Phenotypic associations in the Bosminidae (Cladocera): Zoogeographic patterns1

Revision of the genus Bosmina Baird, 1845 (Cladocera: Bosminidae), based on evidence from male morphological characters and molecular phylogenies

The systematics of the freshwater crustacean genus Bosmina Baird, 1845 (Anomopoda: Bosminidae) is notoriously confused. Part of the problem stems from a lack of characters in this cyclic parthenogen. We aimed to remedy this problem by scoring male morphological characters (previously described in just a few species), and by estimating molecular phylogenies. More specifically, the goals of this ...

Annotated Checklist of Chinese Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Part I. Haplopoda, Ctenopoda, Onychopoda and Anomopoda (families Daphniidae, Moinidae, Bosminidae, Ilyocryptidae).

Approximately 199 cladoceran species, 5 marine and 194 freshwater and continental saltwater species, live in China. Of these, 89 species are discussed in this paper. They belong to the 4 cladoceran orders, 10 families and 23 genera. There are 2 species in Leptodoridae; 6 species in 4 genera and 3 families in order Onychopoda; 18 species in 7 genera and 2 families in order Ctenopoda; and 63 spec...

Archetypes as action patterns1

The discovery of mirror neurons by researchers at the University of Parma promises to radically alter our understanding of fundamental cognitive and affective states. This paper explores the relationship of mirror neurons to Jung’s theory of archetypes and proposes that archetypes may be viewed as elementary action patterns. The paper begins with a review of a proposed interpretation of the fai...

Hybridization & Zoogeographic Patterns in Pheasants

Wallace's Line in the Light of Recent Zoogeographic Studies