Articles

1. Oral architecture of the species Herpailurus yagouaroundi

   • Julia Vaz Feio
   • Iara Fernanda Lima do Espírito Santo
   • Ana Rita de Lima

   Research 22 April 2024

   

2. Ultrastructure and phylogenetic significance of spermatozoa in Nemertea

   • Thomas Bartolomaeus
   • Vanessa Bronkars
   • Jörn von Döhren

   Research Open access 22 April 2024

   

3. Ultrastructure of a swimming-type larva of Barentsia gracilis (Entoprocta, Coloniales)

   • Anastasia O. Borisanova
   • Olga V. Ivanova

   Research 14 April 2024

   

4. Breeding in captivity for conservation and livelihood: insights into the early ontogeny of the Indigo barb, Pethia setnai (Chhapgar and Sane 1992), a threatened endemic species of the Western Ghats of India

   • Melbin Lal
   • Sreekanth Giri Bhavan
   • P. H. Anvar Ali

   Research 13 April 2024

   

5. Probabilistic sigma taxonomy of Darwin’s finches (Galápagos)

   • Francis Thackeray

   Research Open access 09 April 2024

   

6. Obituary: Claus Nielsen (March 28th, 1938–January 18th, 2024)

   • Anders Hay-Schmidt
   • Jens T. Hoeg

   Obituary 07 April 2024 Pages: 1 - 3

   

7. The immunolocalization of adiponectin and its receptors in the testis of the frog Pelophylax bergeri

   • Francesca Simoncelli
   • Francesca Mercati
   • Anna Fagotti

   Research Open access 03 April 2024

   

8. Mylodon darwinii (Owen, 1840): hair morphology of an extinct sloth

   • Lucas Enes Santos
   • Larissa Ajala-Batista
   • Emygdio Leite de Araujo Monteiro-Filho

   Research 02 April 2024

   

9. Prenatal and postnatal development of New Zealand white rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) teeth: histological and computed tomography aspects

   • Seham S. Haddad
   • Nazema Abdel-Megeed
   • Mohamed Abumnadour

   Research Open access 02 April 2024

   

10. Major and minor salivary glands in Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus): the aspect of macroanatomy, microanatomy, and histochemical properties

    • Ghasem Akbari
    • Davoud Kianifard
    • Mohammad Babaei

    Research 31 March 2024

    

11. Ovarian structure and oogenesis of two endemic pupfishes from the Yucatán Peninsula: morphofunctional traits related with an estuarine life history

    • Domínguez-Castanedo Omar

    Research 29 March 2024

    

12. Jaw apparatus of Scoletoma fragilis (Lumbrineridae, Annelida): fine structure and growth

    • Anna Koroleva
    • Alexander Tzetlin

    Research 25 March 2024

    

13. New insights into the functional morphology of calceoli in Amphipoda (Crustacea)

    • Roxana Timm
    • Alexandra Kerbl
    • Anne-Nina Lörz

    Research Open access 16 March 2024

    

14. Variation of the number and size of spines on the adult body in Dactylispa Weise 1897 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

    • Tadashi Shinohara
    • Hiroki Gotoh

    Research 15 March 2024

    

15. New records and morphological characterization of digenetic trematodes infecting frogs (Ranidae) from Kurdistan Province, Iran

    • Loghman Maleki
    • Mastoreh Shahmoradi
    • Kiavash Golzarianpour

    Research 28 February 2024

    

16. Developmental variations of sagitta otolith in different body size groups of Trichogaster fasciata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

    • Soumen Roy
    • Urmila Giri Roy
    • Samir Kr. Saha

    Research 24 February 2024

    

17. Characterization of the antennal ultrastructure of Neoeuantha aucta (Wiedmann, 1830) (Diptera, Tachinidae)

    • Dimas Kenji Sakamoto
    • Silvio Shigueo Nihei
    • Deivys Moises Alvarez-Garcia

    Research 21 February 2024

    

18. Anatomical study of the forelimb of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766)

    • Erick Eduardo da Silveira
    • Hélio Tomás Ramos
    • Antônio Chaves de Assis Neto

    Research 19 February 2024

    

19. Anatomy, histology and ultrastructure of the digestive tract in Andean fish (Trichomycterus bogotensis) and ecological implications

