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Correction: Brad et al. The Chemoautotrophically Based Movile Cave Groundwater Ecosystem, a Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity. Diversity 2021, 13, 128

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“Emil Racovită” Institute of Speleology, Str. Clinicilor nr. 5-7, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Institutul Român de Știință și Tehnologie, Str. Virgil Fulicea nr. 3, 400022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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“Emil Racovită” Institute of Speleology, Str. Frumoasa nr. 31, 010986 București, Romania
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Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA 95929, USA
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2021, 13(10), 461; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13100461
Submission received: 21 May 2021 / Accepted: 4 September 2021 / Published: 24 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity)
The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected.
  • Replacing a sentence in Section 2.2 Terrestrial fauna, on page 5:
The geophilid centipedes Geophilus sp. and Clinopodes carynthiacus are also among the predators in this ecosystem.
With
The geophilid centipedes Geophilus sp. and Clinopodes carinthiacus are also among the predators in this ecosystem.
2.
Replacing a sentence in Section 2.2 Terrestrial fauna, on page 6:
The three species jump continuously in all directions, and therefore they can easily become part of the menu of other cave inhabitants.
With
Two of the three species jump continuously in all directions; therefore, they can easily become part of the menu of other cave inhabitants.
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Splitting of Table 2 (List of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate species encountered and described in Movile Cave ecosystem) into troglobionts/stygobionts (Table 2) and troglophiles/stygophiles (Table 3), as following:
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Replacing a sentence in Section 2.2 Terrestrial fauna, on page 9:
Caucasonethes vandeli pygmaeus is an extremely small isopod, about 1 mm long, it is translucid, and moves very fast.
With
Caucasonethes vandeli pygmaeus is an extremely small isopod, less than 2 mm long, it is translucid, and moves very fast.
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Replacing a sentence in the Section: Funding on page 10:
S. Iepure and S. Sarbu were supported by grant PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-2843 (EVO-DEVO-CAVE).
Should be replaced with
S. Iepure and S. Sarbu were supported by grants of Ministry of Research and Innova-tion (UEFISCDI) projects number PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-2843 (EVO-DEVO-CAVE) and PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0016 (DARKFOOD).

