Publications
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
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.
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. [Research Note]
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. Rocha R, Borda E, Andreone F and Rosa GM. First reports of leech parasitism in Malagasy anurans. Comparative Parasitology 79(2): 352-356 [Research Note]
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
2010. Graham SP, Borda E and Connell MR. (2010) Agkristrodon piscivorous (Cottonmouth). Ectoparasite. Herpetological Review. 41 (1): 88 [Research Note]
2010. Graham SP and Borda E. First report of leech parasitism in the amphibian family Sirenidae. Comparative Parasitology 77(1): 105–107 [Research Note]
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
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
In Review. Müller J, Schumacher A, Borda E, Rouse GW, Bartolomaeus T and Tilic E3. “Brittleworms”: Ultra-structure and arrangement of the calcified chaetae of Euphrosine (Amphinomida, Annelida). Invertebrate Biology.
In Prep. Ballou L, Chavez-Solis E, Brankovitz D, Iliffe T, Gonzalez B, Alvarez F, Miglietta MP, Mascaro M. and Borda E. Identity Crisis: A molecular re-evaluation of the shrimp genus Typhlatya within the Yucatan Peninsula. Projected submission: Scientific Reports.
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