    • M. Ortiz-Ruiz
    • C. López-Flórez
    • E. Gómez-Ramírez

    Research Open access 17 February 2024

    

20. Autofluorescence imaging of exuviae as a tool for studying slide preparations of micro-arthropods, exemplified by a museum collection of the enigmatic crustacean “y-larvae” (Pancrustacea: Facetotecta)

    • Jørgen Olesen
    • Mark J. Grygier
    • Maria Herranz

    Methodology Open access 16 February 2024

    

21. Spermatological characters of Stephanostomum bicoronatum (Digenea, Acanthocolpidae), an intestinal parasite of the Brown meagre Sciaena umbra (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) off the Tunisian coast

    • Hichem Kacem
    • Jordi Miquel

    Research 14 February 2024

    

22. Insights into the male reproductive system and spermatozoa of Lutzia bigoti (Diptera: Culicidae)

    • Henrique Barbosa da Silva
    • Renata Cristina Barbosa
    • José Lino-Neto

    Research 12 February 2024 Pages: 107 - 116

    

23. Scanning electron microscopic investigation of general morphology and ciliary structures in Nereilinum murmanicum Ivanov, 1961 (Annelida, Siboglinidae)

    • R. V. Smirnov
    • O. V. Zaitseva
    • S. A. Petrov

    Research 10 February 2024 Pages: 13 - 29

    

24. Anatomical and morphometric studies on the axial skeleton of ostrich (Struthio camelus)

    • Menna Allah M. Kassem
    • Reem R. Tahon
    • Medhat A. El-Ayat

    Research Open access 09 February 2024 Pages: 231 - 248

    

25. Insights from the preimaginal morphology of the constans species-group, to reveal novel morphological patterns of the Merodon albifrons-evolutionary lineage (Diptera, Syrphidae)

    • Andrea Aracil
    • Andrijana Andrić
    • Celeste Pérez-Bañón

    Research Open access 29 January 2024 Pages: 89 - 97

    

26. Microstructure and mineralogy of the tube and operculum of serpulid polychaetes from temperate and warm waters

    • J. Pablo Sánchez-Ovando
    • Denise Re
    • Olev Vinn

    Research 29 January 2024 Pages: 31 - 46

    

27. Comparative morphology and function of Chloropidae (Diptera) tibial organ

    • Paula Raile Riccardi
    • Dalton de Souza Amorim
    • Gustavo Ferreira Martins

    Research Open access 20 January 2024 Pages: 99 - 106

    

28. Comparative ontogeny of skin glands in Rhinella and Incilius toads

    • Katherine Porras-Brenes
    • Nicole Ramírez-Mata
    • Jennifer L. Stynoski

    Research 19 January 2024 Pages: 203 - 214

    

29. Gall-forming nematode, Anguina woodi (Nematoda: Anguinidae) and Chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), on dune grass from the Western Cape, South Africa

    • T. R. Chauke
    • D. P. Malatji
    • A. Swart

    Research Open access 13 January 2024 Pages: 57 - 75

    

30. Description of hyperostotic bones pattern in Largehead Hairtail Trichiurus lepturus

    • Fernando A. P. Tuna
    • Flávia A. A. Calixto
    • Eliana F. M. Mesquita

    Research 09 January 2024 Pages: 151 - 157

    

31. Morphological approaches as tools to study the development of male germ cells of Crassostrea gasar (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

    • Juliana Caroline Dias Pantoja
    • Maria Auxiliadora Pantoja Ferreira
    • Rossineide Martins da Rocha

    Research 08 January 2024 Pages: 47 - 56

    

32. The pelvic girdle in extant gonorynchiformes (Teleostei: Otomorpha)

    • Ann-Katrin Koch
    • Timo Moritz

    Research Open access 06 January 2024 Pages: 141 - 150

    

33. The hindlimb myology of the South American eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitridae, Aves)

    • Federico Abel Gianechini
    • Luciano Colli
    • María Clelia Mosto

    Research 23 December 2023 Pages: 215 - 230

    

34. Anatomical variation between the muscles of mastication in black-tip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and shovelnose ray Fish (Glaucostegus typus)

