Ninth European Ostracodologists’ Meeting Crossing boundaries in ostracod research Programme and Abstract Volume Gdańsk, Poland 19-22 July 2019 Edited by Tadeusz Namiotko Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba Agata Szwarc Cover Cover was designed by Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba and includes lithographic images of various marine and non-marine ostracod species by late Gustav Wilhelm Müller. Müller G.W. 1894. Die Ostracoden des Golfes von Neapel unter der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 21, 404 pp., 40 pls., R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. Müller G.W. 1900. Deutschlands Süsswasser-Ostracoden. Zoologica 30, 112 pp., 21 pls., Stuttgart. EOM9 Logos Both logos are based on an image of Heterocypris incongruens (Ramdohr, 1808). The “Horizontal ostracod” logo was designed by Patrycja Firkowska, whereas the “Vertical ostracod” logo by Bartosz J. Namiotko. Abstract review Enclosed abstracts were reviewed by the members of the Scientific Committee. Only limited language edition was provided in some cases to make the content more clear. Recommended reference to this publication Namiotko T., Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba A., Szwarc A. (Eds.) 2019. Crossing boundaries in ostracod research. Programme and Abstract Volume of the 9th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting. Gdańsk, Poland, 19-22 July 2019. 116 pp. Printed by Machina Druku sp. z o.o. sp. k. Szosa Bydgoska 50 87-100 Toruń NIP 879-228-37-26 www.machinadruku.pl 2 CONTENTS Organizing Committee ................................................................................................................................ 4 Scientific Committee .................................................................................................................................... 4 Patronage, Sponsors and Partners ......................................................................................................... 5 Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Pro Memoria – Tadeusz Sywula (1939-2004) ................................................................................... 8 General information about the meeting ............................................................................................ 11 Scientific Programme ............................................................................................................................... 13 Keynote Abstracts ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Oral Abstracts .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Poster Abstracts ......................................................................................................................................... 67 Workshops ................................................................................................................................................. 103 Post-conference field trip: an overview of ostracod fauna ..................................................... 107 List of Participants .................................................................................................................................. 111 Notes ............................................................................................................................................................ 113 3 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Department of Genetics and Biosystematics Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Poland Tadeusz Namiotko (Chair) Jowita Baran Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba Adrianna Kilikowska Monika Mioduchowska Lucyna Namiotko Lidia Sworobowicz Agata Szwarc Barbara Wojtasik Anna Wysocka and Katarzyna Żółkoś (Biological Station, University of Gdańsk) Volunteers Klaudia Bober Michalina Kijowska Karina Sas SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Maria Cristina Cabral (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Sylvie Crasquin (French National Centre for Scientific Research, France) David Horne (Queen Mary University of London, UK) Tamara Karan-Žnidaršič (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Koen Martens (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium) Renate Matzke-Karasz (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany) Tõnu Meidla (University of Tartu,(Estonia) Claude Meisch (National Natural History Museum of Luxembourg) Julio Rodriguez-Lazaro (University of the Basque Country, Spain) Giampaolo Rossetti (University of Parma, Italy) Benjamin Sames (University of Vienna, Austria) Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska (University of Szczecin, Poland) 4 PATRONAGE, SPONSORS AND PARTNERS HONORARY PATRONAGE MAYOR OF GDAŃSK ALEKSANDRA DULKIEWICZ RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK PROFESSOR JERZY PIOTR GWIZDAŁA DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY UG PROFESSOR WŁODZIMIERZ MEISSNER 5 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT UG REPRESENTATIVES DR KRZYSZTOF SZCZEPANIAK DEPARTMENT OF INVESTMENT AND REAL ESTATE, FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK PROFESSOR HENRYK WOŹNIAK DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE, FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK SPONSORS AND PARTNERS 6 FOREWARD The European Ostracodologists’ Meetings (EOMs) have been held since 1989, serving not only as an international forum for bringing ostracod scientists together to exchange views and ideas in friendly atmosphere, but also providing an opportunity to discuss collaborative research among peers and promoting ostracod research. 30 years after the first EOM in Frankfurt, Germany, the 9th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting (EOM9) is held from 19 to 22 July 2019 in Gdańsk, one of the most famous and beautiful city in Poland. EOM9 is organized by the Department of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, with assistance of the Biological Station of the University of Gdańsk, and covers any aspects of science with Ostracoda under the theme “Crossing boundaries in ostracod research”. EOMs, supposedly European in focus, always attracted delegates from extra-European countries. EOM9 has also broad delegate catchment. 67 delegates (with eight accompanying persons) from 21 countries (including delegates from as far away as China, Japan and Thailand) are going to present in total 74 scientific contributions, including 3 keynote lectures, 38 oral and 34 poster presentations. The contributions deal with a wide range of topics, from the Silurian assemblages in the ancient Baltic Palaeobasin to the molecular taxonomy of the extant non-marine ostracods. In addition to plenary sessions, two workshops and two excursions are offered. Finn Viehberg and Koen Martens proposed a workshop on African Ostracod Taxonomy whereas Mauro Alivernini and Peter Frenzel convened an open Workshop on Ostracoda in Environmental Micropalaeontology. In mid-symposium excursion all delegates will have a guided tour of historical Gdańsk and finally go to the Biological Station of the University of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula River with brackish water habitats. The post symposium- trip comprises various coastal and inland landscapes and hydrobiological settings in the vicinity of Gdańsk. The organizers are indebted to late Paweł Adamowicz and Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, the previous and current Mayors of Gdańsk as well as to Professor Jerzy Gwizdała, the Rector of the University of Gdańsk and to Professor Włodzimierz Meissner, the Dean of the Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk for the honorary patronage of this scientific event, financial support, facilities and help. The sponsors and partners (Hotel Artus, Opta-Tech, A&A Biotechnology, Kreativika, NSZZ Solidarność as well as International Research Group on Ostracoda and Society of Friends of IRGO) are greatly acknowledged for their support and advice to make a success of EOM9. The members of the Scientific Committee who evaluated the abstracts are thanked for their outstanding work. 7 PRO MEMORIA TADEUSZ SYWULA (1939-2004) The 9th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting is dedicated to Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Tadeusz Sywula who initiated ostracod research in Gdańsk. Tadeusz Sywula was born on the 21st of September 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland in 1962 and joined the Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences as a technician. He was promoted to post-doctoral scientist straight afterwards he received his PhD in natural sciences also from the Adam Mickiewicz University in 1966. His doctoral thesis dealt with faunistic studies on Ostracoda and Copepoda of inland saline areas of Poland. In 1974 he published a creditable monograph on non-marine Ostracoda of Poland with excellent drawings and identification keys prepared with great care. Unfortunately, at that time of an ideological barrier of the Iron Curtain this work was published in Polish and hardly available for colleagues from Western Europe. It became, however, a primary reference for Polish ostracodologists. It was also that work that gained him his post-doctoral degree (habilitation). Following his habilitation, he moved in 1976 to the University of Gdańsk and joined the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, setting up a small Laboratory of Experimental Systematics, which morphed into the Department of Genetics (currently Department of Genetics and Biosystematics). T. Sywula continued his research career at the University of Gdańsk, where he gained the professorship in 1989, while in 1994 he became a Full Professor. In 1984 he got involved in an administrative