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November 10, 2020

A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia and Ecuador

Jorge Brito, Claudia Koch, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Nicolás Tinoco, Marcelo Weksler, C. Miguel Pinto, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10247 PubMed 33240614

November 23, 2020

Two new species of Tardigrada from moss cushions (Grimmia sp.) in a xerothermic habitat in northeast Tennessee (USA, North America), with the first identification of males in the genus Viridiscus

Diane R. Nelson, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Roberto Guidetti, Milena Roszkowska, Daria Grobys, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10251 PubMed 33282552

November 25, 2020

Partial revision of the neustonic genus Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Crustacea: Cladocera): decoding of the barcoding results

Petr G. Garibian, Anna N. Neretina, Derek J. Taylor, Alexey A. Kotov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10410 PubMed 33304655

November 16, 2020

Clostridium manihotivorum sp. nov., a novel mesophilic anaerobic bacterium that produces cassava pulp-degrading enzymes

Pattsarun Cheawchanlertfa, Sawannee Sutheeworapong, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Intawat Nookaew, Supapon Cheevadhanarak, Akihiko Kosugi, Patthra Pason, Rattiya Waeonukul, Khanok Ratanakhanokchai, Chakrit Tachaapaikoon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10343 PubMed 33240652

November 27, 2020

Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium pilimanus species group, with descriptions of three new species from Thailand

Warut Siriwut, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Somsak Panha, Ratmanee Chanabun, Chirasak Sutcharit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10137 PubMed 33312765

November 18, 2020

Seed morphology and sculpture of invasive Impatiens capensis Meerb. from different habitats

Agnieszka Rewicz, Monika Myśliwy, Wojciech Adamowski, Marek Podlasiński, Anna Bomanowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10156 PubMed 33240597

November 25, 2020

Three new deep-sea species of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the abyssal plain of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and hadal depths of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

Gennady M. Kamenev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10405 PubMed 33304654

November 4, 2020

A new nurse frog (Anura: Allobates) from Brazilian Amazonia with a remarkably fast multi-noted advertisement call

Jesus R.D. Souza, Miquéias Ferrão, James Hanken, Albertina P. Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9979 PubMed 33194373

November 24, 2020

The Italian record of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz, 1835 (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii)

Manuel Amadori, Jacopo Amalfitano, Luca Giusberti, Eliana Fornaciari, Giorgio Carnevale, Juergen Kriwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10167 PubMed 33282548

November 18, 2020

Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of genus Hyperacrius (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from Kashmir based on evidences from analysis of mitochondrial genome and study of skull morphology

Natalia I. Abramson, Fedor N. Golenishchev, Semen Yu. Bodrov, Olga V. Bondareva, Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy, Tatyana V. Petrova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10364 PubMed 33240667

November 12, 2020

A new species of the large-headed coastal marine turtle Solnhofia (Testudinata, Thalassochelydia) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland

Jérémy Anquetin, Christian Püntener

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9931 PubMed 33240584

November 25, 2020

A morphological and molecular study of Hydrodynastes gigas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), a widespread species from South America

Priscila S. Carvalho, Hussam Zaher, Nelson J. da Silva Jr, Diego J. Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10073 PubMed 33304646

November 30, 2020

Using high-resolution melting to identify Calliphoridae (blowflies) species from Brazil

Pablo Viana Oliveira, Francine Alves Nogueira de Almeida, Magda Delorence Lugon, Karolinni Bianchi Britto, Janyra Oliveira-Costa, Alexandre Rosa Santos, Greiciane Gaburro Paneto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9680 PubMed 33335803

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