Dr. Lukasz Michalczyk

Address:

Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
NR4 7TJ Norwich
United Kingdom

E-mail: LM@tardigrada.net
or:        L.Michalczyk@uea.ac.uk


Academic position:

Senior Research Associate


Academic titles:

PhD in Evolutionary Ecology
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Obtained in 2008

MSc in General Biology
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Obtained in 2004


Interests:

  • Evolutionary Biology: sexual selection, sexual conflict, cryptic female choice, sperm competition, mating systems, inbreeding depression, reproductive isolation, phenotypic plasticity.
  • Tardigrada: taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography, faunistics, morphology.

Published peer-reviewed papers:

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Michalczyk, L., Martin, O.Y., Millard, A.L, Emerson, B.E. & Gage, M.J.G. & (2010) Inbreeding depresses sperm competitiveness, but not fertilization or mating success in male Tribolium castaneum. Proceedings of the Royal Society (Series B). [English]
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2010) Redescription of Dactylobiotus grandipes (Schuster, Toftner & Grigarick, 1978), the type species for the genus Dactylobiotus (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae). Genus, 21(1): 155-162. [English] Article
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2010) Description of Doryphoribius dawkinsi, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from the Costa Rican highlands, with the key to the genus Doryphoribius. Zootaxa, 2393: 46-58. [English] Abstract
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Kristensen, R.M., Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2010) The first record of the genus Bryodelphax (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Easter Island, Rapa Nui (Pacific Ocean, Chile) with the description of a new species, Bryodelphax aaseae. Zootaxa, 2343: 45-56. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2009) Redescription of Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928 and H. pallidus Thulin, 1911 (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) based on the type material from the Thulin collection. Zootaxa, 2275: 60-68. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2009) Two new species of Macrobiotidae, Macrobiotus szeptyckii (harmsworthi group) and Macrobiotus kazmierskii (hufelandi group) from Argentina. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, Seria B - Invertebrata, 52(1-2): 87-99. [English]
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2008) New records of Water Bears (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada) from Romania. Studia Universitatis “Vasile Goldis”, Seria Stiintele Vietii, 18(Suppl.): 167-169. [English]  
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Bartels, P.J., Nelson, D.R., Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2008) Three new species and one new record of the genus Doryphoribius Pilato, 1969 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, USA). Journal of Natural History, 42(41-42): 2595-2608. [English]
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Eggermont, H. (2008) Dactylobiotus luci, a new freshwater tardigrade (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda/DR Congo). African Zoology, 43(2): 150-155. [English]
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Vicente, F., Michalczyk, L., Kaczmarek, L. & Boavida, M.-J. (2008) Observations on Pyxidium tardigradum (Ciliophora), a protozoan living on Eutardigrada: infestation, morphology and feeding behaviour. Parasitology Research, 103: 1323-1331. [English]
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Beasley, C.W., Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2008) Doryphoribius mexicanus, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Mexico (North America). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 121(1): 34-40. [English]
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Degma, P., Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2008) Macrobiotus derkai, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, huziori group) from the Colombian Andes (South America). Zootaxa, 1731: 1-23. [English] Abstract
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Bartels, P.J., Nelson, D.R., Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2007) Doryphoribius smokiensis, a new species of Eutardigrada (Hypsibiidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, USA (North America). Zootaxa, 1646: 56-65. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Degma, P. (2007) Description of a new tardigrade, Macrobiotus barbarae (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), from the Dominican Republic. Annales Zoologici, 57(3): 363-369. [English]  
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2007) A new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae): Milnesium krzysztofi from Costa Rica (Central America). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34: 297-302. [English] Abstract
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Chang, C.Y., Kaczmarek, L., Lee, J.M. & Michalczyk, L. (2007) Pseudobiotus spinifer, a new tardigrade species (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Nakdong River, South Korea, with a redescription of P. vladimiri Biserov, Dudichev & Biserova. Zoological Science, 24: 623-629. [English]  
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2007) Echiniscus ganczareki, a new species of Tardigrada (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae: bigranulatus group) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 1471: 15-25. [English] Abstract
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Beasley, C.W., Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) Redescription of Doryphoribius vietnamensis (Iharos, 1969) comb. nov. on the basis of the holotype and additional material from China. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 52(4): 367-372. [English] Article
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) Thulinius itoi comb. nov. a new systematic position for Isohypsibius itoi (Tsurusaki, 1980) (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Zootaxa, 1373: 65-68. [English] Abstract
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Michalczyk, L., Kaczmarek, L. & Weglarska, B. (2006) Macrobiotus sklodowskae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, richtersi group) from Cyprus. Zootaxa, 1371: 45-56. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L., Beasley, C.W. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) The first record of the genus Haplohexapodibius Pilato & Beasley, 1987 in Africa with notes on synonymy of Hexapodibius beasleyi Maucci, 1988 with Haplohexapodibius seductor Pilato & Beasley, 1987. African Zoology, 41(2): 290-293. [English]
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) Redescription of Macrobiotus tridigitus Schuster, 1983 and erection of a new genus of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae). Journal of Natural History, 40(19-20): 1223-1229. [English]
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Guidetti, R. (2006) Description of the new species Calcarobiotus (C.) longinoi sp. nov., (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Costa Rica (Central America) with the diagnostic key to the genus Calcarobiotus. Italian Journal of Zoology, 73(3): 247-253. [English]
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2006) A new species Macrobiotus magdalenae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, richtersi group) from Costa Rican rain forest (Central America). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 33: 189-196. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Diduszko, D. (2006) Ramazzottius bunikowskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Russia. Zootaxa, 1229: 49-57. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) Tardigrada fauna of Mongolia (Central Asia) with a description of Isohypsibius altai sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Zoological Studies, 45(1): 11-23. [English] Article
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2006) Macrobiotus huziori, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Costa Rica (Central America). Zootaxa, 1169: 47-59. [English] Abstract
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Beasley, C.W., Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2006) New records of tardigrades from China, with zoogeographical remarks. Biological Letters, 43(1): 13-20. [English] Article
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2006) Revision of the Echiniscus bigranulatus group with a description of a new species Echiniscus madonnae (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from South America. Zootaxa, 1154: 1-26. [English] Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. (2005) Thulinius ruffoi Bertolani, 1981 - a genus and species of water bear (Tardigrada) new to the fauna of Poland. Przeglad Zoologiczny, 49(1-2): 57-59. [Polish + English abstract]  
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Degma, D. (2005) A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia). Zootaxa, 1080: 33-38. [English]

