Biological evolution is the fundamental process in nature. By means of inheritance and modification of characters combined with an irreversible split of lineages, evolution created and still creates the stunning biodiversity on our planet. Linked with this, there is a fascinating diversity of structures, functions and interactions.
The department for Evolution and Biogeography of Meiofauna is focused on historical evolutionary research, i.e. evolutionary patterns of different groups of the meiofauna (benthic animals with body sizes of mostly less than 1 mm) at different time scales are explored. This includes e.g. the genetic-geographic population structure of species. Phylogenetic relationships of whole species groups (taxa), evolutionary modifications of organ systems and the connected adaptation effects are studied, too. The spatial and ecological distribution of species can either be a result or even the source of evolutionary processes. For instance, a sufficiently long geographic separation of populations may lead to new and reproductively isolated species. Therefore, biogeography and historical evolutionary research are inextricably linked with each other. Phylogeography considers relationships between distribution and evolution in rather young time segments, i.e. intraspecific, microevolutionary processes and patterns.
The biology of meiofauna organisms differs to some extend considerably from that of macrobenthic animals. Amongst other effects, this has an influence on their distribution and dispersal ability and hence also on the evolution of these groups. Compared to their “big relatives”, many taxa of the meiofauna are only sparsely explored regarding their morphology, systematics, population structure, biogeography, and biology. This department is involved in finding answers to such questions while currently the focus is on the Gastrotricha as a “model group”.
Head of Department
Dr. Alexander Kieneke
Fachgebietsleiter Evolution und Biogeographie von Meiofauna
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei Senckenberg am Meer Wilhelmshaven, Abt. Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB)
Fachgebiet: “Evolution und Biogeographie von Meiofauna”
2009 – 2011 Postdoktorand bei Senckenberg am Meer Wilhelmshaven, Abt. DZMB
Projekt: “Phylogeografie von marinen Gastrotricha in NW Europa”
2008 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Abt. DZMB
Projekt: “Taxonomie und Biodiversität von Tiefsee-Gastrotricha”
2005 – 2007
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Abt. DZMB
Drittmittelprojekt: “Zur Ultrastruktur und Evolution der Exkretions- und Reproduktionssysteme bei basalen Taxa der Gastrotricha“ (DFG)
Wissenschaftliche Ausbildung
2005 – 2008
Doktorand an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Dissertation: “Morphology and Evolution of Gastrotricha”, Note: summa cum laude
1998 – 2004 Diplomstudium Biologie, Universität Bielefeld
Diplomarbeit: “Der zelluläre Feinbau der Protonephridien von Chaetonotus maximus Zelinka, 1889 und Xenotrichula carolinensis syltensis Mock, 1979 (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulata)”, Note: 1.0*
Gremien
seit 2016
Schatzmeister der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik e.V.
