This study quantifies the spatial variation in density of 50 arboreal bird species (17 insectivorous Afro-Palearctic migrants and 33 Afro-tropical residents: 20 insectivores, 7 frugivores 6 sunbirds) transition zone between arid Sahara humid Guinea zone, measured during dry season 2011–2019. The distribution was related to annual rainfall, with found mainly relatively residents more zone. As wo...

Penyerpihan habitat adalah pemacu kepada isu kepupusan pelbagai spesies yang menyebabkan serpihan hutan menjadi lebih kecil dan terpencil. Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengukur komposisi serta kepelbagaian mamalia terestrial (bersaiz sederhana besar) di koridor ekologi CFS1:PL1 CFS1:PL6. Pemasangan 211 perangkap kamera kedua-dua berjaya menghasilkan sejumlah 43,799 imej bebas (8,594 pe...

total of 35 species of leucosiid crabs have been recorded by several authors and the current survey from the persian gulf. here, zoogeography of these species and their zoogeographical affinities within indo-west pacific region are discussed. in addition, present taxonomic survey off the iranian coasts of the persian gulf resulted in finding 14 leucosiid crabs, of which arcania erinacea and par...

Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is very important to understand molecular evolution and phylogenetics. Herein, in this study, the complete mitogenome of Sesarmops sinensis was reported. The mitogenome was 15,905 bp in size, and contained 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a control region (CR). The AT skew and the GC skew are both...

In this study, we constructed the first molecular phylogeny of the diverse crab superfamily Majoidea (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Brachyura), using three loci (16S, COI, and 28S) from 37 majoid species. We used this molecular phylogeny to evaluate evidence for phylogenetic hypotheses based on larval and adult morphology. Our study supports several relationships predicted from larval morphology. Thes...

Infections of Unicauda clavicauda (Kudo, 1920) Davis, 1944 (Myxozoa) are described from Notropis hudsonius (Clinton) in Montana. Plasmodia form beneath scales of the body and produced spores within a loosely-defined matrix. Fixed spores are oval in front view, 11-14 microm long and 9-10.5 microm wide, and contain a posterior appendage that is up to 26 microm long. The polar capsules are 4-6 mic...

The crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould) (Brachyura; Xanthidae) was infected in the laboratory with the parasitic barnacle Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler) (Cirripedia; Rhizocephala). Crabs and barnacles were collected in the Rhode River in the Chesapeake Bay, MD. Forty-three out of 153 R. harrisii, including stages from megalopa «1 mm of carapace width) to crab 8 stage (:±:8 mm of carapace wid...