First true brackish-water nudibranch mollusc provides new insights for phylogeny and biogeography and reveals paedomorphosis-driven evolution

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 3; p. e0192177
• Main Authors: Korshunova, Tatiana, Lundin, Kennet, Malmberg, Klas, Picton, Bernard, Martynov, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.03.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Biological Evolution; Biology and Life Sciences; Brackish water; Computer and Information Sciences; Cuthona divae; Cuthonidae; Evolution; Fjords; Gastropoda - anatomy & histology; Gastropoda - classification; Gastropoda - physiology; Habitats; Identification and classification; Mollusca; Museums; Norway; Nudibranchia; Nudibranchs; Opisthobranchia; People and places; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Salinity; Speciation; Sweden; Sweden; Baltic Sea; Russia

A unique example of brackish water fjord-related diversification of a new nudibranch genus and species Bohuslania matsmichaeli gen. n., sp. n. is presented. There are only few previously known brackish-water opisthobranchs and B. matsmichaeli gen. n., sp. n. is the first ever described brackish-wate...