seit 2015 Associate Editor für die Zeitschrift Proceedings of the Biological Association of Washington für den Bereich “minor protostome phyla”
2010 – 2014 Mitglied des Betriebsrats von Senckenberg am Meer
Mitglied des Gesamtbetriebsrats der Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmuseen
Auszeichnungen
2011
Reinhard Rieger Award in Zoomorphology für die Studie “The nervous system of Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) revealed by combining confocal laserscanning and transmission electron microscopy – evolutionary comparison of neuroanatomy within the Gastrotricha and basal Protostomia” von Birgen H. Rothe, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa & Alexander Kieneke (Zoomorphology 130: 51-84)
2009
Preis für eine herausragende Dissertation, vergeben von der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
2008
Preis für einen hervorragenden studentischen Vortrag. Systematics 2008 Konferenz (Göttingen, Germany)
Begutachtete Publikationen:
2021 SCHÄTZLE, P.-K., WISSHAK, M., BICK, A., FREIWALD, A. & KIENEKE, A. (early view): Exploring confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and fluorescence staining as a tool for imaging and quantifying traces of marine microbioerosion and their trace-making microendoliths. Journal of Microscopy 2021: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13046
KIENEKE, A. & TODARO, M.A. (2021): Discovery of two ‘chimeric’ Gastrotricha and their systematic placement based on an integrative approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192: 710-735. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa117
2019
GARRAFFONI, A.R.S., KIENEKE, A., KOLICKA, M., CORGOSINHO, P.H.C., PRADO, J., NIHEI, S.S. & FREITAS, A.V.L. (2019) ICZN Declaration 45: A remedy for the nomenclatural and typification dilemma regarding soft-bodied meiofaunal organisms? Marine Biodiversity 49: 2199-2207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00983-7
SCHNIER, J., AHLRICHS, W.H., GRUHL, A., SCHULBERT, C., TEICHERT. S. & KIENEKE, A. (2019) Ultrastructure of the epidermal gland system of Tetranchyroderma suecicum Boaden, 1960 (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) indicates a defensive function of its exudate. Zoomorphology 138: 443-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-019-00462-4
2018 BRANDT, A., SCHOLZ, J., ALLSPACH, A., BRENKE, N., BRIX, S., GEORGE, K.H., HÖRNSCHEMEYER, T., HOLST, S., HOPPENRATH, M., IWAN, F., JANSSEN, A., JANSSEN, R., JANUSSEN, D., JESKULKE, K., FIEGE, D., KAISER, S., KIENEKE, A., KIHARA, T.C., KRÖNCKE, I., KRUPP, F., MARTHA, S.O., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.M., MEIßNER, K., MILJUTINA, M., MILJUTIN, D., RENZ, J., RIEHL, T., SAEEDI, H., SIEGLER, V., SONNEWALD, M., STUCKAS, H. & VEIT-KÖHLER, G. (2018): 200 years of marine research at Senckenberg: selected highlights. Marine Biodiversity 48: 159-178. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0839-4
2017 MÜNTER, L. & KIENEKE, A. (2017): Novel myo-anatomical insights to the Xenotrichula intermedia species complex (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulatina): Implications for a pan-European species and reconsideration of muscle homology among Paucitubulatina. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 165-185.
HOCHBERG, R., TODARO, M.A., ARAUJO, T.Q., ATHERTON, S., BALSAMO, M., CHANG, C.Y., Di DIMENICO, M., GARRAFFONI, A.R., GUIDI, L., KANNEBY, T., KIENEKE, A., KIRK, J.J., LEASI, F., LEE, J.M., NESTERUK, T., Dal ZOTTO, M., BOWNES, A.J., CESARONI, L., KIM, I.-H., MÜNTER, L., PERISSINOTTO, R. (2017): A Tribute to William Hummon – Gastrotrich Biologist Extraordinaire. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 113-119.
KIENEKE, A. & NIKOUKAR, H. (2017): Integrative morphological and molecular investigation of Turbanella hyalinaSchultze, 1853.(Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida), including a redescription of the species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 267: 168-186.
2015
KIENEKE, A. (2015): Record of the ‘Arctic’ marine gastrotrich Diuronotus aspetos (Paucitubulatina) from the southern North Sea. Marine Biodiversity 45: 615-616.
KIENEKE, A., SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. & HOCHBERG, R. (2015): A new species of Cephalodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the Caribbean Sea with a determination key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 3947: 367-385.
2014
von und zu GILSA, A., KIENEKE, A., HOCHBERG, R. & SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. (2014): Two new species of the genus Dactylopodola (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the Bahamas, with an updated key to the genus. Cahier de Biologie Marine 55: 333-345.
HOCHBERG, R., ATHERTON, S. & KIENEKE, A. (2014): Marine Gastrotricha of Little Cayman Island with the description of one new species and an initial assessment of meiofaunal diversity. Marine Biodiversity 44: 89-113.
