@article {1902, title = {Hidden diversity in forest soils: Characterization and comparison of terrestrial flatworm{\textquoteright}s communities in two national parks in Spain}, journal = {Ecology and EvolutionEcology and EvolutionEcol Evol}, volume = {8}, year = {2018}, note = {doi: 10.1002/ece3.4178}, month = {2018/08/01}, pages = {7386 - 7400}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd}, abstract = {Abstract Terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, and Geoplanidae) belong to what is known as cryptic soil fauna of humid forests and are animals not easily found or captured in traps. Nonetheless, they have been demonstrated to be good indicators of the conservation status of their habitat as well as a good model to reconstruct the recent and old events affecting biodiversity. This is mainly due to their delicate constitution, their dependence on the integrity of their habitat, and their very low dispersal capacity. At present, little is known about their communities, except for some studies performed in Brazil. In this work, we analyze for the first time in Europe terrestrial flatworm communities. We have selected two protected areas belonging to the Red Espa{\~n}ola de Parques Nacionales. Our aims include performing a first study of the species richness and community structure for European terrestrial planarian species at regional and local scale. We evaluate the effect of type of forests in the community composition and flatworms? abundance, but also have into account the phylogenetic framework (never considered in previous studies) analyzed based on molecular data. We find differences in the species composition among parks, with an astonishingly high diversity of endemic species in the Parque Nacional de Picos de Europa and an extremely low diversity of species in the Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido. These divergent patterns cannot be attributed to differences in physical variables, and in addition, the analyses of their phylogenetic relationships and, for a few species, their genetic structure, point to a more probable historical explanation.}, keywords = {Last Glacial Maximum, Microplana, molecular phylogenetics, refugia, soil ecology, species diversity}, isbn = {2045-7758}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4178}, author = {{\'A}lvarez-Presas, Marta and Mateos, Eduardo and Riutort, Marta} } @article {1765, title = {Sperm resorption in triclads (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)}, journal = {Invertebrate Reproduction and Development}, volume = {15}, year = {1989}, pages = {89-95}, abstract = {

Triclads use the excess of spermatozoa received from the partner during copulation as an additional source of nutritive material. Digestion of sperm takes place in various sperm resorptive organs, such as the copulatory bursa, lateral bursae, spermiduct, resorptive vesicles, and oviducal tubae. Sperm resorptive organs may concern either newly evolved organs, or result from a change of function in an already existing structure.

}, doi = {10.1080/07924259.1989.9672028}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07924259.1989.9672028}, author = {Ronald Sluys} } @article {1681, title = {Towards a comprehensive, integrative analysis of the diversity of European microplaninid land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Microplaninae), with the description of two peculiar new species}, journal = {Systematics and BiodiversitySystematics and Biodiversity}, volume = {14}, year = {2016}, note = {doi: 10.1080/14772000.2015.1103323}, month = {2016/01/02}, pages = {9 - 31}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, abstract = {