Abstract
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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Diduszko, D. (2005) Some tardigrades from Siberia (Russia, Baikal region) with a description of Macrobiotus garynahi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: richtersi group). Zootaxa, 1053: 35-45. [English]

Abstract
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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2005) The first record of the genus Calohypsibius Thulin, 1928 (Eutardigrada: Calohypsibiidae) from Chile (South America) with a description of the new species Calohypsibius maliki. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 32: 287-292. [English]

Abstract
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Michalczyk, L., Kaczmarek, L. & Claxton, S.K. (2005) Minibiotus weglarskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Mongolia. Zootaxa, 1008: 47-56. [English]

Abstract

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Radwan, J., Michalczyk, L. & Prokop, Z. (2005) Age dependence of male mating ability and sperm competition success in the bulb mite. Animal Behaviour, 69(5): 1101-1105. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) A new species Bryodelphax asiaticus (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Mongolia (Central Asia). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 52(2): 599-602. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) Macrobiotus macrocalix Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993 – a species of water bear (Tardigrada) new to the fauna of Poland. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polska Zachodnia, Seria C – Zoologia, 50: 39-43. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2004) Minibiotus eichhorni, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Peru. Annales Zoologici, 54(4): 673-676. [English]

 

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) The first record of water bears (Tardigrada) from Jordan. Dirasat (Pure Sciences), 31(2): 154-157. [English]

 

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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Beasley, C.W. (2004) Milnesium katarzynae, a new species of eutardigrade (Milnesiidae) from China. Zootaxa, 743: 1-5. [English]

Abstract

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) First record of the genus Doryphoribius Pilato, 1969 from Costa Rica (Central America) and description of a new species Doryphoribius quadrituberculatus (Tardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Genus, 15(3): 447-453. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) Notes on some tardigrades from South Africa, with the description of Diphascon (Diphascon) zaniewi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Zootaxa, 576: 1-6. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) Diphascon (Diphascon) ilitsi (Schuster et Grigarick, 1965) – a species of water bear (Tardigrada) new to the fauna of Poland. Przeglad Zoologiczny, 48(1-2): 97-98. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) Isohypsibius archangajensis, a new species of Eutardigrada (Hypsibiidae) from Mongolia. Annales Zoologici, 54(2): 467-470. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2004) New records of Tardigrada from Cyprus with a description of the new species Macrobiotus marlenae (hufelandi group) (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae). Genus, 15(1): 141-152. [English]

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Czarnoleski, M., Michalczyk, L. & Pajdak-Stos, A. (2004) Substrate preference in settling zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 159(2): 263-270. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2003) Water Bears (Tardigrada) of the Wielkopolski National Park (Midwestern Poland). Salamandra, 7: 55-64. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2003) A description of the new tardigrade Macrobiotus reinhardti (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, harmsworthi group) with some remarks on the oral cavity armature within the genus Macrobiotus Schultze. Zootaxa, 331: 1-24. [English]

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Pilato, G., Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Lisi, O. (2003) Macrobiotus polonicus, a new species of Tardigrada from Poland (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, 'hufelandi group'). Zootaxa, 258: 1-8. [English]

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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2003) Water Bears (Tardigrada) of the Bieszczady Mountains (Poland, West Carpathians). Zootaxa, 242: 1-24. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2003) Isohypsibius marcellinoi Binda et Pilato, 1971 – new species of water bear (Tardigrada) to the fauna of Poland. Przeglad Zoologiczny, 47(1-2): 95-96. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2003) Minibiotus constellatus, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Peru. Genus, 14(2): 295-305. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2003) Platicrista horribilis, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from Mongolia. Zootaxa, 132: 1-8. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2002) Water Bears (Tardigrada) of "Wawoz Mysliborski" Nature Reserve (Chelmy Lanscape Park). Salamandra, 6: 29-33. [Polish + English abstract]

 
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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2002) Echiniscus barbarae, a new species of tardigrade from Cuba Island (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae, 'arctomys group'). Zootaxa, 53: 1-4. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Weglarska, B. (2002) Itaquascon mongolicus, a new species of Eutardigrada from Mongolia (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Genus, 13(1): 1-3. [English]

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2002) Calohypsibius schusteri Nelson et. McGlothlin, 1996 and Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904 – new species of water bears (Tardigrada) to the fauna of Poland. Przeglad Zoologiczny, 46(1-2): 67-69. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2001) Water Bears – tardigrades known and unknown. Materialy V Przegladu Dzialalnosci Studenckich Kol Naukowych Przyrodnikow, 5: 129-132. [Polish + English abstract]

 

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Last update: 06-07-2010
Copyright by Lukasz Michalczyk
(2004-2010)