Chelicerata constitutes an ancient, biodiverse, and ecologically significant group of
Arthropoda. The study of chelicerate evolution has undergone a renaissance in the past …

Evolutionary transitions from water to land are infrequent. The physical contrasts between
these media are amplified by biological differences in the patterns of selection. A new …

Deciphering the evolutionary relationships of Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and
allied taxa) has proven notoriously difficult, due to their ancient rapid radiation and the …

Fourteen species of terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) from Brazilian karstic regions are
described as new, ie, Novamundoniscus mandacaru Campos-Filho, Araujo & Bichuette, n …

The basal phylogeny of Chelicerata is one of the opaquest parts of the animal Tree of Life,
defying resolution despite application of thousands of loci and millions of sites. At the …

Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) represent a widespread group of land Crustacea that have
been able to successfully adapt to the terrestrial environment and occupy newly formed …

Background Phylogeographical approaches explain the genetic diversity of local organisms
in the context of their geological and geographic environments. Thus, genetic diversity can …

Simple Summary The transition of life from the aquatic realm onto land represented one of
the fundamental episodes in the evolution of the Earth that laid down the foundations for …

It is generally assumed that the soil environment played an important role in the evolution of
life on land, as a transition medium between water and air. This idea was already formulated …

In this study, we report the results of a taxonomic survey of terrestrial isopods from Isla
Grande, a ca 2 km2 island located in the north of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. We found …