{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Gasiorek P"],"funding":["Foundation for Polish Science","Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education","Polish National Science Centre"],"pagination":["7606"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8027217"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Tardigrades constitute a micrometazoan phylum usually considered as taxonomically challenging and therefore difficult for biogeographic analyses. The genus Pseudechiniscus, the second most speciose member of the family Echiniscidae, is commonly regarded as a particularly difficult taxon for studying due to its rarity and homogenous sculpturing of the dorsal plates. Recently, wide geographic ranges for some representatives of this genus and a new hypothesis on the subgeneric classification have been suggested. In order to test these hypotheses, we sequenced 65 Pseudechiniscus populations extracted from samples collected in 19 countries distributed on 5 continents, representing the Neotropical, Afrotropical, Holarctic, and Oriental realms. The deep subdivision of the genus into the cosmopoli"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Phylogeography and morphological evolution of Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)."],"pmcid":["PMC8027217"],"funding_grant_id":["2019/33/N/NZ8/02777","DI2015 014945","START 28.2020","2016/22/E/NZ8/00417"],"pubmed_authors":["Voncina K","Michalczyk L","Gasiorek P","Zajac K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Phylogeography and morphological evolution of Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).","description":"Tardigrades constitute a micrometazoan phylum usually considered as taxonomically challenging and therefore difficult for biogeographic analyses. The genus Pseudechiniscus, the second most speciose member of the family Echiniscidae, is commonly regarded as a particularly difficult taxon for studying due to its rarity and homogenous sculpturing of the dorsal plates. Recently, wide geographic ranges for some representatives of this genus and a new hypothesis on the subgeneric classification have been suggested. In order to test these hypotheses, we sequenced 65 Pseudechiniscus populations extracted from samples collected in 19 countries distributed on 5 continents, representing the Neotropical, Afrotropical, Holarctic, and Oriental realms. The deep subdivision of the genus into the cosmopoli","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2026-07-16T10:30:43.388Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:51:04.113Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8027217","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33828125"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-021-84910-6"]}}