Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods
The subterranean fauna of arthropods is one of the richest on our planet. At the same time, however, it is still insufficiently researched. The characteristics of the underground environment have led hypogean arthropods to evolve both morphological and physiological adaptations, such as depigmentati...
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| description | The subterranean fauna of arthropods is one of the richest on our planet. At the same time, however, it is still insufficiently researched. The characteristics of the underground environment have led hypogean arthropods to evolve both morphological and physiological adaptations, such as depigmentation, complete loss of eyes, elongation of appendages, slow metabolism, lower energy consumption, and much more. These animals are excellent models to study the general principles of evolution and the mechanisms of adaptation to a new environment. As the diversity of subterranean arthropods has not been sufficiently studied worldwide and most previous studies have focused on faunal diversity, it is desirable to analyse other aspects of the diversity of this particular group of animals, including morphological, molecular, ecological, chemoecological, and behavioural diversity. As the editors’ expertise covers both troglobitic (associated with terrestrial subterranean environment) and stygobitic (associated with all types of subterranean waters) arthropods, this Special Issue Reprint is dedicated to the study of the diversity of both groups. We hope that it will contribute to a better knowledge of the diversity of subterranean arthropods within several biological disciplines, indicating their great importance in the habitats they inhabit and for humans in general. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1748332026-04-16T16:40:50Z Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods Ćurčić, Srećko B. Karaman, Gordan S. Underground environment Subterranean arthropods Troglobites Stygobites Taxonomy Biodiversity thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences The subterranean fauna of arthropods is one of the richest on our planet. At the same time, however, it is still insufficiently researched. The characteristics of the underground environment have led hypogean arthropods to evolve both morphological and physiological adaptations, such as depigmentation, complete loss of eyes, elongation of appendages, slow metabolism, lower energy consumption, and much more. These animals are excellent models to study the general principles of evolution and the mechanisms of adaptation to a new environment. As the diversity of subterranean arthropods has not been sufficiently studied worldwide and most previous studies have focused on faunal diversity, it is desirable to analyse other aspects of the diversity of this particular group of animals, including morphological, molecular, ecological, chemoecological, and behavioural diversity. As the editors’ expertise covers both troglobitic (associated with terrestrial subterranean environment) and stygobitic (associated with all types of subterranean waters) arthropods, this Special Issue Reprint is dedicated to the study of the diversity of both groups. We hope that it will contribute to a better knowledge of the diversity of subterranean arthropods within several biological disciplines, indicating their great importance in the habitats they inhabit and for humans in general. 2026-04-16T16:40:39Z 2026-04-16T16:40:39Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725850297_38 9783725850297 9783725850303 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174833 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11712 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5030-3 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5030-3 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725850297 9783725850303 210 CH open access |
| spellingShingle | Underground environment Subterranean arthropods Troglobites Stygobites Taxonomy Biodiversity thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title | Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title_full | Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title_fullStr | Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title_short | Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods |
| title_sort | recent advances in the diversity and taxonomy of subterranean arthropods |
| topic | Underground environment Subterranean arthropods Troglobites Stygobites Taxonomy Biodiversity thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences |
| topic_facet | Underground environment Subterranean arthropods Troglobites Stygobites Taxonomy Biodiversity thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences |
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