Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tale of a sleeping beauty: a new and easily cultured model organism for experimental studies on bdelloid rotifers

  • Chapter
Rotifera X

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 181))

Abstract

We present the description of a new species of bdelloid rotifer, Adineta ricciae n. sp., which emerged from dry mud of Ryan’s billabong, Victoria, Australia. Its conspicuous frontal eyes easily diagnose the species; it differs from A. oculata (Milne) by the position of the eyes and its general habitus. The animal came to our attention because it is exceptionally easy to culture, so that the species already is being used in diverse experimental studies utilising bdelloid rotifers as model organisms.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Brock, M.A., D. L. Nielsen, R. J. Shiel, J. D. Green & J. M. Langley, 2003. Drought and aquatic community resilience: the role of eggs and seeds in sediments of temporary wetlands. Freshwater Biology 48: 1207–1218.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Donner J., 1965. Ordnung Bdelloidea (Rotatoria, Rä dertiere). BestimmungsbĂĽ cher zur Bodenfauna Europas 6, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 297 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Langley, J. M., R. J. Shiel, D. L. Nielsen & J. D. Green, 2001. Hatching from the sediment egg-bank or aerially-dispersed? — The use of mesocosms in assessing rotifer biodiversity. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 203–211.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mark Welch, D. B., 2005. Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of rotifer-acanthocephalan relationships. Hydrobiologia 546: 47–54.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mark Welch D. B. & J. L. Mark Welch, 2005. The potential of genomic approaches to rotifer ecology. Hydrobiologia 546:101–108.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mark Welch, D. B. & M. Meselson, 2000. Evidence for the evolution of bdelloid rotifers without sexual reproduction or genetic exchange. Science 288: 2111–2115.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mark Welch, D. B. & M. Meselson, 2003. Genome size and GC content in rotifers of the anciently asexual Class Bdelloidea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 85–91.

    Google Scholar 

  • Melone, G. & C. Ricci, 1995. Rotatory apparatus in bdelloids. Hydrobiologia 313/314: 91–98.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Melone, G., C. Ricci & H. Segers, 1998. The trophi of Bdelloidea (Rotifera): a comparative study across the class. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 1755–1765.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Milne, W. M. A., 1886. On the defectiveness of the eye-spot as a means of generic distinction in the Philodinaea, with a description of two other Rotifera. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow 17: 134–145.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ricci, C., 1984. Culturing of some bdelloid rotifers. Hydrobiologia 112: 45–51.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ricci, C., 1987. Ecology of bdelloids: how to be successful. Hydrobiologia 147: 117–127.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ricci, C., 2001a. Dormancy patterns in rotifers. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 1–11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ricci, C., 2001b. A reconsideration of the taxonomic status of Macrotrachela quadricornifera (Rotifera, Bdelloidea). Journal of Zoology, London 255: 273–277.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ricci C. & C. Covino, 2005. Anhydrobiosis of Adineta ricciae: costs and benefits. Hydrobiologia 546: 307–314.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ricci C., R. J. Shiel, D. Fontaneto, G. Melone, 2003. Bdelloid rotifers recorded from Australia, with description of Philodinavus aussiensis n. sp. Zoologischer Anzeiger 242: 241–248.

    Google Scholar 

  • Santo, N., in press. Muscles and locomotion of three species of Rotifera Bdelloidea: a morpho-functional study. Zoomorphology.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shiel, R. J., J. D. Green & D. L. Nielsen, 1998. Floodplain biodiversity: why are there so many species? Hydrobiologia 387/388: 39–46.

    Google Scholar 

  • SládeÄŤek, V., 1969. A note on the rotifer Adineta oculata (Milne). VÄ›stnik ÄŚeskoslovenskĂ©spoleÄŤsnosti zoologickĂ© (Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovacae) 33:369–371.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstaat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Hendrik Segers

  2. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, S.A, Australia

    Russell J. Shiel

Authors
  1. Hendrik Segers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Russell J. Shiel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Biological Station Neusiedler See, Illmitz, Austria

    Alois Herzig

  2. Centre of Limnology, NIOO, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

    Ramesh D. Gulati

  3. University of Salzburg, Austria

    Christian D. Jersabek

  4. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland

    Linda May

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2005 Springer

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Segers, H., Shiel, R.J. (2005). Tale of a sleeping beauty: a new and easily cultured model organism for experimental studies on bdelloid rotifers. In: Herzig, A., Gulati, R.D., Jersabek, C.D., May, L. (eds) Rotifera X. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 181. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4408-9_13

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation