Annelida is an ecologically and morphologically diverse phylum within the Lophotrochozoa
whose members occupy a wide range of environments and show diverse life styles. The …

Animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is commonly described as a small, circular molecule
that is conserved in size, gene content, and organization. Data collected in the last decade …

Phyllodocida is a clade of errantiate annelids characterized by having ventral sensory palps,
anterior enlarged cirri, axial muscular proboscis, compound chaetae (if present) with a …

Millions of scientific specimens are housed in museum collections, a large part of which are
fluid preserved. The use of formaldehyde as fixative and subsequent storage in ethanol is …

Mosquitoes are insects of medical importance due their role as vectors of different
pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and …

Global loss of biodiversity is an ongoing process that concerns both local and global
authorities. Studies of biodiversity mainly involve traditional methods using morphological …

The mitochondrial genomes of Bilateria are relatively conserved in their protein-coding,
rRNA, and tRNA gene complement, but the order of these genes can range from very …

Conservation of aquatic resources is hampered by our limited knowledge of biological
diversity and its distribution. Due to challenges with detection of rare or difficult to sample …

The phylogenetic relationships within the beetle family Cucujidae were investigated for the
first time. Fifty‐seven morphological characters were used for maximum parsimony and …

Although phylogenetic frameworks existed for some orders prior to the Planetary Biodiversity
Inventory (PBI) project (ie, Trypanorhyncha [see Palm et al., 2009]“Tetraphyllidea”[see Olson …