MeioChile – Meiofauna in Chile

If anyone knows of any other references that should be included in these lists, particularly references to meiofauna in Chile, please email me: meio@matthewlee.org

General Meiofauna References

Coull, B.C. and Chandler, G.T. (1992) Pollution and meiofauna: field, laboratory, and mesocosm studies. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review. 30:191-271.

D’Hondt, J.-L. (1971) Gastrotricha. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review. 9:141-192.

Gibbons, M.J. (1991) Rocky shore meiofauna: a breif overview. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 47:595-603.

Giere, O. (1993) Meiobenthology: The microscopic fauna in aquatic sediments. Springer-Verlag. Berlin.

Giere, O. and Pfannkuche, O. (1982) Biology and ecology of marine oligochaeta, a review. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review. 20:173-308.

Heip, C., Vincx, M. and Vranken, G.(1985) The ecology of marine nematodes. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review.23:399-489.

Hicks, G.R.F. and Coull, B.C. (1983) The ecology of marine meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review. 21:67-175.

Higgins, R.P. and Thiel, H. (1988) Introduction to the study of meiofauna. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington D.C. 488pp.

Kristensen, R.M. and Higgins, R.P. (1991) Kinorhyncha. In: Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates, Volume 4: Aschelminthes. pp.377-404. Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Martens, P.M. and Schockaert, E.R. (1986) The importance of turbellarians in the marine meiobenthos: a review. Hydrobiologia. 132:295-303.

McIntyre, A.D. (1996) Ecology of marine meiobenthos. Biological Reviews. 44:245-290.

McLachlan, A. and Turner, I. (1994) The interstitial environment of sandy beaches. P.S.Z.N. I: Marine Ecology. 15:177-211.

Nelson, D.R. and Higgins, R.P. (1990) Tardigrada. In: Soil biology guide (Ed. Dindal, D.L.). pp.393-419. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Norenburg, J.L. (1988) Remarks on marine interstitial nemertines and key to the species. Hydrobiologia. 156:87-92.

Swedmark, B. (1964) The interstitial fauna of marine sand. Biological Reviews. 39:1-42.

Chilean Meiofauna References

Asencio, G., Clasing, E., Herrera, C., Stead, R. and Navarro, J. (1993) Copepodos Harpacticoideos de las comunidades de Venus antiqua y Molina sp. en la planicie mareal de Yaldad, Quellon, Chiloe, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 66:455-465.

Asencio, G., Clasing, E., Herrera, C., Stead, R. and Navarro, J. 1995) Desarrollo larval de Amphiascopsis cinctus Claus, 1866 (Harpacticoida: Diosaccidae) y Laophonte parvula Sars, 1908 (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 68:283-301.

Bandy, O.L. and Rodolfo, K.S. (1964) Distribution of formaifera and sediments, Peru-Chile Trench area. Deep Sea Research. 11:817-837.

Brown, R. and Higgins, R.P. (1983) A new species of Kinorhynchus (Homalorhagida, Pycnophyidae) from Australia with a redescription and range extension of other Kinorhyncha from the South Pacific. Zoologica Scripta. 12:161-169.

Chen, G. and Vincx, M. (1998) Nematodes from the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (Chile): description of four new species of the Comesomatidae. Hydrobiologia. 379:97-118.

Chen, G. and Vincx, M. (1999) Nematodes from the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (Chile): the genus Sabatieria (Comesomatidae: Nematoda) with the description of Sabatieria coomansi n. sp. Hydrobiologia. 405:95-116.

Chen, G. and Vincx, M. (2000) Nematodes from the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (Chile): the genera Cervonema and Laimella (Comesomatidae: Nematoda). Hydrobiologia.427:27-49.

Chen, G. and Vincx, M. (2000) New and little known Nematodes (Monhysteroida, Nematoda) from the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (Chile). Hydrobiologia. 429:9-23.

Clasing, E. (1980) Postembryonic development in species of Desmodoridae, Esilonematidae and Draconematidae. Zool. Anz. 204:337-344.

Clasing, E. (1983) Leptepsilonema gen. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae) from Chile and the Caribbean Sea. Zoologica Scripta. 12:13-17.

Clasing, E. (1986) Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from Chiloe (southern Chile), with descriptions of two new species. Zoologica Scripta. 15:295-303.

Dahl, E. (1952) Mystacocarida. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 7. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund. 40pp.

Figueroa, S. and Marchant, M. (2003) Bibliographic index on aquatic biodiversity of Chile: recent benthic aglutinated foraminifera (Protozoa: Foraminifera). Ciencias Technologia Marina. 26:127-129.