The present study forms a first and major step towards a comprehensive morphological and molecular analysis of the species diversity of European microplaninid land planarians by presenting a molecular phylogenetic tree on the basis of alignments of the mitochondrial Cox1 gene from 158 specimens as well as a concatenated phylogeny (Cox1 and 18S genes) on the basis of 41 sequences for nine Microplana species included in this study. Genetic distances between and within known and new species were calculated. Combined morphological and molecular results facilitated an integrative delimitation of new species as well as the diagnosis of new populations of already known species. An integrative account is provided of two new and aberrant species from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Through the molecular approach a Confirmed Candidate Species was detected among the newly sampled populations. Further we document samples from new localities for five already known species as well as new sites for the Confirmed Candidate Species. The new data considerably expand the European range of several already known species included in the present study. The results of an in-depth study of the taxonomic literature, as well as original material, are documented since this was required for appropriate identification of the new materials. This part of the study resulted in a re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of several nominal species and in the following taxonomic conclusions: Rhynchodemus pyrenaicus is a species of Microplana and not Rhynchodemus; Rhynchodemus attemsi, R. peneckei, and R. henrici should be transferred to the genus Microplana; Microplana attemsi and M. peneckei are not junior synonyms of M. henrici; Microplana styriaca is not a synonym of M. terrestris; Rhynchodemus howesi is not a junior synonym of M. pyrenaica and belongs to the genus Rhynchodemus and not to Microplana; Microplana richardi is not a synonym of M. terrestris. The current diagnosis of the genus Microplana should be amended such that it refers to the situation that the species generally have two small eyes but occasionally may have multiple eyes.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22B437AA-9D41-4DA0-AE3C-BD8F636CB96DThe present study forms a first and major step towards a comprehensive morphological and molecular analysis of the species diversity of European microplaninid land planarians by presenting a molecular phylogenetic tree on the basis of alignments of the mitochondrial Cox1 gene from 158 specimens as well as a concatenated phylogeny (Cox1 and 18S genes) on the basis of 41 sequences for nine Microplana species included in this study. Genetic distances between and within known and new species were calculated. Combined morphological and molecular results facilitated an integrative delimitation of new species as well as the diagnosis of new populations of already known species. An integrative account is provided of two new and aberrant species from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Through the molecular approach a Confirmed Candidate Species was detected among the newly sampled populations. Further we document samples from new localities for five already known species as well as new sites for the Confirmed Candidate Species. The new data considerably expand the European range of several already known species included in the present study. The results of an in-depth study of the taxonomic literature, as well as original material, are documented since this was required for appropriate identification of the new materials. This part of the study resulted in a re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of several nominal species and in the following taxonomic conclusions: Rhynchodemus pyrenaicus is a species of Microplana and not Rhynchodemus; Rhynchodemus attemsi, R. peneckei, and R. henrici should be transferred to the genus Microplana; Microplana attemsi and M. peneckei are not junior synonyms of M. henrici; Microplana styriaca is not a synonym of M. terrestris; Rhynchodemus howesi is not a junior synonym of M. pyrenaica and belongs to the genus Rhynchodemus and not to Microplana; Microplana richardi is not a synonym of M. terrestris. The current diagnosis of the genus Microplana should be amended such that it refers to the situation that the species generally have two small eyes but occasionally may have multiple eyes.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22B437AA-9D41-4DA0-AE3C-BD8F636CB96D

}, isbn = {1477-2000}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2015.1103323}, author = {Sluys, Ronald and Mateos, Eduardo and Riutort, Marta and {\'A}lvarez-Presas, Marta} } @article {27, title = {Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from the Iberian peninsula: first records of the family Rhynchodemidae, with the description of a new Microplana species}, journal = {Contributions to Zoology}, volume = {67}, number = {4}, year = {1998}, month = {1998}, pages = {267-276}, chapter = {267}, abstract = {

The first records of terrestrial planarians belonging to the family Rhynchodemidae are reported for the Iberian Peninsula. A new endemic species from the Spanish Pyrenees, Microplana nana sp. nov. is described. The characteristic features of this species are: i) small size (8-10 mm) in adult individuals, ii) very long conical penis papilla and iii) absence of seminal vesicle, bursa copulatrix, genito-intestinal duct, and well developed penial bulb. Moreover, the widespread common European land planarian Microplana terrestris (M\üller, 1774) is reported for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula. The two species, M. nana sp. nov. and M. terrestris are described by means of external morphology, histological sections, and have been characterized using the ITS-1 molecular marker. The study of molecular markers such as ITS-1 is proposed as a powerful technique for identification at the species level in terrestrial planarians.

