For centuries, human commerce has played a role in distributing plant and animal species around the globe. But not every species can claim the title of circumnavigator. In this week’s episode, Ari Daniel Shapiro journeys to the Gulf Coast of the U.S. to meet a tiny Magellan, the star of an unlikely story that has come full circle. Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:20:00 +0000
Ana Maria Leal-Zanchet, Stella Teles de Souza, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Zookeys
Figures 6–8.Hausera hauseri Leal-Zanchet & Souza, sp. n.: 6–7 photograph of live specimens in dorsal view, one of them (6) with intestine containing food and the pharynx visible 8 photograph of a preserved specimen (paratype MZU PL.00142) in dorsal view; grains of sand are seen over the dorsal surface. Scale bar for the figs 6–7 not available.
Figure 4.Drawing of Halechiniscus churakaagii sp. n., holotype KUZ Z710 (dorsal view). a anus; cE cirrus E; d seminal receptacle duct; ec external cirrus; g gonopore; ic internal cirrus; lc lateral cirrus; mc median cirrus; mo mouth; pb pharyngeal bulb; pc primary clava; sc scapular process; s1–4 leg I–IV sense organs.
Chirasak Sutcharit, Jonathan Ablett, Piyoros Tongkerd, Fred Naggs, Somsak Panha
Zookeys
Figure 15.Type specimens of Amphidromus spp. A Lectotype of Amphidromus adamsii subunicolor B Lectotype of Amphidromus sumbaensis C Lectotype of Amphidromus adamsii superba D Possible syntype of Amphidromus theobaldianus E Paralectotype of Amphidromus smithi ventrosulus F–G Amphidromus versicolor F lectotype and G paralectotype H–I Amphidromus sinensis vicaria H lectotype and I paralectotype J Holotype of Amphidromus webbi K Lectotype of Amphidromus zebrinus.
This is just a test. Please excuse the shaky camera.
I am testing a cheap USB microscope to film nocturnal critters under infrared light. The lighting is provided (for now) by an infrared flashlight on top of the aquarium. I've been testing several angles and definitely I need a snoot or something similar.
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[taxonomy:phylum=Arthropoda]
[taxonomy:subphylum=Crustacea]
[taxonomy:class=Malacostraca]
[taxonomy:order=Tanaidacea]
[taxonomy:order=Amphipoda]
[taxonomy:class=Ostracoda]