Publication list
Majdi N., Araujo T.Q., Bekkouche N., Fontaneto D., Garrigue J., Larrieu L., Kamburska L., Kieneke, A., Minowa A.K., Laumer C., Sabatino R., Sorel D., Stec D. , Traunspurger W.
Freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna of the Massane Forest Reserve in the Eastern French Pyrenees.
Stec D.
Integrative taxonomy supports two new species of Macrobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) allowing further discussion on the genus phylogeny.
Surmacz B., Stec D. , Prus-Frankowska M., Buczek M., Michalczyk Ł., Łukasik P.
Pinpointing the microbiota of tardigrades: What is really there?
Kayastha P., Stec D. , Sługocki Ł., Gawlak M., Mioduchowska M., Kaczmarek Ł.
Integrative taxonomy reveals new, widely distributed tardigrade species of the genus Paramacrobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Stec D.
Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae).
Vecchi M. , Tsvetkova A.Y., Stec D. , Ferrari C., Calhim S., Tumanov D.V.
Expanding Acutuncus: phylogenetics and morphological analyses reveal a considerably wider distribution for this tardigrade genus.
Zawierucha K., Stec D. , Dearden P.K., Shain D.H.
Two new tardigrade genera from New Zealand’s Southern Alp glaciers display morphological stasis and parallel evolution.
Kiosya Y., Stec D.
New species of the genus Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae) from Uzbekistan.
Pogwizd J., Stec D.
An integrative description of a new Richtersius species from Greece (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae).
Stec D.
An integrative description of two new Mesobiotus species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with updated genus phylogeny.
Stec D.
Macrobiotus rebecchii sp. nov., a new limno-terrestrial and hermaphroditic tardigrade from Kyrgyzstan.
Stec D. , Cancellario T., Fontaneto, D.
Diversification rates in Tardigrada indicate a decreasing tempo of lineage splitting regardless of reproductive mode.
Stec D. , Morek W.
Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada).
Stec D. , Vončina K., Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
The Macrobiotus ariekammensis species complex provides evidence for parallel evolution of long claws in macrobiotid tardigrades.
Tůmová M., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł., Devetter M.
Buccal tube dimensions and prey preferences in predatory tardigrades.
Vecchi M. , Ferrari C., Stec D. , Calhim S.
Desiccation risk favours prevalence and diversity of tardigrade communities and influences their trophic structure in alpine ephemeral rock pools.
Vecchi M. , Stec D. , Tommi V., Ryndov S., Chartrain J., Calhim, S.
Macrobiotus naginae sp. nov., a New Xerophilous Tardigrade Species from Rokua Sand Dunes (Finland).
Kiosya Y., Pogwizd J., Matsko Y., Vecchi M. , Stec D.
Phylogenetic position of two Macrobiotus species with a revisional note on Macrobiotus sottilei Pilato, Kiosya, Lisi & Sabella, 2012 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Miler K. , Opalek M., Ostap-Chec M., Stec D.
Diel rhythmicity of alcohol-induced intoxication in the honeybee workers.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Kamińska A., Pardyak L., Kuszewska K.
Alcohol intoxication resistance and alcohol dehydrogenase levels differ between the honeybee castes.
Ostap-Chec M., Opalek M., Stec D. , Miler K.
Discontinued alcohol consumption elicits withdrawal symptoms in honeybees.
Stec D.
Integrative Descriptions of Two New Mesobiotus Species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Vietnam.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Calhim S., Michalczyk Ł.
New multilocus phylogeny reorganises the family Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada) and unveils complex morphological evolution of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Dudziak M., Bartels P.J., Calhim S., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative taxonomy resolves species identities within the Macrobiotus pallarii complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Vecchi M. , Stec D.
Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotus species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Mississippi (USA) and Crete (Greece).
Bryndová M., Stec D. , Schill R.O., Michalczyk Ł., Devetter M.
Dietary preferences and diet effects on life-history traits of tardigrades.
Itang L.A.M., Stec D. , Mapalo M.A., Mirano-Bascos D., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Mesobiotus dilimanensis, a new tardigrade species from the Philippines (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: furciger group).
Kaczmarek Ł., Bartylak T., Stec D. , Kulpa A., Kepel M., Kepel A., Roszkowska M.
Revisiting the genus Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) – remarks, updated dichotomous key and an integrative description of new species from Madagascar.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Czarnoleski M.
Heat wave effects on the behavior and life history traits of sedentary antlions.
Pogwizd J., Stec D.
New Records of Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 Provide Insight into Its Genetic Variability and Geographic Distribution.
Stec D. , Dudziak M., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotoidea) from French Guiana and Malaysian Borneo.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Arakawa K., Michalczyk Ł.
A new redescription of Richtersius coronifer, supported by transcriptome, provides resources for describing concealed species diversity within the monotypic genus Richtersius (Eutardigrada).
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Zawierucha K., Michalczyk Ł.
Untangling systematics of the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex by an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the group, with multilocus phylogeny and species delineation within the genus Paramacrobiotus.
Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Macrobiotus coronifer Richters, 1903 (type species for Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989): designating a new neotype from the original type locality described within the integrative taxonomy framework.
Stec D. , Tumanov D.T., Kristensen R.M.
Integrative taxonomy identifies two new tardigrade species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Greenland.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Maciejowski W., Michalczyk Ł.
Resolving the systematics of Richtersiidae by multilocus phylogeny and integrative redescription of the nominal species for the genus Crenubiotus (Tardigrada).
Zając K.S., Proćków M., Zając K., Stec D. , Lachowska-Cierlik D.