2013 KIENEKE, A., ROTHE, B.H. & SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. (2013): Record and description of Anandrodasys agadasys(Gastrotricha: Redudasyidae) from Lee Stocking Island (Bahamas), with remarks on populations from different geographic areas. Meiofauna Marina 20: 39-48.
KIENEKE, A., NARKUS, S., HOCHBERG, R. & SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. (2013): Diplodasys rothei (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida), a new marine gastrotrich species from the Bahamas. Meiofauna Marina 20: 49-61.
2012
TANG, C.Q., LEASI, F., OBERTEGGER, U., KIENEKE, A., BARRACLOUGH, T.G., FONTANETO, D. (2012): The widely used small subunit 18S rDNA molecule greatly underestimates true diversity in biodiversity surveys of the meiofauna. PNAS 109: 16208-16212.
KIENEKE, A. & OSTMANN, A. (2012): Structure, function and evolution of somatic musculature in Dasydytidae (Paucitubulatina, Gastrotricha). Zoomorphology 131: 95-114.
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.M., FONTANETO, D. (2012): Spatially structured populations with a low level of cryptic diversity in European marine Gastrotricha. Molecular Ecology 21: 1239-1254.
KIENEKE, A. & HOCHBERG, R. (2012): Ultrastructural observations of the protonephridia of Polymerurus nodicaudus(Gastrotricha: Paucitubulatina). Acta Zoologica 93: 115-124.
2011
ROTHE, B.H., KIENEKE, A. & SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. (2011): The nervous system of Xenotrichula intermedia and X. velox (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulatina) by means of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and TEM. Meiofauna marina 19: 71-88.
ROTHE, B.H., SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. & KIENEKE, A. (2011): The nervous system of Neodasys chaetonotoideus(Gastrotricha: Neodasys) revealed by combining confocal laserscanning and transmission electron microscopy – evolutionary comparison of neuroanatomy within the Gastrotricha and basal Protostomia. Zoomorphology 130: 51-84.
2010
KIENEKE, A. (2010): A new species of Thaumastoderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from the Antarctic deep sea with a phylogenetic analysis of the whole genus. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(3): 575-584.
2009
RIEMANN, O., WILTS, E.F., AHLRICHS, W.H. & KIENEKE, A. (2009): Body musculature of Beauchampiella eudactylota(Gosse, 1886) (Rotifera: Euchlanidae) with additional new data on its trophi and overall morphology. Acta Zoologica 90: 265-274.
KIENEKE, A., AHLRICHS, W.H. & MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. (2009): Morphology and function of reproductive organs in Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) with a phylogenetic assessment of the reproductive system in Gastrotricha. Zoologica Scripta 38: 289-311.
RIEMANN, O., KIENEKE, A. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2009): Phylogeny of Dicranophoridae (Rotifera: Monogononta) – A maximum Parsimony analysis based on morphological characters. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 47(1): 61-76.
2008
KIENEKE, A., RIEMANN, O. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2008): Novel implications for the basal internal relationships of Gastrotricha revealed by an analysis of morphological characters. Zoologica Scripta 37: 429-460.
KIENEKE, A. & RIEMANN, O. (2008): First record of rare dasydytid gastrotrich Setopus tongiorgii (Balsamo, 1982) from central Europe with some biological data. Zootaxa 1680: 59-61.
KIENEKE, A., AHLRICHS, W.H., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & BARTOLOMAEUS, T. (2008): Ultrastructure of protonephridia in Xenotrichula carolinensis syltensis and Chaetonotus maximus (Chaetonotida, Gastrotricha): Comparative evaluation of the gastrotrich excretory organs. Zoomorphology 127: 1-20.
RIEMANN, O. & KIENEKE, A. (2008): First record of males of Encentrum mucronatum Wulfert, 1936 and Encentrum martes Wulfert, 1939 (Rotifera: Dicranophoridae) including notes on males across Rotifera Monogononta. Zootaxa 1701: 63-68.
