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March 29, 2021
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Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia

Publicated to: European Journal of Taxonomy. 736 1-43 - 2021-02-24 736(), DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1249

Authors:

Cuadrado, D; Rodríguez, J; Moro, L; Grande, C; Noreña, C
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Australian Museum Res Inst, Marine Invertebrates Dept, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney - Author
CSIC, Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat, Dept Biodiversidad & Biol Evolut, C Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2 - Author
Gobierno Canarias, Serv Biodiversidad, Edif Usos Multiples 1,Av Anaga 35,Pl 11, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38071 - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Ciencias, Dept Biol - Author
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Abstract

The systematics and distribution of the order Polycladida within the Macaronesian archipelagos are analysed. New species (Marcusia alba sp. nov., Prostheceraeus crisostomum sp. nov., Parviplana sodade sp. nov., Euplana claridade sp. nov., Stylochus salis sp. nov. and Distylochus fundae sp. nov.), new variety (Pseudoceros rawlinsonae var. galaxy), new records and records of shared species among different archipelagos are studied to compare the marine flatworm biodiversity of each island. The complex of archipelagos known as Macaronesia (including Madeira, Selvagens Islands, Canary Islands, Azores and Cape Verde) share a volcanic origin and European political influence. The five archipelagos are located along the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean and are subject to similar trade winds, streams (like the Gulf Stream) and cold currents. The term Macaronesia has suffered several changes throughout the years and it still is a topic of discussion in present times. The new delimitation of Macaronesia is mainly based on systematic studies on the invertebrate fauna of the islands. The resulting analyses shed new light on the differences and similarities among these archipelagos. In addition, molecular analyses employing 28S nuclear gene sequences are compared to verify relationships among anatomically similar species of marine polyclads.
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Keywords

28sAcotyleaAcotylea polycladidaCoastCollectionsCotyleaDistributionFlatwormsMarine fauna

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal European Journal of Taxonomy due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Zoology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.26. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 18
  • Google Scholar: 10
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 14.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 14 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/701319
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors thank Annie Machordom and Ivan Acevedo for access to the facilities of the molecular biology laboratory of the National Museum of Natural Sciences and logistic support. We also thank Lourdes Alcaraz for her help and support during the investigations in this laboratory. Likewise, we thank Maria Valladolid and Manuela Gallardo for access and assistance provided in the histology laboratory of the National Museum of Natural Sciences. We cannot forget Christoph Bleidorn and Maite Aguado who contributed decisively to the financing of this study -thank you very much. We would like to thank the MIMAR project (Monitoring, control and mitigation of proliferation of marine organisms associated with human disturbances and climate change in the Macaronesian Region), co-financed by FEDER funds through the INTERREG V-A MAC program 2014-2020.
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