Unit for Integrative Zoology

Teaching and research in our group spans across a wide range of animals including vertebrates, arthropods, and lophotrochozoans. These are analyzed using various morphological and molecular methods, including immunolabeling, advanced light and confocal microscopy, 3D reconstruction, high speed video analysis, electron microscopy, and gene expression studies. The data generated are used in integrative and comparative approaches to elucidate body plan evolution, development, functional morphology, ecomorphology and phylogeny of non-model organisms.

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17.02.2026
 

Julian Bibermair

Evolution of phylactolaemate bryozoans

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15.12.2025
 

Ines Müller

Comparative study of SIFamide-like immunoreactive neurons in the euchelicerate central nervous system

 
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14.11.2025
 

Leon Claus

The ctenostome bryozoan family Clavoporidae: diversity and description of new taxa

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New publications

28.01.2026
 

New paper in BioScience

Measuring the Quality of Species List Contents
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28.01.2026
 

New paper in BioScience

Measuring the quality of species list governance
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31.12.2025
 

New paper in Natura Sloveniae: Journal of Field Biology

Occurrence of the softmouth trout Salmo obtusirostris in the Upper Neretva River (Bosnia and Herzegovina): a survey based on eDNA analysis
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26.12.2025
 

Anterior-posterior patterning in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera informs bilaterian nervous system and tail evolution.

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29.09.2025
 

New book chapter in Insect Ecomorphology - Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution

Nectar-feeding ecology, ecomorphological adaptations and variation of proboscis length in a longproboscid fly (Diptera: Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca).

 
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26.09.2025
 

New paper in Entomologica Austriaca

Morphology of the proboscis drinking region and the sensilla styloconica in butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).

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25.09.2025
 

New paper in Gene

Evolution of highly diverse gene orders in mitochondrial genomes of Syllidae (Annelida).
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23.09.2025
 

New paper in Entomologica Austriaca

Contrasting paths to evolutionary novelty: insect wings and wing hearts.
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21.09.2025
 

New paper in Insects

Mouthparts and Alimentary Tract of Flower-Visiting Monkey Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hopliini): Insights into Feeding Preferences.

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