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2008): Anatomy and ultrastructure of the reproductive organs in Dactylopodola typhle (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) and their possible functions in sperm transfer. Invertebrate Biology 127: 12-32.
RIEMANN, O., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & KIENEKE, A. (2008): Organisation of body musculature in Encentrum mucronatum Wulfert, 1936, Dicranophorus forcipatus (O.F. Müller, 1786) and in the ground pattern of Ploima (Rotifera: Monogononta). Zoologischer Anzeiger 247: 133-145.
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & RIEMANN, O. (2008): Body Musculature of Stylochaeta scirtetica Brunson, 1950 and Dasydytes (Setodytes) tongiorgii (Balsamo, 1982) (Gastrotricha: Dasydytidae): A Functional Approach. Zoologischer Anzeiger 247: 147-158.
2007
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2007): Ultrastructure of the Protonephridial System in Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and in the Ground Pattern of Gastrotricha. Journal of Morphology 268: 602-613.
KIENEKE, A. & ZEKELY, J. (2007): Desmodasys abyssalis n. sp. — First record of a deep sea gastrotrich from hydrothermal vents. JMBA2. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK – Biodiversity Records 5895: 1-8. (see Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 87: 1791-1792)
2001
SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A., KIENEKE , A., MUSCHIOL, D. & CHUNG, P.-R. (2001): Tubular Structures on the Cuticle of Two Gordius Species (Nematomorpha, Gordioidea, Gordiidae) from Korea and New Zealand. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 17: 165-169.
Wissenschaftliche Bücher und Buchkapitel
KIENEKE, A., MÜNTER, L. & RIEMANN, O. (2020) Gastrotricha. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed.): Guide to the Identification of Marine Meiofauna, pp. 104-163, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
KIENEKE, A. & SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. (2015): Gastrotricha. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Volume 3: Gastrotricha and Gnathifera, pp. 1-134. De Gruyter , Berlin.
KIENEKE, A., RIEMANN, O. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2008): Die Bauchhaarlinge der Ostfriesischen Inseln (Gastrotricha). In: Niedringhaus, R., Haeseler, V. & Janiesch, P. (eds.): Die Flora und Fauna der Ostfriesischen Inseln – Artenverzeichnisse und Auswertungen zur Biodiversität. Schriftenreihe Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer, Band 11, Wilhelmshaven. pp. 87-88.
RIEMANN, O., KIENEKE, A. & AHLRICHS, W.H. (2008): Die Rädertiere der Ostfriesischen Inseln (Rotifera). In: Niedringhaus, R., Haeseler, V. & Janiesch, P. (eds.): Die Flora und Fauna der Ostfriesischen Inseln – Artenverzeichnisse und Auswertungen zur Biodiversität. Schriftenreihe Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer, Band 11, Wilhelmshaven. pp. 85-86.
Nicht begutachtete Publikationen:
2021 KIENEKE, A. & BRIX, S. (2021) IceDivA (SO280) – Eine Tiefseeexpedition zur Vernetzung langjähriger Messdaten und Proben. GfBS newsletter 39: 16-23.
2018
KIENEKE, A., BRUHN, M., GEORGE, K.H., OSTMANN, A. & WILSENACK, M. (2018): Meiofauna. In: George, K.H. et al.: Controls in benthic and pelagic BIODIversity of the Azores. METEOR-Berichte, Cruise No. M150: 31-37. DOI: 10.2312/cr_m150
KIENEKE, A. (2018): BIODIAZ – Die marine Geo- und Biodiversität der Azoren im Fokus. Forschung in der Mitte des Atlantiks. GfBS newsletter 35: 16-21.
2017 GEORGE, K.H., BOETIUS, A., BÄGER, J., BARZ, J., DANNHEIM, J., KIENEKE, A., MOLARI, M., NORDHAUSEN, A., PURSER, A., SCHMIDTMANN, L., SCHRAMM, F., SLABY, B., VONNAHME, T. & WEGENER, G. (2017): Benthos of Karasik Seamount. In: Boetius, A. & Purser, A. (eds.): The Expedition PS101 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Reports on Polar and Marine Research 706: 92-120.
