Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The loggerhead sea turtle is considered a keystone species with a major ecological role in Mediterranean marine environment. As is the case with other wild reptiles, their outer microbiome is rarely studied.
Lucija Kanjer +10 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Epibionts are organisms that utilize the exterior of other organisms as a living substratum. Many affiliate opportunistically with hosts of different species, but others specialize on particular hosts as obligate associates.
Liberty L. Boyd +3 more
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Mechanisms underlying the production of carapace vibrations and associated waterborne sounds in the American lobster, Homarus americanus [PDF]
, 2005 American lobsters produce carapace vibrations, which also lead to waterborne acoustic signals, by simultaneously contracting the antagonistic remotor and promotor muscles located at the base of the second antenna.
Henninger, Heidi Pye +1 more
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Effect of the exoskeleton micro-damages on molting of juvenile red king crab in the Barents Sea
Известия ТИНРО, 2015 Effect of multiple small body damages on molting of red king crab is studied in laboratory conditions. Both male and female juveniles of red king crab with the carapace width 80-100 mm were used in the experiments. After removing of all spines from limbs
Alexander G. Dvoretsky +1 more
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The Threat of Appendix CITES-Listed Turtles Harvesting in Central Borneo and South Sumatra
Journal of Tropical Life Science, 2020 Exploitation freshwater turtle for local consumption, medicine, and pet in several parts in Asia caused the declining populations in the wild. The purpose of this study is to evaluate of turtle harvest that listed in Appendix CITES in South Sumatra and ...
Muhammad Alif Fauzi +3 more
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Registros paleógenos de glyptodontidae propalaehoplophorinae (xenarthra, cingulata) en áreas extrapatagónicas [PDF]
, 2016 Los registros paleógenos de Cingulata Glyptodontidae son muy escasos y los mejores conocidos provienen de la actual región patagónica de Argentina. Dos subfamilias han sido descritas: Glyptatelinae y Propalaehoplophorinae.
Cuaranta, Pedro +5 more
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The role of Virus "X" (Tortoise Picornavirus) in kidney disease and shell weakness syndrome in European tortoise species determined by experimental infection [PDF]
, 2019 Tortoise Picornavirus (ToPV) commonly known as Virus "X" was recently discovered in juvenile European tortoises suffering from soft carapace and plastron as well as kidney disease.
Failing, K. +4 more
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The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England [PDF]
, 2004 The turtles from the Purbeck Limestone are revised and it is concluded that there are four shell-based cryptodire species present, namely Pleurosternon bullockii, ‘Glyptops’typocardium comb. nov., Helochelydra anglica comb. nov.,Hylaeochelys latiscutata.
Milner, Andrew R.
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East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) [PDF]
, 2012 This paper summarizes current knowledge about East African pholcids. East Africa is defined as the area from 12°S to 5°N and from 28° to 42°E, including all of Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Huber, Bernhard A., Warui, Charles M.
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, 2004 Number of Pages: 6Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Ernst, Carl H., Stuart, James N.
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