Figueroa, S., Marchant, M., Giglio, S. and Ramírez, M. (2005) Benthic Rotaliinan foraminiferans of the central south of Chile (36ºS – 44ºS). Gayana. 69:329-363.

Figueroa, S., Marchant, M., Giglio, S. and Ramirez, M. (2006) Benthic formainifera of continental slope between Concepcion to Guaitecas Islands (36º- 44ºS), Chile (Foraminifera: Lagenina, Miliolina and Robertinina). Gayana. 70:255-279.

George, K.H. (1996) Revision de los harpacticoideos marinos (Crustacea: Copepoda) de Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 69:77-88.

George, K.H. (1997) Mielkiella spinulosa gen. n. sp. n., a new taxon of the Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Porvenir (Tierra del Fuego, Chile). Microfauna Marina. 11:71-86.

George, K.H. (1998) A new species of Ancorabolidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Beagle channel (Chile). Hydrobiologia. 379:23-32.

George, K.H. (2005) Sublittoral and bathyal Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) of the Magellan region. Composition, distribution and species diversity of selected major taxa. Scientia Marina. 69:147-158.

Gerlach, S.A. (1953) Freilebende marine nematoden aus dem Küstengrundwasser und aus dem Brackwasser der Chilenischen Küste. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 12. C.W.K. Gleerup. 37pp.

Lee, M.R., Correa, J.A. and Castilla, J.C. (2001) An assessment of the potential use of the nematode to copepod ratio in the monitoring of metals pollution: the Chañaral case. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42:696-701.

Lee, M.R. and Correa, J.A. (2004) Copper Mine Tailings Disposal: Consequences for the interstitial polychaete Saccocirrus sonomacus. (Canalipalpata, Protodrilida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 84:603-606.

Lee, M.R. and Correa, J.A. (2005) The effects of copper mine tailings on the littoral meiofaunal assemblages of the Atacama region of northern Chile. Marine Environmental Research. 59: 1-18.

Lee, M.R., Correa, J.A. and Seed, R. (2006) A sediment quality triad analysis of the impact of copper mine tailings disposal on the littoral sedimentary environment of the Atacama region of northern Chile. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52: 1389-1395.

Lee, M.R. and Correa, J.A. (2007) An assessment of the impact of copper mine tailings disposal on meiofaunal assemblages using microcosm bioassays. Marine Environmental Research. 64: 1-20.

Lorenzen, S. (1973) Die Familie Epsilonematidae (Nematodes). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens. 25:411-494.

Marcus, E. (1954) Turbellaria. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 11. C.W.K. Gleerup. 115pp.

Mielke, W. (1985) Diarthrodella chilensis sp.n. und Rossopsyllus kerguelenensis quellonensis subsp.n. (Copepoda, Paramesochridae) von Chile. Zoologica Scripta. 14:45-53.

Mielke, W. (1985) Interstitielle Copepoda aus dem zentralen Landesteil von Chile: Cylindropsyllidae, Laophontidae, Ancorabolidae. Microfauna Marina. 2:181-270.

Mielke, W. (1986) Copepodos de la meiofauna de Chile, con descripcion de dos nuevas especies. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 59:73-86.

Mielke, W. (1987) Interstitielle Copepoda von Nord- und Sud-Chile. Microfauna Marina. 3:309-361.

Mielke, W. (1989) Amphiascus discrepans sp.n., a new benthic copepod (Crustacea) from Iquique (Chile). Zoologica Scripta. 18:501-508.

Mielke, W. (1992) Description of some benthic Copepoda from Chile and a discussion on the relationships of Paraschizopera and Schizopera (Diosaccidae). Microfauna Marina. 7:79-100.

Mielke, W. (1994) A new interstitial copepod species related to the “Leptomesochra complex” (Copepoda: Ameiridae) from Chile. Microfauna Marina. 9:251-259.

Mujica, A., Carvajal, C. and Miranda, O. (1995) Cultivo experimental de Tigriopus sp. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Investigaciones Marinas, Valparaiso. 23:75-82.

Newell, I.M. (1984) Antarctic Halacaroidea. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XV. (Ed.) Kornicker, L.S. Antarctic Research Series. Vol.40. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C. 284pp.

Rodriguez, J.G., Lopez, J. and Jaramillo, E. (2001) Community structure of the intertidal meiofauna along a gradient of morphodynamic sandy beach types in southern Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 74:885-897.

Sellanes, J., Neira, C. and Quiroga, E. (2003) Composición, estructura y flujo energético del meiobentos frente a Chile central. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 76:401-415.

