Background and Aim: Gingival biotype is a principal component in restorative and implant procedures, especially in the aesthetic region. Immediate determination of the gingival biotype by the clinician could lead to a more successful outcome, especially during implant placement in the aesthetic zone. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between gingival biotypes and ...

The European lobster, Homarus gammarus, was sampled from September 2016 to August 2017, using pots and gillnets in the Eastern Adriatic Sea. Official landings were also analyzed (2008–2020). majority of Northern showed an increase 18.5% over study period. Results revealed extremely low catch rate that fluctuated significantly by season. Dominance specimens size classes 90–110 mm carapace length...

Abstract The present investigation aimed to estimate the individual growth and mortality of an invasive species found in estuarine region Patos Lagoon (Southern Brazil). For 20 months crabs were sampled, laboratory specimens Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) measured (carapace width, CW, weight). Carapace width data was utilized for a modal progression analysis curve (von Bertalanffy model...

This study was conducted to examine morphometric and meristic characteristics alongside pigmentation patterns of bream larvae, Abramis brama orientalis, in four stages of larval development. Morphological characters including total length (TL), standard length (SL), notochord length (NL), head length (HL), head depth (HD), eye diameter (ED) and mouth width (MW) were examined from hatching time ...

Longidorus crassus is a common species and widely distributed in Arkansas. It was also identified for the first time in samples from Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Canada. It is a parthenogenetic species, but a few males were found and were described herein for the first time. Four developmental juvenile stages were identified. A high degree of intraspecies vari...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the crown shape on the outcomes of root coverage procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty patients with Miller class I gingival recessions in maxillary canines or premolars were selected. The recession areas were treated using the subepithelial connective tissue grafting. The following clinical parameters were analyzed: crown le...

Two stocks of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella Val were collected from North, Mazandran and South, Khuzestan to compare some morphometric and meristic characters. The Khuzestan stocks were significantly greater in body length, intestine length and number of vertebrae than the Mazandran stocks (p<0.05). The body width, depth of Mazandran were higher but gill raker lower than another stock. The...

A study on morphometric relationships between the hermit crab Isocheles sawayai and its shell in a population from Paraná-Santa Catarina States coast was carried out. Hermit crabs from the by-catch of shrimp fishing (4-15m depth) were collected. Cephalothoracic shield length (CL) and width (CW) from hermit crabs and total length (SL), aperture length (AL) and weight (SW) from shells were taken....

Slipper lobster Thenus indicus Leach, 1816 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) has been recorded for the first time from Cox’s Bazar coast of Bay Bengal. The species was taxonomically identified by using traditional morphometric method which further validated molecular approach based on partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S rRNA gene sequences (DNA barcodes). key characteristics t...

A study on the relative growth of the crab Acantholobulus schmitti (Rathbun, 1930) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Panopeidae) was performed with allometric techniques. The species is associated with lanterns used for oyster farming at Guaratuba Bay, southern Brazil. Crabs were obtained from five lanterns from March through December 2009. The following morphological characteristics were measured: the car...