2016 RIEMANN, O., AHLRICHS, W.H. & KIENEKE, A. (2016): Marine Meiofauna: Umweltfaktoren, Anpassungen und aktuelle Forschung. Mikroskopie 3: 64-85.
2015 KIENEKE, A. (2015): Große Vielfalt auf kleinem Raum – Artbildungsprozessen mariner Bauchhärlinge auf der Spur. Natur Forschung Museum 145: 194 – 201.
2011
KIENEKE, A. & BÜNTZOW M. (2011): Meiobenthos. In: Christiansen, B. et al.: Structure and Function of Seamount Ecosystems in the Cape Verde Region, Northeast Atlantic. Cruise No. M79, Leg 3. Meteor-Berichte 11-1: 27-30.
2010
SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A., ROTHE, B.H. & KIENEKE, A. (2010): Diversität von Gastrotrichen in der Karibik. GfBS newsletter 24: 5-8.
2009
KIENEKE, A. & RIEMANN, O. (2009): Pfeilschnelle Räuber im Meeresplankton: Die Chaetognathen. Mikrokosmos 98: 221-228.
2008
KIENEKE, A. & RIEMANN, O. (2008): Mitochondriale Gene aus Rädertieren – Workshop zur DNA-Analyse am DZMB in Wilhelmshaven. Natur und Museum 138: 204-205.
RIEMANN, O. & KIENEKE, A. (2008): Ein Einblick in die Vielfalt der frei lebenden marinen Nematoden. Mikrokosmos 97: 134-140.
RIEMANN, O. & KIENEKE, A. (2008): Protodriloides symbioticus – Ein Vertreter der Annelida im marinen Sandlückensystem. Mikrokosmos 97: 87-92.
2007
KIENEKE, A. & RIEMANN, O. (2007): Eine interessante Teilgruppe der Süßwassergastrotrichen (Bauchharlinge): Neogosseidae und Dasydytidae. Mikrokosmos 96: 139-146.
RIEMANN, O. & KIENEKE, A. (2007): Drilophaga bucephalus – ein seltenes ektoparasitisches Rädertier. Mikrokosmos 96: 263-267.
HÄNDELER, K., HELL, B., RIEMANN, O., & KIENEKE, A. (2007): Junge Systematiker. Sommertreffen in Wilhelmshaven, 1. bis 3. Juni 2007. GfBS newsletter 19: 44-45.
MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P., RIEMANN, O. & KIENEKE, A. (2007): Das „Konfokale Zeitalter“ bei Senckenberg ist angebrochen. Natur und Museum 137: 178-180.