Stuardo, J. (1962) Caecum chilense, nuevo molusco para Chile. Gayana Zoologica. 5:4-9.

Westheide, W. (1994) Two new Microphthalmus species (Polychaeta, Hesionidae) from intertidal sand beaches in New Zealand and Chile. Microfauna Marina. 9:45-53.

Wieser, W. (1953) Free-living marine nematodes. I. Enoploidea. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 10. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund. 155pp.

Wieser, W. (1954) Free-living marine nematodes. II. Chromadoroidea. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 17. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund. 148pp.

Weiser, W. (1956) Free-living marine nematodes. III. Axonolaimoidea and Monhysteroidea. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 26. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund. 115pp.

Weiser, W. (1959) Free-living marine nematodes. IV. General part. Reports of the Lund University Chile Wxpedition 1948-1949. 34. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund. 111pp.

Zapata, J., Zapata, C. and Gutierrez, A. (1995) Foraminiferos bentonicos recientes del sur de Chile. Gayana Zoolgia. 59:23-40.

Keys

Bartsch, I. (1994) The genus Simognathus (Acari: Halacaridae) description of six new species from southern Australia and a tabular key to all species. Acarologia. 35:135-152.

Bartsch, I. (2006) Halacaroidea (Acari): a guide to marine genera. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6:1-104.

Cannon, L.R.G. (1986) Turbellaria of the world. A guide to families and genera. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. pp.136.

Clausen, C. (2004) A new species of Acanthodasys (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae) from the west coast of Norway. Sarsia. 89:137-141.

Clément, M. and Moore, C.G. (1995) A revision of the genus Halectinosoma (Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae): a reappraisal of H. sarsi (Boeck) and related species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 114:247-306.

Clément, M. and Moore, C.G. (2000) A revision of the genus Halectinosoma (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae): the H. herdmani (Scott & Scott) group of species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128:237-267.

Conroy-Dalton, S and Huys, R. (1996) Towards a revision of Ameira Boeck, 1865 (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae): re-examination of the A. tenella-group and the establishment of Filexillia gen. n. and Glabrameira gen. n. Zoologica Scripta. 25:317-339.

Coull, B.C. (1977) Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Copepoda: Harpacticoida. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 399. pp.47.

Dahms, H-U. and Bergmans, M. (1988) Postembryonic development of Tisbe gracilis (T. Scott) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Zoologica Scripta. 17:357-369.

Dahms, H-U. (1993) Pictorial keys for the identification of crustacean nauplii from the marine meiobenthos. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 13:606-619.

Dahms, H-U., Fornshell, J.A. and Fornshell, B.J. (2006) Key for the identification of crustacean nauplii. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6:47–56.

Decraemer, W. and Gourbault, N. (2000) New species of Metepsilonema (Nemata, Epsilonematidae) from the Channel and the Mediterranean Sea with a polytomous key for the identification of species of the genus. Hydrobiologia. 429:25-47.

Eibye-Jacobsen, D. and Kristensen, R.M. (1994) A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, lphitimidae and Dinophilidae. Zoologica Scripta. 23:107-131.

Fonseca, G., Vanreusel, A and Devreamer, W. (2006) Taxonomy and biogeography of Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 (Nematoda: Chromadoria) with reference to the origins of deep sea nematodes. Antarctic Science. 18:23-50.

Gee, J.M. (1988) Taxonomic studies on Danielssenia (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with descriptions of two new species from Norway and Alaska. Zoologica Scripta. 17:39-53.

Gee, J.M. (2006) Parastenheliidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Isles of Scilly. Journal of Natural History. 40:2611-2652.

Green, J. and MacQuitty, M. (1987) Halacarid mites*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.36 (Eds. Kermack, D.M. and Barnes, R.S.K.) E.J. Brill/Dr Backhuys, Leiden. pp.178.

Gheerardyn, H., Fiers, F., Vincx, M. and De Troch, M. (2007) Revision of the genus Tapholeon Wells, 1967 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). Journal of Natural History. 41:2479-2510.

Hochberg, R. (2002) Two new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) with scaled triancres from the east coast of Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 36:571-579.

Hochberg, R. (2004) A new genus and subfamily of Typhloplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Australia with a cladistic analysis of subfamily relationships. Journal of Natural History. 38:925-937.

Huys, R. and Coomans, A. (1989) Echinoderes higginsi sp n (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from the southern North Sea with a key to the genus Echinoderes Claparède. Zoologica Scripta. 18:211-221.

