Research
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Latest papers
The first leech body fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years.
PeerJ · 2025 · first author
The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education
Ecology and Evolution · 2023
Placobdella akahkway n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech species from central Canada.
Zootaxa · 2022
8 publications.
The first leech body fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years.
de Carle D, Iwama RE, Wendruff AJ, Babcock LE, Nanglu K
The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education
Karma Nanglu, Danielle de Carle, Thomas M. Cullen, Erika B. Anderson, Suchinta Arif, Rowshyra A. Castañeda, Lucy M. Chang, Rafael Eiji Iwama, Erica Fellin, Regine Claire Manglicmot, Melanie Duc Bo Massey, Viviana Astudillo‐Clavijo
Placobdella akahkway n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech species from central Canada.
Fan SL, DE Carle D, Kvist S
Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants.
Kvist S, Manzano-Marín A, de Carle D, Trontelj P, Siddall ME
Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae) in North America.
Iwama RE, Oceguera-Figueroa A, DE Carle D, Manglicmot C, Erséus C, Miles NM, Siddall ME, Kvist S
Prey, populations, and the pleistocene: evidence for low COI variation in a widespread North American leech.
Mack J, de Carle D, Kvist S
Worms that suck: Phylogenetic analysis of Hirudinea solidifies the position of Acanthobdellida and necessitates the dissolution of Rhynchobdellida.
Tessler M, de Carle D, Voiklis ML, Gresham OA, Neumann JS, Cios S, Siddall ME
Phylogenetic analysis of Placobdella (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) with consideration of COI variation.
de Carle D, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Tessler M, Siddall ME, Kvist S
Frequent collaborators
- Sebastian Kvist and Danielle de Carle: 5 shared papers
- Suchinta Arif and Danielle de Carle: 1 shared paper
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (St. George Campus)
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Other
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