}, url = {http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ctz;sid=85283e29b4851604e28c5c877d3520f1;rgn=main;idno=m6704a04;view=text}, author = {Mateos, E. and Giribet, G. and Carranza, S.} } @article {29, title = {Abundance, reproduction, and feeding of three species of British terrestrial planarians: Observations over 4 years}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {41}, number = {5}, year = {2007}, month = {2007}, pages = {293-312}, chapter = {293}, issn = {0022-2933}, url = {http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/00222930701219149}, author = {Jillian C. McDonald and Hugh D. Jones} } @article {57, title = {Molecular analysis of the diversity of terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in the Iberian Peninsula}, journal = {Zoologica Scripta}, volume = {38}, number = {6}, year = {2009}, pages = {637-649}, chapter = {637}, issn = {1463-6409}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00398.x}, author = {Mateos, Eduardo and Cabrera, Cristina and Salvador Carranza and Marta Riutort} } @article {28, title = {Molecular and morphological evidence for two new species of terrestrial planarians of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes; Turbellaria; Tricladida; Terricola) from Europe}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1945}, year = {2008}, month = {28 Nov. 2008}, pages = {1-38}, chapter = {1}, author = {Hugh D. Jones and Jillian C. McDonald and Webster, Bonnie L. and Littlewood, Timothy D.J.} } @article {748, title = {The female gonad in two species of Microplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Rhynchodemidae): Ultrastructural and cytochemical investigations}, journal = {Journal of Morphology}, volume = {270}, number = {9}, year = {2009}, month = {09/2009}, pages = {1042{\textendash}1054}, abstract = {

The female gonad of the land planarians Microplana scharffi and Microplana terrestris consists of two small germaria located ventrally in the anterior third of the body and of two ventro-lateral rows of oblong vitelline follicles distributed between the intestinal pouches. Both these structures are enveloped by a tunica composed of an outer extracellular lamina and an inner sheath of accessory cells. Oocyte maturation is characterized by the appearance of chromatoid bodies and the development of endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complexes. These organelles appear to be correlated with the production of egg granules with a fenestrated/granular content of medium electron density, about 4\–5 \μm in diameter, which remain dispersed in the ooplasm of mature oocytes. On the basis of cytochemical tests showing their glycoprotein composition, and their localization in mature oocytes, these egg granules have been interpreted as yolk. In the vitelline follicles, vitellocytes show the typical features of secretory cells with well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complexes involved in the production of eggshell globules and yolk. The eggshell globules, which appear to arise from repeated coalescences of two types of Golgi-derived vesicles, contain polyphenols and, when completely mature, they measure about 1\–1,2 \μm in diameter and show a meandering/concentric content pattern as is typical of the situation observed in most Proseriata and Tricladida. Mature vitellocytes also contain a large amount of glycogen and lipids as further reserve material. On the basis of the ultrastructural features of the female gonad and in relation to the current literature the two species of rhynchodemids investigated appear to be closely related to the freshwater planarians belonging to the family Dugesiidae.

}, doi = {10.1002/jmor.10741}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10741/abstract;jsessionid=07C78367E2376AD1B29E0D32BC973A1B.f02t04}, author = {Alessandra Falleni and Paolo Lucchesi and Claudio Ghezzani and Jillian C. McDonald and Hugh D. Jones} } @article {154, title = {Land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of two new species, with a discussion on ecology}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {45}, number = {15\&16}, year = {2011}, pages = {869 - 891}, chapter = {869}, doi = {10.1080/00222933.2010.536267}, url = {http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/539097_788671212_935776938.pdf}, author = {Miquel Vila-Farr{\'e} and Ronald Sluys and Mateos, Eduardo and Hugh D. Jones and Rafael Romero} } @article {302, title = {Evidence for the persistence of the land planarian species Microplana terrestris (M{\"u}ller, 1774) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in microrefugia during the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern section of the Iberian Peninsula}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {64}, number = {3}, year = {2012}, pages = {491-499}, author = {Marta {\'A}lvarez-Presas and Mateos, E. and Vila-Farre, M. and Sluys, R. and M Riutort} } @article {521, title = {Feeding, maintenance and reproduction of Microplana terrestris (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola: Geoplaninae: Microplaninae) under laboratory conditions.}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, year = {2013}, pages = {1-34}, doi = {10.1080/00222933.2013.809169}, author = {McDonald, J. C. and Jones, H. D.} }