Vorträge (Konferenzen und Symposien)
2022 K.H. GEORGE, M. BRUHN, F. IWAN, T. JANßEN, K. JESKULKE, M. KAGERER, A. KIENEKE, A. OSTMANN, K. RICHTER, B. SPRINGER, A. WEHRMANN, M. WILSENACK, H. ARNDT, K. HERMANNS, M. HOHLFELD, C. MEYER, M. KAUFMANN, S.P. ÁVILA, C. LOUREIRO, P. MADEIRA, C. PIEPER, L. BAPTISTA, B. BERNING, F. CARVALHO, M. CREEMERS, A. DEFISE, T. SILVA, Á. NARCISO, J. XAVIER.: M150 ‐ Controls in benthic and pelagic BIODIversity of the Azores — BIODIAZ. Status Conference Research Vessels 2022. February 22-23, 2022, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, virtual symposium
2021 KIENEKE, A.: An introduction to the phylum Gastrotricha. Keynote lecture at the ForBio and MEDUSA course: Evolution and Diversity of Meiobenthos. September 13–16, 2021, White Sea Biological Station (MSU) / University Museum of Bergen (UiB), virtual symposium
2019 KIENEKE, A.: Preliminary insights into the gastrotrich community of sublittoral sediments of the Azores Archipelago (Portugal). 17h International Meiofauna Conference (July 7-12, 2019, Évora, Portugal)
2016 KIENEKE, A. & FONTANETO, D.: Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Dactylopodola typhle (Gastrotricha): evidence for a species complex? 16th International Meiofauna Conference (July 3-8, 2016, Heraklion (Crete), Greece)
2015
KIENEKE, A. & FONTANETO, D.: Towards a phylogeography of the marine gastrotrich Dactylopodola typhle? DZG Graduate Meeting Zoological Systematics. Topic: Cryptic speciation – Challenges to modern taxonomy (June 5-6, 2015, Bonn, Germany)
2014 KIENEKE, A.: Hat die Elektronenmikroskopie in der morphologischen Forschung noch eine Bedeutung? Invited talk, 7. Graduiertenforum der Fachgruppe Morphologie, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (October 10, 2014, Hamburg, Germany)
2012 KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.M. & FONTANETO, D.: Geographic structure of intraspecific genetic diversity in marine Gastrotricha: Taxonomic consequences and possible historic reasons. Graduiertentreffen der Fachgruppe Systematik, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft. Topic: Beyond tree reconstruction (March 22 – 23, 2012, Leipzig, Germany)
OSTMANN, A. & KIENEKE, A.: 3D muscle structure and the evolution of remarkable planktonic Gastrotricha (Family Dasydytidae). 13. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (February 23 – 25, 2012, Bonn, Germany)
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.M. & FONTANETO, D.: Geographic structure of intraspecific genetic diversity in marine Gastrotricha: Taxonomic consequences and possible historic reasons. 13. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (February 23 – 25, 2012, Bonn, Germany)
2011
KIENEKE, A. & OSTMANN, A.: Evolution and function of somatic musculature in dasydytid Gastrotricha. Second International Conference of Invertebrate Morphology (June 20 – 24, 2011, Cambridge, USA)
2010
KIENEKE, A. & FONTANETO, D.: Holocene population history of two common marine gastrotrich species in the North Sea / Baltic Sea area inferred from mtDNA sequence variability. FourtIMCo, Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference (July 11-16, 2010, Ghent, Belgium)
2009
KIENEKE, A., AHLRICHS, W.H. & MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.: Evolution of the Reproductive System of Gastrotricha. Systematics 2009 (August 10-14, 2009, Leiden, Netherlands)
2008
KIENEKE, A., RIEMANN, O. & AHLRICHS, W.H.: A fresh look at Gastrotricha phylogeny revealed by a new set of morphological characters. Systematics 2008 (April 7-11, 2008, Göttingen, Germany)
2007
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & AHLRICHS, W.H.: Anatomy and ultrastructure of the reproductive organs in Dactylopodola typhle (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) and their possible functions in sperm transfer. THIRIMCO, Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (July 29- August 03, 2007, Recife, Brazil)
2006
KIENEKE, A., AHLRICHS, W.H. & MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P.: Protonephridial morphology of Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and in the ground pattern of Gastrotricha. 99. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (September 16-20, 2006, Münster, Germany)
Vorträge (andere)
2021 KIENEKE, A.: Assembling piece by piece: the distribution and diversity of North Atlantic Gastrotricha. Scientific symposium during R/V Sonne cruise SO286 “IceDivA2” from Emden to Las Palmas (November 4-December 9, 2021, North Atlantic Ocean)
