐native species

JWE Dickey, RN Cuthbert, GT Steffen… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The spread of invasive non‐native species (INNS) will pose major threats to global
biodiversity over the coming decades. However, predicting how key effects of climate …