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Profile
| Academic position | Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher |
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| Research fields | Systematics and Morphology (Zoology) |
| Keywords | Flatworms, Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Zoology, Biodiversity |
| Honours and awards | 2017: National Award 'Forjadores del Futuro', Cuba 2015: BOF-Bila PhD Scholarship, Hasselt University, Belgium 2011: Golden Title, Universidad de Oriente, Cuba 2011: National Award of the Cuban Botany Society, Cuba |
Current contact address
| Country | Cuba |
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| City | Santiago de Cuba |
| Institution | Universidad de Oriente |
| Institute | Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa | Museum der Natur Hamburg, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB), Hamburg |
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| Dr. Alejandro Martínez García | Sede secondaria di Verbania, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (IRSA), Verbania |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/01/2023 |
Programme(s)
| 2022 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Monnens M, Artois T, Briscoe A, Diez YL, Fraser KPP, Leander BS, Littlewood DTJ, Santos MJ, Smeets K, Van Steenkiste NWL, Vanhove MPM: Genomic signatures of endosymbiosis: altered mitogenomic compositions and relaxed selection pressure in mitochondrial protein-coding genes of endosymbiotic rhabdocoels (Platyhelminthes). In: Molecular Ecology, 2025, e70015 |
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| 2025 | Sanjuan C, Curini-Galletti M, Monnens M, Diez YL, Artois T: Molecular reassessment of the phylogeny of Coelogynoporidae (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of two new genera and three new species from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. In: Marine Biodiversity, 55, 2025, 57 |
| 2025 | Monnens M, Schockaert E, Diez Y, Revis N, Janssen T, Jouk P, Tessens B, Van Steenkiste NWL, Artois T: On the genus Lagenopolycystis Artois and Schockaert, 2000 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae). In: Zootaxa, 5659, 2025, 357–376 |
| 2025 | Tüzün N, Lemke N, Diez YL, Artois T, Monnens M: Tiny Killers: First Record of Rhabdocoel Flatworms Feeding on Water Flea Embryos. In: Ecology and Evolution, 15, 2025, e71277 |
| 2024 | Diez YJ, Rodríguez-Santos Y, Catalá A, Gordillo S: Exploring marine mollusc drilling predation: insights into predator-prey dynamics and selective pressures in gastropod shell assemblages of Playa Guardalavaca, Cuba. In: Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 44, 2024, 1-17 |
| 2024 | Sanjuán C, Curini-Galletti M, Monnens M, Artois T: First record of a proseriate flatworm predating on a rhabdocoel (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata and Rhabdocoela). In: Biodiversity Data Journal, 12, 2024, e116039 |
| 2024 | Neusser TP, Onay A, Pirchner M, Jörger C, Diez YL: Freshwater Slugs in the Caribbean: Rediscovery of Tantulidae (Acochlidimorpha, Panpulmonata) with the Description of Potamohedyle espinosai n. gen. n. sp. from Cuba. In: Hydrobiology, 3, 2024, 279-309 |
| 2024 | Diez YL, Schmidt-Rhaesa A: Little neighbours in Hamburg: free-living aquatic flatworms (Platyhelminthes). In: Evolutionary Systematics, 8, 2024, 279–310 |
| 2024 | Diez YL, Catalá A: New records of the invasive marine crab Charybdis hellerii (Crustacea, Brachyura) in Cuba. In: Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 44, 2024, 95-100 |
| 2024 | Diez YL, Catalá A, Schmidt-Rhaesa A: Rediscovery of Polystoma stellai Pérez Vigueras, 1955 (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) in Cuba. In: Poeyana, 515, 2024, 1-5 |
| 2024 | Catalá A, Benítez-Álvarez L, Diez YL, Blasco G, Riutort M: Treasure island: DNA data reveals unknown diversity in Cuban freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida). In: Zoologia, 41, 2024, e23101 |
| 2024 | Jimi N, Hookabe N, Imura S, Diez YL: Two new species of Schizorhynchia (Kalyptorhynchia, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes) from Japan. In: Zoosystematics and Evolution, 100, 2024, 1585-1598 |
| 2023 | Torres-Cambas Y, Megna YS, Salazar-Salina J, Diez YL, Catalá A, Trapero-Quintana AD, Schröder B, Domisch S: A database of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrence records across Cuba. In: Scientific Data, 10, 2023, 169 |
| 2023 | Diez YL, Sanjuan C, Bosch C, Catalá A, Monnens M, Curini-Galletti M & Artois T: Diversity of free-living flatworms (Platyhelminthes) in Cuba. In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140, 2023, 423-433 |
| 2023 | Diez YL, García-Mora O, Catalá A, Gordillo S: Drilling predation on bivalve shell assemblages at Playa Guardalavaca, Cuba. In: Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 43, 2023, 55-68 |
| 2023 | Diez YL, Sanjuan C, Monnens M & Artois T: New species of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes: Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. In: European Journal of Taxonomy, 856, 2023, 67-86 |
| 2023 | Diez YL, Monnens M, Wuyts A, Brendonck L, Reygel P, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Artois T: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida Willems et al., 2006 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela), with the description of a new family, a new genus, and sixteen new species from Cuba and Panama. In: Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 23, 2023, 631-681 |