2019
KIENEKE, A.: Evolutionary research on the phylum Gastrotricha. Colloquium of the Department Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Georg-August-University Göttingen (June 5, 2019, Göttingen, Germany)
2018 KIENEKE, A.: The Meiobenthos – a brief introduction and major aims for M150 / BIODIAZ. Scientific symposium during R/V Meteor cruise M150 “BIODIAZ” from Cádiz to Ponta Delgada (August 27-October 3, 2018, Azores Archipelago)
2016 KIENEKE, A.: Evolutionary morphology and ultrastructure research on Gastrotricha. Invited talk at the TEM-user workshop, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (May 11, 2016, Oldenburg, Germany)
2012
KIENEKE, A.: Microevolutionary patterns and macroevolutionary challenges in the phylum Gastrotricha. Invited talk at the Museum Alexander König / Universität Bonn (July 5, 2012, Bonn, Germany)
KIENEKE, A.: Microevolutionary patterns and macroevolutionary challenges in the phylum Gastrotricha. Invited talk at the Instituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (ISE) (May 23, 2012, Verbania Pallanza, Italy)
2010
KIENEKE, A.: Sequence variability of the CO I gene in different North Sea and Baltic Sea populations of two marine gastrotrich species. Invited talk at the Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls (September 3, 2010, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France)
2008
KIENEKE, A.: Morphologie und Evolution der Gastrotricha. Seminar Evolution und Diversität, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (November 12, 2008, Oldenburg, Germany)
2007
KIENEKE, A.: Evolution der Exkretions- und Reproduktionsorgane der Gastrotricha. Seminar Evolutionsbiologie, Universität Bielefeld (January 17, 2007, Bielefeld, Germany)
2006
KIENEKE, A.: Ultrastruktur und Evolution der Protonephridien der Gastrotricha. Seminar Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (November 13, 2006, Oldenburg, Germany)
2005
KIENEKE, A.: Ultrastruktur und Evolution der Protonephridien bei Gastrotrichen – Erste Ergebnisse zum DFG-Projekt „Morphologie und Evolution des Exkretions- und Reproduktionssystems bei basalen Taxa der Gastrotricha“. Seminar Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (May 23, 2005, Oldenburg, Germany)
Poster
2022 KIENEKE, A.: Preliminary insights into the gastrotrich community of sublittoral sediments of the Azores Archipelago (Portugal) obtained during METEOR cruise M150 Controls in benthic and pelagic BIODIversity of the Azores BIODIAZ. Status Conference Research Vessels 2022. February 22-23, 2022, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, virtual symposium
WEHRMANN, A., GEORGE, K.H., KIENEKE, A., KAUFMANN, M. & ARNDT, H.: BIODIAZ – Controls in sedimentary facies and related carbonate factories of volcanic islands, seamounts and shallow water platforms around the Azores. Status Conference Research Vessels 2022. February 22-23, 2022, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, virtual symposium
2020 KIENEKE, A. & SCHNIER, J.: Diversity and distribution of Gastrotricha inhabiting different substrata of high arctic submarine seamounts of the Langseth Ridge sampled during expedition PS101 of R/V POLARSTERN. 21st Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (February 12-15, 2020, Hamburg, Germany)
2019 SCHNIER, J. & KIENEKE, A.: Ultrastructure and possible role of the epidermal gland system of Tetranchyroderma suecicum Boaden, 1960 (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). 17h International Meiofauna Conference (July 7-12, 2019, Évora, Portugal)
KIENEKE, A.: A new, chimera-like species of the Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha) discovered in deep sublittoral sand off Flores Island (Azores, Portugal) and affiliated with integrative taxonomy. 17h International Meiofauna Conference (July 7-12, 2019, Évora, Portugal)
KIENEKE, A.: A new, chimera-like species of the Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha) discovered in deep sublittoral sand off Flores Island (Azores, Portugal) and affiliated with integrative taxonomy. 20th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (February 24-27, 2019, Munich, Germany)
2017 SCHNIER, J. & KIENEKE, A.: Ultrastructure and possible role of the epidermal gland system of Tetranchyroderma suecicum Boaden, 1960 (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). 110. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (September 12-15, 2017, Bielefeld, Germany)
