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).
Figure 1.Ovigerous female holotype (6.4 × 4.6) of Lithoscaptus semperi sp. n. (RMNH.Crus.D.56962) A habitus, dorsal view B carapace, lateral view C anterior margin of carapace, ventral view D close-up of antennule E MXP3 F left P1 (cheliped) G left P2 H left P3 I left P4 J left P5. Scale bars 1 mm; A–B, D–E, F–J share scale bars.
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067718
Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science...Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound - Critter of the Month blogs at: ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067794