    • Nora A. Shaker
    • Asmaa M. Ibrahium

    Research Open access 09 December 2023 Pages: 117 - 126

    

35. First biocharacterization of Artemia populations from western and northwestern Algeria

    • Chalabia Chabet dis
    • Wahid Refes
    • Robert K. Okazaki

    Research 27 November 2023 Pages: 77 - 88

    

36. Seasonal variation and identification of parasitic fauna of edible ornamental fish investigated by light and electron microscopy with special reference to histopathological tissue alteration of infected organs

    • Saikat Saha
    • Mandira Saha
    • Sabir Hossen Molla

    Research 22 November 2023 Pages: 127 - 139

    

37. Larval morphology of Frostius pernambucensis (Anura): contribution of larval characters for the systematics of the family Bufonidae and evolution of endotrophic tadpoles

    • Marcos Jorge Matias Dubeux
    • Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do Nascimento
    • Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias

    Original Paper Open access 26 September 2023 Pages: 159 - 187

    

38. Larvae to adult: skin ontogeny of Physalaemus ephippifer (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

    • Juliana L. S. Santos
    • Verônica R. L. Oliveira-Bahia
    • Gleomar F. Maschio

    Original Paper 23 September 2023 Pages: 189 - 202

    

39. Tadpole morphological characterization of Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988) (Anura: Dendrobatidae), with skeleton, muscle system and inner organs

    • Ruth A. Regnet
    • Paul Lukas
    • Mirco Solé

    Original Paper Open access 12 September 2023 Pages: 477 - 486

    

40. Developmental anomalies in ‘reptiles’: a scoping review

    • G. Dillenburg
    • A. Pic-Taylor
    • J. Klaczko

    Review 06 September 2023 Pages: 5 - 11

    

41. Immunofluorescence study of the endocrine pancreas in the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

    • Asreen Mohammadi
    • Nader Goodarzi

    Original Paper 02 September 2023 Pages: 249 - 254

    

42. Aspects of the skin morphology in the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

    • M. N. Bester
    • M. van Ouwerkerk

    Original Paper Open access 24 August 2023 Pages: 519 - 525

    

43. Geometric morphometrics of macro- and meiofaunal priapulid pharyngeal teeth provides a proxy for studying Cambrian “tooth taxa”

    • Joel Vikberg Wernström
    • Ben J. Slater
    • Andreas Altenburger

    Original Paper Open access 12 August 2023 Pages: 411 - 421

    

44. Morphology and phylogenetic significance of a newly discovered sound production mechanism in Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

    • Matheus Bento

    Original Paper 10 August 2023 Pages: 439 - 446

    

45. Developmental heart morphology in the Amazon turtle Podocnemis expansa (Testudines: Podocnemidae)

    • Emanuel Lucas Bezerra Rocha
    • Marcela dos Santos Magalhães
    • Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura

    Original Paper 31 July 2023 Pages: 497 - 508

    

46. Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry of the parotid and submandibular salivary glands in Hystrix indica

    • Nader Goodarzi
    • Alireza Kahrizi

    Original Paper 19 July 2023 Pages: 509 - 517

    

47. Morphological and temporal variations in the gametogenic development of the killifish Melanorivulus rossoi (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) in an area under crop influence

    • Monica Cassel
    • Francisco Severo-Neto
    • Adelina Ferreira

    Original Paper 10 July 2023 Pages: 447 - 452

    

48. Sperm storage in Crotalus durissus (Serpentes: Crotalinae): histological insights about the female reproductive tract of pit vipers

    • Rafaella C. Jurkfitz
    • Karina M. P. Silva
    • Selma M. Almeida-Santos

    Original Paper 27 June 2023 Pages: 487 - 496

    

49. Mechanical properties of larval mouthparts of the antlion Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and their correlation with cuticular material composition

    • Wencke Krings
    • Stanislav N. Gorb

    Original Paper Open access 22 May 2023 Pages: 423 - 438

    

50. Chondrocranium and internal oral anatomy of the tadpole of Pleurodema diplolister (Peters, 1870) (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

    • João Lucas P. Ferreira
    • Claylton A. Costa
    • Etielle B. Andrade

    Original Paper 20 May 2023 Pages: 465 - 475