MÜNTER, L. & KIENEKE, A.: Integrative morphological survey of Xenotrichula intermedia Remane, 1934 (Gastrotricha): Implications for a pan-European species and a cosmopolitan ‘X. intermedia species complex’. 110. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (September 12-15, 2017, Bielefeld, Germany)
2016 KIENEKE, A. & NIKOUKAR, H.: Integrative re-description of Turbanella hyalina (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) as baseline for future phylogeographic studies. 17th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (February 21-24, 2016, Munich, Germany) and 16th International Meiofauna Conference (July 3-8, 2016, Heraklion (Crete), Greece)
2014
KIENEKE, A., TANG, C.Q. & FONTANETO, D.: Phylogeography of Dactylopodola typhle across European coasts supports hypothesis of low dispersal capacity among marine gastrotrichs. BioDivEvo 2014, 15th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (March 24-27, 2014, Dresden, Germany)
2012
HOCHBERG, R., ATHERTON, S., KIENEKE, A., ROTHE, B., THACKER, C. & GOUGE, D.: Marine meiofauna of Little Cayman Island with a focus on Gastrotricha. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (January 3-7, 2012, Charleston, USA)
2010
KIENEKE, A. & FONTANETO, D.: Holocene population history of common marine gastrotrich species in the North Sea / Baltic Sea area inferred from mtDNA sequence variability. 103. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (September 17-20, 2010, Hamburg, Germany)
2009
ROTHE, B.H., SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. & KIENEKE, A.: The nervous system of Neodasys chaetonotoideus Remane, 1927 (Gastrotricha) revealed by combining confocal laser scanning and transmission electron microscopy. 102. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (September 25-28, 2009, Regensburg, Germany)
RIEMANN, O., WILTS, E.F., AHLRICHS, W.H. & KIENEKE, A.: Body musculature of Beauchampiella eudactylota (Gosse, 1886) (Rotifera: Euchlanidae) with new data on its trophy and overall morphology. Rotifera XII. International Symposium on Rotifers (August 16-21, 2009, Berlin, Germany)
2008
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & RIEMANN, O.: Body musculature of Stylochaeta scirtetica and Dasydytes (Setodytes) tongiorgii (Gastrotricha: Dasydytidae): a functional Approach. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (August 17-21, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark)
RIEMANN, O., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & KIENEKE, A.: Body musculature in Encentrum mucronatum, Dicranophorus forcipatus (Rotifera: Dicranophoridae) and in the stem species of the Ploima. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (August 17-21, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark)
RIEMANN, O., KIENEKE, A. & AHLRICHS, W.H.: Phylogeny of Dicranophoridae (Rotifera: Monogononta). Systematics 2008 (April 7-11, 2008, Göttingen, Germany)
2007
KIENEKE, A. & ZEKELY, J.: First record of a gastrotrich from deep sea hydrothermal vents of the East Pacific Rise. THIRIMCO, Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (July 29- August 03, 2007, Recife, Brazil)
KIENEKE, A. & AHLRICHS, W.H.: A fresh look at Gastrotricha phylogeny revealed by a new set of morphological characters. THIRIMCO, Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (July 29- August 03, 2007, Recife, Brazil)
2006
KIENEKE, A., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & AHLRICHS, W.H.: An „Old marker“ but a new approach (I) – The protonephridia of Gastrotricha. Graduiertentreffen der Studiengruppe Evolutionsbiologie, DZG (February 24-26, 2006, Potsdam, Germany)
2004
KIENEKE, A., SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. & BARTOLOMAEUS, T.: The Ultrastructure of the Protonephridia of Chaetonotus maximus Zelinka, 1889 and Xenotrichula carolinensis syltensis Mock, 1979 (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulata). TWIMCO, Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference (July 11-16, 2004, Ravenna, Italy)
KIENEKE, A., SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A. & BARTOLOMAEUS, T.: The Ultrastructure of the Protonephridia of Chaetonotus maximus (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulata). 97. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (May 31- June 4, 2004, Rostock, Germany)