Publications by authors named "C Bonillo"
Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) are used worldwide to assess cryptic diversity, especially on coral reefs. They were developed as standardised tools, yet conditions of deployment, such as immersion duration and/or deployment and retrieval seasons, vary among studies. Here we studied temporal and seasonal variability in coral reef cryptic communities sampled with 15 ARMS on a single coral reef slope site at Reunion Island, Southwest Indian Ocean.
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- * Researchers identified a new host and infection site for this parasite in the gills of the cleft-lipped goby from Ranongga Island.
- * This is the first record of this specific species of digenean parasite in Indo-Pacific fish and marks its first appearance in the Solomon Islands, supported by phylogenetic analysis.
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- Myxosporeans are tiny parasitic cnidarians that can cause serious diseases in both farmed and wild fish, making them a concern for fish populations.
- A new species of myxosporean was identified from a freshwater eel in the Solomon Islands through a detailed analysis including its physical traits and genetic data.
- This research marks the first discovery of a myxosporean parasite in fish from the Solomon Islands, providing insights into its genetic relationships with other myxosporeans.
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- Antarctic notothenioid fish exhibit unique mitochondrial gene order rearrangements that deviate from typical vertebrate patterns, making them important subjects for genetic and evolutionary studies.
- A systematic analysis of 28 species revealed eight distinct gene orders, primarily driven by mechanisms such as transpositions, duplications, and gene inversions, with a notable case of a 5,300 bp inversion documented in Trematominae.
- The research suggests a history of rapid gene order disruptions in Antarctic notothenioids, likely facilitated by their ancestral genomic flexibility and influenced by purifying selection to maintain mitochondrial function.
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- Spinicaudata, a group of spiny clam shrimp, has been around since the Devonian and is now found worldwide in temporary waters; recent phylogenetic analysis reveals complex family structures within this taxon.
- The study shows Cyzicidae is paraphyletic and proposes a new family, Eocyzicidae, while indicating that some existing genera within Cyzicidae and Leptestheriidae are not monophyletic.
- Findings suggest that the global distribution of these species is largely due to historical landmass break-up, with evidence of underexplored diversity, including many possibly cryptic species in the spinicaudatan lineage.