A literature-based taxonomic catalogue of the nemertean species (Phylum Nemertea) reported from Japanese waters is provided, listing 19 families, 45 genera, and 120 species as valid. Applications of the following species names to forms previously recorded from Japanese waters are regarded as uncertain: Amphiporus cervicalis, Amphiporus depressus, Amphiporus lactifloreus, Cephalothrix filiformis...

Fordiae Cauliflorae Radix (FC, the root of Fordia cauliflora Hemsl) and Millettiae Pulchrae Radix [MP, the root of Millettia pulchra (Benth.) Kurz var. laxior (Dunn) Z. Wei], which go under the same local name of "Daluosan", have long been used in Southern China for the treatment of stroke, paralysis, dementia in children, Alzheimer's disease and other diseases. The same local name and similar ...

A molecular phylogenetic study of selected species of three sub-genera of the genus Cordyceps was undertaken, along with representatives of the genera Akanthomyces, Aschersonia, Gibellula, Hymenostilbe, Hypocrella, Nomuraea, and Torrubiella, to examine their inter-relationship. Phylogenetic analyses of the data indicated that the Clavicipitaceae form a monophy|etic group within the Hypocreales,...

Canopy-forming shrubs are reported to be increasing at sites around the circumpolar Arctic. Our results indicate expansion in canopy cover and height of willows on Herschel Island located at 70 degrees north on the western Arctic coast of the Yukon Territory. We examined historic photographs, repeated vegetation surveys, and conducted monitoring of long-term plots and found evidence of increase...

Pentodontini is the most diverse tribe of Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), and most of the genera are restricted to a single biogeographic region. In this work, the taxonomic composition of the Pentodontini in Colombia was determined, and genera and species were diagnosed based on external morphology and male genitalia. Records of 1,580 specimens from 31 departments and 398 localities in ...

Predation on adult microhylid frogs Kaloula pulchra by two closely-related colubrid snakes is described, based observations of Oligodon formosanus in Hong Kong and one observation O. fasciolatus Thailand. In instances, was observed cutting open the abdomen this anuran species. case, it performed repeated rotations about its own longitudinal body axis (“death roll”) while head inserted into frog...

Beta,beta-dimethyl acryl shikonin is an extract from the root of plant Arnebia nobilis which has been shown to possess anti-cancer activity. However, its toxicity limited further development of shikonin as a therapeutic agent. Subsequently, several analogues of beta,beta-dimethyl acryl shikonin were synthesized. One of these analogues, shikonin 93/637 was found to be significantly less toxic co...

New material of the derived baenid turtle Boremys pulchra from Hell Creek Formation Montana extends stratigraphic range taxon through at minimum latest Maastrichtian. Previously, species was constrained to Campanian and Alberta, so this extension constitutes least 5 million years. Due fossil reworking Bug Anthills assemblage, where Maastrichtian Paleocene deposits are mixed, a definitive for B....