Phylogeography and potential glacial refugia of terrestrial gastropod Faustina faustina (Rossmässler, 1835) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Helicidae) inferred from molecular data and species distribution models.
Zając K., Stec D.
Molecular Approach to Identifying Three Closely Related Slug Species of the genus Deroceras (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae).
Coughlan K., Michalczyk Ł., Stec D.
Macrobiotus caelestis sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from the Tien Shan mountains (Kyrgyzstan).
Coughlan K., Stec D.
Two new species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi complex (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Australia and India, with notes on their phylogenetic position.
Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Stec D. , Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Revisiting Calohypsibiidae and Microhypsibiidae: Fractonotus Pilato, 1998 and its phylogenetic position within Isohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela).
Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Untangling the Echiniscus Gordian knot: paraphyly of the “arctomys group” (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
Deceptive conservatism of claws: distinct phyletic lineages concealed within Isohypsibioidea (Eutardigrada) revealed by molecular and morphological evidence.
Morek W., Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Surmacz B., Michalczyk Ł.
Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840: the first integrative study of inter-population variability in a tardigrade species.
Stec D.
Mesobiotus datanlanicus sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: Mesobiotus harmsworthi group) from Lâm Đồng Province in Vietnam.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Zawierucha Z., Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Revision of Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) refutes the polar-temperate distribution of the genus.
Kaczmarek Ł., Zawierucha K., Buda J., Stec D. , Gawlak M., Michalczyk Ł., Roszkowska M.
An integrative redescription of the nominal taxon for the Mesobiotus harmsworthi group (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) leads to descriptions of two new Mesobiotus species from Arctic.
Marley N.J., Kaczmarek Ł., Gawlak M. Bartels P.J., Nelson D.R., Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Degma P.
A clarification for the subgenera of Paramacrobiotus Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar and Wolf, 2009, with respect to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Nowak B., Stec D.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus hannae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Poland.
Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Gawlak M., Kaczmarek Ł.
An integrative description of a new tardigrade species Mesobiotus romani sp. nov. (Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the Ecuadorian Pacific coast.
Stec D. , Arakawa K., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus shonaicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Japan with notes on its phylogenetic position within the hufelandi group.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative taxonomy identifies Macrobiotus papei, a new tardigrade species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Tanzania).
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative description of Macrobiotus canaricus sp. nov. with notes on M. recens (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Michalczyk Ł.
Unmasking hidden species diversity within the Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri complex, with an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the family Ramazzottiidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela).
Stec D. , Roszkowska M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of a population of Mesobiotus radiatus (Pilato, Binda and Catanzaro, 1991) from Kenya.
Stec D. , Roszkowska M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Paramacrobiotus lachowskae, a new species of Tardigrada from Colombia (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae).
Zawierucha Z., Stec D. , Lachowska-Cierlik D., Takeuchi N., Li Z., Michalczyk Ł.
High mitochondrial diversity in a new water bear species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) from mountain glaciers in central Asia, with the erection of a new genus Cryoconicus.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Marnissi J., Michalczyk Ł.
The tardigrade fauna of Tunisia, with an integrative description of Bryodelphax maculatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative redescription of Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for the class Heterotardigrada (Ecdysozoa: Panarthropoda: Tardigrada).
Gąsiorek P., Zawierucha K., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative redescription of a common Arctic water bear Pilatobius recamieri (Richters, 1911).
Mapalo M., Stec D. , Mirano-Bascos D., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of a limnoterrestrial tardigrade from the Philippines, Mesobiotus insanis, new species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group).
Nowak B., Stec D.
The first record of Macrobiotus vladimiri Bertolani, Biserov, Rebecchi and Cesari, 2011 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Poland.
Roszkowska M., Ostrowska M., Stec D. , Janko K., Kaczmarek Ł.
Macrobiotus polypiformis sp. nov., a new tardigrade (Macrobiotidae; hufelandi group) from the Ecuadorian Pacific coast, with remarks on the claw abnormalities in eutardigrades.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M.
An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the Northern Afrotropic region.
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Description of Macrobiotus scoticus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Scotland by means of integrative taxonomy.
Stec D. , Zawierucha K., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Ramazzottius subanomalus (Biserov, 1985) (Tardigrada) from Poland.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Zawierucha K., Kaczmarek Ł., Lachowska-Cierlik D., Michalczyk, Ł.
An integrative revision of Mesocrista Pilato, 1987 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae).
Kosztyła P., Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Zawierucha K., Michno K., Ufir K., Małek D., Hlebowicz K., Laska A., Dudziak M., Frohme M., Prokop Z.M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Experimental taxonomy confirms the environmental stability of morphometric traits in a taxonomically challenging group of microinvertebrates.
Mapalo M., Stec D. , Mirano-Bascos D.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Mesobiotus philippinicus sp. nov., the first limnoterrestrial tardigrade from the Philippines.
Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Apochela).
Morek W., Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Schill R.O., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An experimental test of eutardigrade preparation methods for light microscopy.
Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Ciobanu D.A., Kaczmarek Ł.
Tardigrades from Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, South America) with descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species.
Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Kosztyła P., Zawierucha K., Michno K., Kaczmarek Ł., Prokop Z.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry.
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Determinants and taxonomic consequences of extreme egg shell variability in Ramazzottius subanomalus (Biserov, 1985) (Tardigrada).
Sobczyk M., Michno K., Kosztyła P., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Tolerance to ammonia of Thulinius ruffoi (Bertolani, 1981), a tardigrade isolated from a sewage treatment plant.
Stec D. , Smolak R., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus paulinae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Kenya.