Vladimir Pešić is a

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from

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, a

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who is an expert on

Hydrachnidiae Hydrachnidia, also known as "water mites", Hydrachnidiae, Hydracarina or Hydrachnellae, are among the most abundant and diverse groups of benthic arthropods, composed of 6,000 described species from 57 families. As water mites of Africa, Asia, ...

, the water

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

s, and a co-author taxon authority for a new species of

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

'' Valvata montenegrina'' Glöer & Pešić, 2008 (

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

Gastropoda The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. ...

). Pešić works in the Department of Biology at the

University of Montenegro The University of Montenegro ( cnr, Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and majority of constitutive faculties are located in the country's cap ...

, at

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

. Dr Vladimir Pešić, along with his team, has discovered a new species of ''Litarachna'' in Puerto Rico and named it ''Litarachna lopezae'', after

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Marine species described by Pešić

The

World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...

lists the following species WoRMS: Species described by Pešić et al.
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Litarachna antalyaensis ''Litarachna'' is a genus of mites Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but ...

'' Pešić, Durucan & Chatterjee, 2018 * '' Litarachna bruneiensis'' Pesic, Chatterjee, Marshall & Pavicevic, 2011 * '' Litarachna caribica'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2008 * '' Litarachna enigmatica'' Pešić, Durucan & Chatterjee, 2018 * '' Litarachna muratsezgini'' Pešić, Durucan & Zawal, 2019 * '' Litarachna smiti'' Pesic, Chatterjee, Ahmed Abada, 2008 * '' Pontarachna arabica'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Ahmed Abada, 2008 * '' Pontarachna nemethi'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2012 * '' Pontarachna turcica'' Pešić, Durucan & Zawal, 2019

References

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