Huys, R. and Willems, K.A. (1993) A revision of Cylinula and two new species of Cylindropsyllus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Cylindropsyllidae). Zoologica Scripta. 22:347-362.

Huys, R. (1995) A new genus of Canuellidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) associated with Atlantic bathyal sea-urchins. Zoologica Scripta. 24:225-243.

Higgins, R.P. (1983) The Atlantic Barrier Reef Ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, II: Kinorhyncha. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science. 18:1-134.

Huys, R., Gee, J.M., Moore, C.G. and Hamond, R. (1996) Marine and brackish water Harpacticoid copepods. Part 1. Synopses of the British Fauna No.51 (Eds. Barnes, R.S.K. and Crothers, J.H.) Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. pp.352.

Jacobs, L.J. (1987) A redefinition of the genus Monhystrella Cobb (Nematoda, Monhysteridae) with keys to the species. Zoologica Scripta. 16:191-197.

Karanovic, T. (2000) Arenopontia (Neoleptastacus) huysi, sp. nov. (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from marine interstitial of Montenegro (S.E. Europe). Helgoland Marine Research. 54:33-38.

Karssen, G. and Van Aelst, A.C. (2002) SEM observations on the marine nematode Dracognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Draconematidae: Prochaetosomatinae). Journal of Nematology. 34:303-311.

Keppner, E.J. and Tarjan, A.C. (1989) Illustrated key to the genera of free-living marine nematodes of the order Enoplida. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 77. pp.26.

Murray, J.W. (1979) British nearshore foraminiferids*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.16 (Eds. Kermack, D.M. and Barnes, R.S.K.) Academic Press, London. pp.68.

Nicholas, W.L. (2004) Oxyonchus longisetosus n. sp. Oxyonchus evelynae n. sp. and Oxyonchus culcitatus Wieser, 1959 (Thoracostomopsidae: Enoplida: Nematoda) from Australian ocean beaches, together with observations on the variability of taxonomic characters and a key to species of the genus Oxyonchus. Hydrobiologia. 511:47-64.

Nicholas, W.L. (2007) A new species of Trileptium (Nematoda, Thoracostomopsidae) from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia, with a key to species and observations on geographical distribution. New Zealand Journal of Freshwater Research. 41:335-344.

Norenburg, J.L. (1988) Remarks on marine interstitial nemertines and key to the species. Hydrobiologia. 156:87-92.

Otto, J.C. (2000) Seven new species of Arhodeoporus (Acarina: Halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Hydrobiologia. 436:1-16.

Platt, H.M. and Warwick, R.M. (1983) Freeliving marine nematodes. Part I. British Enoplids*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.28 (Eds. Kermack, D.M. and Barnes, R.S.K.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp.307.

Platt, H.M. and Warwick, R.M. (1988) Freeliving marine nematodes. Part II. British Chromadorids*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.38 (Eds. Kermack, D.M. and Barnes, R.S.K.) E.J. Brill/Dr Backhuys, Leiden. pp.502.

Pollock, L.W. (1976) Marin flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Tardigrada. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 394. pp.25.

San Martín, G., Lopez, E. and Camacho, A.I. (1998) First record of a freshwater Pisionidae (Polychaeta): description of a new species from Panama with keys to the species of Pisione. Journal of Natural History. 32:1115-1127.

San Martín, G. (2005) Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the Description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 57:39-152.

Todaro, M.A. (2002) An interesting new gastrotrich from littoral meiobenthos (Long Beach Island, USA), with a key to species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 82:555-563.

Verschelde, D. Nicholas, W. and Vincx, M. (2006) A review of the genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): new species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. Hydrobiologia. 571:17-40.

Warwick, R.M., Platt, H.M. and Somerfield, P.J. (1998) Freeliving marine nematodes. Part III. Monhysterids*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.53 (Eds. Barnes, R.S.K. and Crothers, J.H.) Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. pp.296.

Westhide, W. (1990) Polychaetes: interstitial families*. Synopses of the British Fauna No.44 (Eds. Kermack, D.M. and Barnes, R.S.K.) Universal Book Services/Dr Backhuys, Oegstgeest. pp.152.

Worsaae, K. and Sterrer, W. (2006) Description of two new interstitial species of Psammodrilidae (Annelida) from Bermuda. Marine Biology Research. 2:431-445.

* Pictorial key to world genera and notes for the identification of British species, for identification of Chilean species see references in the Chilean meiofauna section, e.g. Weiser for nematodes.
Papers from the Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos series will also provide useful information, particularly for northern and central Chile.