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A New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)

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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Mark
dc.contributor.authorSherratt, Emma
dc.contributor.authorStarace, Fausto
dc.contributor.authorGower, David J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T22:56:11Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T22:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2018-11-29T08:10:34Z
dc.description.abstractA new species of siphonopid caecilian, Microcaecilia dermatophaga sp. nov., is described based on nine specimens from French Guiana. The new species is the first new caecilian to be described from French Guiana for more than 150 years. It differs from all other Microcaecilia in having fewer secondary annular grooves and/or in lacking a transverse groove on the dorsum of the first collar. Observations of oviparity and of extended parental care in M. dermatophaga are the first reproductive mode data for any species of the genus. Microcaecilia dermatophaga is the third species, and represents the third genus, for which there has been direct observation of young animals feeding on the skin of their attending mother. The species is named for this maternal dermatophagy, which is hypothesised to be characteristic of the Siphonopidae.
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dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/153432
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.sourcePLOS ONE (Public Library of Science)
dc.subjectKeywords: animal tissue; article; cervical collar; ecology; feeding; female; French Guiana; Gymnophiona; holotype; male; Microcaecilia dermatophaga; morphometrics; nonhuman; oviparity; paratype; parental behavior; reproduction; Siphonopidae; skin; species distribut
dc.titleA New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpagee57756
local.bibliographicCitation.startpagee57756
local.contributor.affiliationWilkinson, Mark, The Natural History Museum
local.contributor.affiliationSherratt, Emma, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationStarace, Fausto, Unknown
local.contributor.affiliationGower, David J., The Natural History Museum
local.contributor.authoruidSherratt, Emma, u1021815
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor060301 - Animal Systematics and Taxonomy
local.identifier.absfor060803 - Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB15825
local.identifier.citationvolume8
local.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0057756
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84874594481
local.identifier.thomsonID000316936100042
local.type.statusPublished Version

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