@article {1994,
	title = {Shape variation of prey-catching structures in geophilomorph centipedes: A preliminary investigation using geometric morphometrics},
	journal = {Zoologischer Anzeiger},
	volume = {268},
	year = {2017},
	month = {10/05/2017},
	pages = {11-18},
	type = {Research paper},
	abstract = {<p>Geophilomorph centipedes are common arthropod soil predators, but very little is known about their preying behaviour and their diet. Here we develop an exploratory morpho-functional approach to better understand their feeding habits, based on the morphology of feeding-related structures. Through geometric morphometrics, in a sample of five geophilomorph species, we investigated morphological variation in the three most conspicuous component structures of their prey-catching apparatus. At intra-specific level, we found no strong evidence for sexual dimorphism, left-right directional asymmetries and allometry across adult stages. At inter-specific level, shape differences in the feeding apparatus among the sample species were highly significant and large, even between two congeneric species. We also found a significant covariation between the shapes of the three structures, including those that do not directly articulate with each other, suggesting some degree of morphological integration between the different structures of the prey-catching apparatus. This study suggests the effectiveness and power of geometric morphometrics for the quantitative study of centipede functional morphology and provides a basis for wider comparative investigations on their phenotypic evolution.</p>
},
	keywords = {Allometry, Chilopoda, Directional asymmetry, Feeding ecology, Morphological integration},
	issn = {0044-5231},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.04.010},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044523117300396},
	author = {Baiocco, Matteo and Bonato, Lucio and Cardini, Andrea and Fusco, Giuseppe}
}
@article {974,
	title = {The Development of Arthropod Segmentation Across the Embryonic/Post-embryonic Divide {\textendash} An Evolutionary Perspective},
	journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2021},
	month = {28/01/2021},
	pages = {1-8},
	abstract = {<p>In many arthropods, the appearance of new segments and their differentiation are not completed by the end of embryogenesis but continue, in different form and degree, well after hatching, in some cases up to the last post-embryonic molt. Focusing on the segmentation process currently described as post-embryonic segment addition (or, anamorphosis), we revise here the current knowledge and discuss it in an evolutionary framework which involves data from fossils, comparative morphology of extant taxa and gene expression. We advise that for a better understanding of the developmental changes underlying the evolution of arthropod segmentation, some key concepts should be applied in a critical way. These include the notion of the segment as a body block and the idea that hatching represents a well-defined divide, shared by all arthropods, between two contrasting developmental phases, embryonic vs. post-embryonic. This eventually reveals the complexity of the developmental processes occurring across hatching, which can evolve in different directions and with a different pace, creating the observed vagueness of the embryonic/post-embryonic divide.</p>
},
	keywords = {anamorphosis, comparative analysis, development, evolvability, fossils, gene expression, hatching, phylogeny},
	issn = {2296-701X},
	doi = {10.3389/fevo.2021.622482},
	url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.622482/full},
	author = {Fusco, Giuseppe and Minelli, Alessandro}
}
