Dr. Yander Luis Diez García

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsSystematics and Morphology (Zoology)
KeywordsFlatworms, 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

CountryCuba
CitySantiago de Cuba
InstitutionUniversidad de Oriente
InstituteFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt-RhaesaMuseum der Natur Hamburg, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB), Hamburg
Dr. Alejandro Martínez GarcíaSede secondaria di Verbania, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (IRSA), Verbania
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2023

Programme(s)

2022Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Monnens 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
2025Sanjuan 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
2025Monnens 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
2025Tüzün 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
2024Diez 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
2024Sanjuán 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
2024Neusser 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
2024Diez YL, Schmidt-Rhaesa A: Little neighbours in Hamburg: free-living aquatic flatworms (Platyhelminthes). In: Evolutionary Systematics, 8, 2024, 279–310
2024Diez 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
2024Diez YL, Catalá A, Schmidt-Rhaesa A: Rediscovery of Polystoma stellai Pérez Vigueras, 1955 (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) in Cuba. In: Poeyana, 515, 2024, 1-5
2024Catalá 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
2024Jimi 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
2023Torres-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
2023Diez 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
2023Diez 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
2023Diez 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
2023Diez 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