Gastrotricha- Xenotrichula velox. Photo: Tobias Kånneby
This project deals with Gastrotricha, a small phylum of worm-like aquatic invertebrate animals with a marine origin. The group is cosmopolitan and a common component of the meiofauna. Approximately 850 species have been described to date. The project specifically aims at describing the Swedish marine and freshwater fauna, but also at a better understanding of the relationships within the group. I also try to answer questions related to distribution and dispersal of gastrotrichs between different environments and habitats.
Tobias Kånneby (Principal investigator)
Kånneby, T. (2016). Phylum Gastrotricha. In: Thorp, J., Rogers, D. C. (Eds.), Keys to Nearctic Fauna: Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invetebrates, 115-131.
Kånneby, T. (2015). A redescription of Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) veronicae Kånneby, 2013 (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae). Zootaxa 4027, 442-446.
Kånneby, T. & Todaro, M. A. (2015). The phylogenetic position of Neogosseidae (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and the origin of planktonic Gastrotricha.
Kånneby, T., Hochberg, R. (2015). Phylum Gastrotricha. In: Thorp, J., Rogers, D. C. (Eds.), Ecology and General Biology: Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invetebrates, 211-223.
Kånneby, T. Bernvi, D. C., Jondelius, U. (2014). Distribution, delimitation, and description of species of Archaphanostoma (Acoela). Zoologica Scripta 44(2), 218-231. doi:10.1111/zsc.12092
Kånneby, T., Wicksten, M. K. (2014). First record of the enigmatic genus Redudasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from the northern hemisphere. Zoosystema 36(4), 723-734.
Schwank, P., Kånneby, T. (2014). Contribution to the freshwater gastrotrich fauna of wetland areas of southwestern Ontario (Canada) with redescriptions of seven species and a check-list for North America. Zootaxa 3811(4), 463-490.
Kånneby, T., Atherton, S., Hochberg, R. 2014. Two new species of Musellifer (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Florida and Tobago and the systematic placement of the genus within Paucitubulatina. Marine Biology Research, 10(10), 983-995.
Strand, M., Herrera-Bachiller, A., Nygren, A., Kånneby, T. (2014). A new nemertean species: what are useful characters for ribbon worm descriptions? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94, 317-330.