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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Marken
dc.contributor.authorSherratt, Emmaen
dc.contributor.authorStarace, Faustoen
dc.contributor.authorGower, David Jen
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-12T11:43:00Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 8(3), p. 1-11en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17802-
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.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS Oneen
dc.titleA New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in 'Microcaecilia' (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0057756en
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dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Systematics and Taxonomyen
dc.subject.keywordsVertebrate Biologyen
local.contributor.firstnameMarken
local.contributor.firstnameEmmaen
local.contributor.firstnameFaustoen
local.contributor.firstnameDavid Jen
local.subject.for2008060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomyen
local.subject.for2008060809 Vertebrate Biologyen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolZoologyen
local.profile.emailesherrat@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20150724-090734en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.identifier.runningnumbere57756en
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage11en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume8en
local.identifier.issue3en
local.title.subtitleGymnophiona: Siphonopidae)en
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameWilkinsonen
local.contributor.lastnameSherratten
local.contributor.lastnameStaraceen
local.contributor.lastnameGoweren
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:18013en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleA New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in 'Microcaecilia' (Amphibiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorWilkinson, Marken
local.search.authorSherratt, Emmaen
local.search.authorStarace, Faustoen
local.search.authorGower, David Jen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2013en
local.subject.for2020310401 Animal systematics and taxonomyen
local.subject.for2020310914 Vertebrate biologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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