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
Rafael Lemaitre, Ana Rosa Vázquez-Bader, Adolfo Gracia
Zookeys
Figure 1.Tomopaguropsis ahkinpechensis sp. n.: A holotype male 8.9 mm (EPC201310) B–E paratype male 8.1 mm (USNM 12376795) A Shield, cephalic appendages and anterior portion of posterior carapace, dorsal B anterior portion of shield, and cephalic appendages, dorsal C right branchiostegite, and portions of shield, cephalic appendages and first to fourth pereopods D sternites XI and XII (second and third pereopods), ventral E coxae of fifth pereopods, sternite XIV (fifth pereopods), and sternite of first pleonal somite, ventral. Stippled areas in A indicate membranous condition. Abbreviations: abp, anterior branchiostegal fig; pbp, posterior branchiostegal fig; ml, calcified median lobe; ps1, first pleonal somite.
Fabrício Lopes Carvalho, Célio Magalhães, Fernando Luis Mantelatto
Zookeys
Figure 5.Commonest shape of the antennular peduncle. Palaemon carteri (a MPEG 787), Palaemon ivonicus (b INPA 128) and Palaemon yuna sp. n. (c CCDB 4866).
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Anoplonida cracentis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996; Type status:HOLOTYPE; Identified by:Baba K. & de Saint Laurent M.; Individual Count:1; Event date:1976-03-22T11:10:00Z
Summary[edit] Description: Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858 English: Sample of Okinawan Blueberry Land Hermit Crab. Date: 3 June 2005. Source: Own work. Author: Felix J.Wang. Permission(Reusing this file): Permitted for personal collection / use.