Microwhip Scorpions (Palpigradi) Feed on Heterotrophic Cyanobacteria in Slovak Caves - A Curiosity among Arachnida

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60077344:_____/13:00397820

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075989" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075989</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075989" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0075989</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Microwhip Scorpions (Palpigradi) Feed on Heterotrophic Cyanobacteria in Slovak Caves - A Curiosity among Arachnida

Original language description

To date, only morphological and anatomical descriptions of microwhip scorpions (Arachnida: Palpigradi) have been published. This very rare group is enigmatic not only in its relationships to other arachnids, but especially due to the fact that these animals dwell only underground (in caves, soil, and interstitial spaces). We observed the curious feeding habit of the microwhip scorpion Eukoenenia spelaea over the course of one year in Ardovska Cave, located in Slovakia's Karst region. We chose histologyas our methodology in studying 17 specimens and based it upon Masson's triple staining, fluorescent light and confocal microscopy. Single-celled cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) were conspicuously predominant in the gut of all studied palpigrades. Digestibility of the consumed cyanobacteria was supported by the presence of guanine crystals, glycogen deposits and haemocytes inside the palpigrade body. Cyanobacteria, the oldest cellular organisms on Earth, are very resistant to severe cond

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000326019400028

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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