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Research Articles
2026. Rohret SM, Calderón Guttiérrez F, Borda E, Brankovits D, Pohlman JW, Marab P, Edgcomb VP, and Bernhard JM. Benthic eukaryotic biodiversity in submerged caves within subterranean estuaries of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel Island, Mexico . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2026.110087
2024. Calderón-Gutiérrez F, Gonzalez B, Iliffe TM, Labonté J, Mejía- Ortíz LM and Borda E. Cryptic diversity patterns of subterranean estuaries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291 (2024): 20241483. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1483
2023. Fernández-Lereé CG, Ávila-García A, Sánchez C, Borda E, López-Vivas JM, Huato-Soberanis L, and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Zenopontonia soror caridean shrimp exhibits dynamical mimicry with sea star host switching. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 568: 151936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2023.151936
2023. Calderón Gutiérrez F, Iliffe TM, Borda E, Yañez G and Labonté J. Resilience of the karst subterranean estuary to precipitation impacts. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8): e10415. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10415
2023. Ávila-García A, Sánchez C, Huato-Soberanis L, Borda E and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Continuous reproduction causes stable population structure of Sandyella tricornuta (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) epibiont of black coral. Pacific Science 76 (4), 397-410. https://doi.org/10.2984/76.4.5
2022. Ballou L, Brankovits D, Chavez-Solis E, Chavez-Diaz J, Gonzalez B, Rohret, Salinas A, Liu A, Simoes N, Alvarez F, Miglietta MP, Iliffe T, and Borda E. An integrative re-evaluation of Typhlatya shrimp within the karst aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Scientific Reports 12(1): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08779-9
2021. Müller J, Schumacher A, Borda E, Rouse GW, Bartolomaeus T and Tilic E. Brittleworms”: Ultra-structure and arrangement of the calcified chaetae of Euphrosine (Amphinomida, Annelida). Invertebrate Biology 140(4): e12353. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12353
2020. Ávila-García A, Sánchez CA, Borda E, González-Acosta B, Huato-Soberanis L, and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. From five to one: Sandyella species (Palaemonidae) are distinct ontogenetic stages of a single species. Zoologica Scripta 49(4): 488-498 https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12423
2019. Siddall ME, Barkdull M, Tessler M, Brugler MR, Borda E, and Hekkala E. Ideating iDNA: Lessons and limitations from leeches in legacy collections. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212226
2018. Gonzalez BC, Martinez A, Borda E, Iliffe TM, Fontaneto D and Worsaae K. Phylogeny and systematics of the Aphroditiformia based on total evidence. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12202
2017. Gonzalez BC, Martinez A, Borda E, Iliffe TM, Fontaneto D and Worsaae K. Genetic spatial structure of an anchialine annelid indicates the presence of a crevicular spelean corridor within - but not between - islands of the Great Bahama Bank. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.003
2016. Tessler M, Barrio A, Borda E, Rood-Goldman R, Hill M and Siddall ME. Description of an extant soft-bodied invertebrate with microcomputed tomography and phylogenetic revision of duognathous terrestrial leeches (Haemadipsidae: Chtonobdella). Zoological Scripta. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12165
2015. Borda E, Yáñez-Rivera B, Ochoa GM, Kudenov JD, Sanchez-Ortiz C, Schulze A and Rouse G. Revamping Amphinomidae (Annelida: Amphinomida), with the inclusion of Notopygos. Zoologica Scripta 44 (3): 324–333. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12099
2014. Kot BW, Sears R, Zbinden D, Borda E and Gordon MS. Rorqual whale (Balaenopteridae) surface lunge-feeding behaviors: standardized classification, repertoire diversity and evolutionary analysis. Marine Mammal Science. **Cover Article** https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12115
2014. Borda E and Kudenov JD. Euphrosinidae (Annelida: Amphinomida) collected from Antarctica by the R/V Polarstern in 1984 and 1986, with comments on the generic placement of Euphrosine magellanica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 299-311 https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.299
2013. Borda E, Kudenov JD, Blake JA, Chevaldonné P, Desbruyères D, Hourdez S, Fabri M-C, Pleijel F, Schulze A, Shank T, Wilson NG and Rouse GW. Cryptic species of Archinome (Annelida: Amphinomida) from vents and seeps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 280(1770) https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1876