Reference

  1. Brad, T.; Iepure, S.; Sarbu, S.M. The Chemoautotrophically Based Movile Cave Groundwater Ecosystem, a Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity. Diversity 2021, 13, 128. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
Table 2. List of troglobionts and stygobionts from Movile Cave.
Table 2. List of troglobionts and stygobionts from Movile Cave.
Aquatic/TerrestrialSpeciesTaxonomic AffiliationReferences
1AquaticDendrocoelum obstinatum *; Stocchino et al., 2017Platyhelminthes, Dendrocoelidae[30]
2AquaticPanagrolaimus cf. thienemani *Nematoda, Panagrolaimidae[34]
3AquaticChronogaster troglodytes *; Poinar and Sarbu, 1994Nematoda, Chronogasteridae[35]
4AquaticHaemopis caeca *,#; Manoleli et al., 1998Annelida, Hirudinea, Haemopidae[36]
5AquaticHelodrilus sp. nov. *Annelida, Clitellata, LumbricidaeMartin, P., pers. comm.
6AquaticHeleobia dobrogica *; Grossu and Negrea, 1989Gastropoda, Moitessieriidae[29]
7AquaticPseudocandona sp. nov. *Crustacea, Ostracoda, CyprididaeDanielopol, D., pers. comm.
8AquaticEucyclops graeteri scythicus *; Plesa, 1989Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopidae[37]
9AquaticParapseudoleptomesochra italica; Pesce and Petkovski, 1980Crustacea, Copepoda, HarpacticoidaRouch, pers. comm.
10AquaticNiphargus racovitzai *; Dancau, 1970Crustacea, Amphipoda, Niphargidae[38]
11AquaticNiphargus dancaui *,#; Brad et al., 2015Crustacea, Amphipoda, Niphargidae[39]
12AquaticAsellus aquaticus infernus *,#; Turk-Prevorčnik and Blejec, 1998Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellidae[40]
13TerrestrialCaucasonethes vandeli pygmaeus *; Giurginca, 2020Crustacea, Isopoda, Trichoniscidae[41]
14TerrestrialHaplophthalmus movilae *; Gruia and Giurginca, 1998Crustacea, Isopoda, Trichoniscidae[42]
15TerrestrialTrachelipus troglobius *; Tabacaru and Boghean, 1989Crustacea, Isopoda, Trachelipodidae[43]
16TerrestrialArmadillidium tabacarui *; Gruia et al., 1994Crustacea, Isopoda, Armadillidiidae[44]
17TerrestrialChthonius monicae *; Boghean, 1989Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae[45]
18TerrestrialChthonius borissketi *; Curčić et al., 2014Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae[46]
19TerrestrialRoncus dragobete *; Curčić et al., 1993Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae[47]
20TerrestrialRoncus ciobanmos *; Curčić et al., 1993Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae[47]
21TerrestrialPalliduphantes constantinescui *; Georgescu, 1989Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae[48]
22TerrestrialAgraecina cristiani *,#; Georgescu, 1989Arachnida, Araneae, Liocranidae[48]
23TerrestrialKryptonesticus georgescuae *; Nae, Sarbu, and Weiss, 2018Arachnida, Araneae, Nesticidae[49]
24TerrestrialHahnia caeca *; Georgescu and Sarbu, 1992Arachnida, Araneae, Hahniidae[50]
25TerrestrialLabidostomma motasi *; Iavorschi, 1992Arachnida, Acarina, Labidostommatidae[51]
26TerrestrialGeophilus sp. nov. *Chilopoda, GeophilidaeBaba, St., pers. comm.
27TerrestrialCryptops speleorex *,#; Vahtera et al., 2020Chilopoda, Cryptopidae[31]
28TerrestrialArchiboreoiulus serbansarbui *,#; Giurginca et al., 2020Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae[52]
29TerrestrialOnychiurus movilae *; Gruia, 1989Collembola, Onychiuridae[53]
30TerrestrialOncopodura vioreli *; Gruia, 1989Collembola, Oncopoduridae[53]
31TerrestrialPlusiocampa isterina *; Condé, 1993Diplura, Campodeidae[54]
32TerrestrialPlusiocampa euxina *; Condé, 1996Diplura, Campodeidae[55]
33TerrestrialMedon dobrogicus *; Decu and Georgescu, 1994Coleoptera, Staphylinidae[56]
34TerrestrialTychobythinus sulphydricus *; Poggi and Sarbu, 2013Coleoptera, Staphylinidae[57]
35TerrestrialDecumarellus sarbui *; Poggi, 1994Coleoptera, Staphylinidae[58]
36TerrestrialBryaxis dolosus *; Poggi and Sarbu, 2013Coleoptera, Staphylinidae[57]
37TerrestrialClivina subterranea *; Decu et al., 1994Coleoptera, Clivinidae[59]
38AquaticNepa anophthalma *; Dedu et al., 1994Hemiptera, Nepidae[60]
*—species endemic to Movile Cave; #—species found in nearby springs and wells.
Table 3. List of troglophiles and stygophiles from Movile Cave.
Table 3. List of troglophiles and stygophiles from Movile Cave.
Aquatic/TerrestrialSpeciesTaxonomic AffiliationReferences
1AquaticUdonchus tenuicaudatus; Cobb, 1913Nematoda, Rhabdolaimidae[34]
2AquaticPoikilolaimus sp.Nematoda, Rhabditidae[34]
3AquaticMonhystrella sp.Nematoda, Monhysteridae[34]
4AquaticHabrotrocha rosa; Donner, 1949Rotatoria, HabrotrochidaeRicci, C., pers. comm.
5AquaticHabrotrocha bidens; Gosse, 1851Rotatoria, HabrotrochidaeRicci, C., pers. comm.
6AquaticAelosoma hyalinum; Bunke, 1967Annelida, AeolosomatidaeDumnicka, E., pers. comm.
7AquaticAelosoma italica; Bunke, 1967Annelida, AeolosomatidaeDumnicka, E., pers. comm.
8AquaticTropocyclops prasinus; Fischer, 1860Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopidae[37]
9TerrestrialCarniella brignolii; Thaler and Steinberger, 1988Arachnida, Araneae, Theridiiae[48]
10TerrestrialDysdera hungarica; Kulczynski, 1897Arachnida, Araneae, DysderidaeWeiss, L., pers. comm.
11TerrestrialClinopodes carinthiacus; Latzel, 1880Chilopoda, GeophilidaeZapparoli, M., pers. comm.
12TerrestrialStrongylosoma jaqueti; Verhoeff, 1898Diplopoda, ParadoxosomatidaeTajovsky K., pers comm.
13TerrestrialPygmarrhopalites pygmaeus; Wankel, 1860Collembola, Arrhopalitidae[55]
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