GIUV2013-022
The researcher is focused on studies of biodiversity, ecology and evolution of hidroids (Hydrozoa Class, Phylum Cnidaria). The main focus is on Antarctic benthic hydroids fauna. It is one of the most diversified and characteristic zoological groups of the Antarctic ecosystem and has a number of important peculiarities crucial to understanding its origin and evolution, such as relatively low diversity at the generic level, a high degree of endemism at the specific level (almost 80%), centred on a few genera, and a specific diversity also concentrated in a few groups. The work carried out so far has significantly increased the knowledge about the biodiversity of the Antarctic group, also providing important information on the biology, ecology and biogeography of the discovered species species. As a result of these studies, and only considering the biodiversity of the group, the description of more than 50 species new to science has contributed to increase the inventory of known species by almost 37%. The results obtained are used in phylogenetic studies to increase knowledge about the origin and evolution of this interesting zoological group. Besides research on Antarctic hydroids,...The researcher is focused on studies of biodiversity, ecology and evolution of hidroids (Hydrozoa Class, Phylum Cnidaria). The main focus is on Antarctic benthic hydroids fauna. It is one of the most diversified and characteristic zoological groups of the Antarctic ecosystem and has a number of important peculiarities crucial to understanding its origin and evolution, such as relatively low diversity at the generic level, a high degree of endemism at the specific level (almost 80%), centred on a few genera, and a specific diversity also concentrated in a few groups. The work carried out so far has significantly increased the knowledge about the biodiversity of the Antarctic group, also providing important information on the biology, ecology and biogeography of the discovered species species. As a result of these studies, and only considering the biodiversity of the group, the description of more than 50 species new to science has contributed to increase the inventory of known species by almost 37%. The results obtained are used in phylogenetic studies to increase knowledge about the origin and evolution of this interesting zoological group. Besides research on Antarctic hydroids, studies on this group are also carried out in other geographical areas, such as the Mediterranean or the Pacific. In addition, species revisions of several genera are carried out with the aim of increasing scientific knowledge of this class of cnidarians.
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- Incrementar el conocimiento cientifico sobre la biodiversidad, ecologia y evolucion de los hidrozoos bentonicos
- Biodiversity, ecology and evolution of benthic hydrozoans.A research focused on the studies of biodiversity, ecology and evolution of hydroids (Hydrozoa class, Phylum Cnidaria), mainly with the fauna of Antarctic benthic hydroids, but also from other regions such as the Mediterranean or the Pacific.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVARO LUIS PEÑA CANTERO | Director | Universitat de València |
- Cavanilles Institute Biodiversity and Evolut. Biol. (ICBBE)
- HYDROZOA
- Biodiversidad, Ecología, Evolución, Filogenia, Biogeografía, Antártida, Mediterraneo, Hydrozoa, Bentos
- ANTARCTICA
- BENTHIC