2013. Ahrens J, Borda E, Barroso R, Campbell AM, Wolf A, Nugues M, Paiva P, Rouse GW and Schulze A. The curious case of Hermodicecarunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae): evidence for genetic homogeneity throughout the Atlantic Ocean and associated basins. Molecular Ecology 22(8): 2280-2291 **Cover Article** https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12263
2012. Borda E, Kudenov JD, Beinhold C and Rouse GW. Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. Zoologica Scripta. 40(3): 307–325 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x
2011. Borda E and Siddall ME. Insights into the evolutionary history of Indo-Pacific bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae). Invertebrate Systematics 24(5): 456–472 **Cover Article** https://doi.org/10.1071/IS10013
2008. Borda E, Oceguera-Figueroa A and Siddall ME. On the classification, evolution and biogeography of terrestrial haemadipsoid leeches (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Hirudiniformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(1): 142–154 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.006
2006. Borda E. A Revision of the Malagabdellinae (Arhynchobdellida: Domanibdellidae), with a description of a new species, Malagabdella niarchosorum, from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3531: 1–13 http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5809
2005. Siddall ME Budinoff RB and Borda E. Phylogenetic evaluation of systematics and biogeography of the leech family Glossiphoniidae. Invertebrate Systematics. 19(2): 105–112 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS04034
2004. Borda E and Siddall ME. Arhynchobdellida (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Hirudinida): phylogenetic relationships and evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 213–225 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2003.09.002
2004. Siddall ME and Borda E. Leech collections from Chile including two new species of Helobdella. American Museum Novitates. 3457: 1–18 http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2767
2004. Borda E and Siddall ME. Review of the evolution of life history strategies of the Hirudinida (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Lauterbornia 52: 5–25 https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Lauterbornia_2004_52_0005-0025.pdf
2003. Siddall ME and Borda E. Phylogeny of the leech genus Helobdella (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data and a special consideration of the triserialis complex. Zoologica Scripta 32: 23–33 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00098.x
Research Notes and Short Communications
In Prep. Penot G, 1Batta R, Halanych K, 4Borda E and Kocot K. Mitochondrial genomes of the amphinomid annelids Euphrosinopsis horsti (Euphrosinidae) and Notopygos ornata (Amphinomidae).
2021. Stegenga BS, Jarboe A, Stevenson DJ and Borda E. Parasitism of the Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means Garden) by the macrobdellid leech Macrobdella ditetra Moore. Southeastern Naturalist 20(1): N1-N6. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.020.0108
2012. Rocha R, Borda E, Andreone F and Rosa GM. First reports of leech parasitism in Malagasy anurans. Comparative Parasitology 79(2): 352-356. https://doi.org/10.1654/4546.1
2010. Graham SP, Borda E and Connell MR. (2010) Agkristrodon piscivorous (Cottonmouth). Ectoparasite. Herpetological Review. 41 (1): 88
2010. Graham SP and Borda E. First report of leech parasitism in the amphibian family Sirenidae. Comparative Parasitology 77(1): 105–107
Book Chapters
2021. Yáñez-Rivera B and Borda E. Amphinomidae Savigny 1818. In: Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical, con un adendum a los Clitelata, 2a Ed. de León-González JA, Bastida-Zavala JR, Carrera-Parra LF, García-Garza ME, Salazar-Vallejo SI, Solís-Weiss V and Tovar-Hernández MA (Eds.). Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
2021. Yáñez-Rivera B and Borda E. Euphrosinidae Williams, 1851. In: Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical, con un adendum a los Clitelata, 2a Ed. de León-González JA, Bastida-Zavala JR, Carrera-Parra LF, García-Garza ME, Salazar-Vallejo SI, Solís-Weiss V and Tovar-Hernández MA (Eds.). Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
2019. Schulze A, Hipes J, Borda E and Rice ME. Who's who in sipunculans? Matching larvae and adults using DNA. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science.
2011. Borda E. Hirudinida. Gerlach J (ed.) Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Rotifera and Tardigrada of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester
2009. Halanych KM and Borda E. Developing models for lophotrochozoan and annelid biology. Annelids in Modern Biology. Shaine D (ed) John Wiley & Sons. Indianapolis, IN
2006. Siddall ME, Bely AE and Borda E. Hirudinida. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Annelida. Rouse G and Pleijel F (eds.) Enfield, NH
2004. Siddall ME, Borda E and Rouse GW. Towards a Tree of Life for the Annelida. Assembling the Tree of Life. Cracraft J and Donoghue M (eds.) Oxford University Press