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Hæmoglobin in the Crustacea [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1957
HAEMOGLOBIN in solution in the blood plasma is found in numerous entomostracan Crustacea. Ray Lankester first discovered it in Chirocephalus, observing the absorption bands of oxyhaemoglobin with a microspectroscope1, and soon afterwards found it in Daphnia. The wave-length of the α-band differs among species within the genus Daphnia 2.
openaire   +2 more sources

Population biology of sympatric species of Caprella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in a tropical algal bed

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2021
The population biology of the three sympatric species of caprellids (Caprella danilevskii, C. equilibra and C. scaura) associated with a Sargassum bed was studied in the northern coast of São Paulo state, Brazil.
Daniela Rejane de Paula   +4 more
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Obituary—Dr Jim Lowry

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2023
[Excerpt] James Kenneth Lowry devoted his life and career to the study of the Amphipoda. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 2 October 1942 and grew up in Chuckatuck near Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
Penelope B. Berents
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Jim the man: reminiscences by his friends

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2023
[Introduction] This volume celebrates the many achievements of Jim Lowry. He was without doubt one of the foremost amphipod taxonomists of his time and his publication record is testament to this. To his friends, however, he was much more than the sum of
Penelope B. Berents   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial distribution, host specificity, and affinity of Branchiura for surface and macrohabitat types in fish species from the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
This study investigated the spatial distribution, parasite interactions, and affinities of Branchiura parasites according to macrohabitat and surface type on fish from the Araguari River, Amapá State, in the Brazilian Amazon.
DRIELLY O. FERREIRA   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Field guide for the edible crustacea of the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
A pictorial handbook, Field Guide for the Edible Crustacea of the Philippines was written by Mr. Hiroshi Motoh, leader of the ecology project of the Aquaculture Department, with the supervision of Dr.
Motoh, Hiroshi
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Mysid subfamily Boreomysinae (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) in the southeast Australian deep-sea

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2023
The deep-water mysid crustaceans of Australia have been barely known. Recent explorations of RV Investigator (CSIRO) in the southeast Australian waters discovered a unique fauna. In this special study of the marine subfamily Boreomysinae (family Mysidae)
Mikhail E. Daneliya
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual Selection and Mixed Sex Expression: Adolescent Protandry, Phenotypic Tradeoffs and ‘Unconventional' Sex Allocation Estimates in a Protandric-Simultaneous Hermaphrodite

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2018
In protandric-simultaneous (PS) hermaphrodites, individuals invariably reproduce as males first and later in life as simultaneous hermaphrodites. In this study, the shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni (Gibbes, 1850) was used as a model to (i) test for the role of ...
J. Antonio Baeza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2016
Anchialine caves contain haline bodies of water with underground connections to the ocean and limited exposure to open air. Despite being found on islands and peninsular coastlines around the world, the isolation of anchialine systems has facilitated the
Jorge L. Pérez-Moreno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution of Cryptopotamon anacoluthon (Kemp, 1918) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), a freshwater crab endemic to Hong Kong

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Cryptopotamon anacoluthon Kemp, 1918 is a tropical freshwater crab currently considered endemic to Hong Kong. The species is more widely distributed than previously known and potentially occurs outside Hong Kong. However, its habitat is under threat from
David John Stanton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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