A new apterous flat bug genus of the subfamily Carventinae, Trichosomaptera n.gen., is described and illustrated to accommodate gibbosa n. sp. from Vietnam. The species could not be placed in any known genus.

The lernaeopodids are highly specialized copepods which are widely distributed worldwide. In this paper the first record of Clavellisa ilishae Pillai, 1962 in the Neotropical region is documented parasitizing Sardinella brasiliensis from coastal zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Large sardinella (Sardinella maderensis and Sardinella aurita) in warm waters off the coast of Africa are known to be a challenge for pelagic trawl sampling, for example during acoustic surveys for abundance estimation. We observed the swimming behaviour of sardinella mixed with other pelagic species, mainly Cunene horse mackerel (Trachurus trecae), during sampling with a pelagic trawl in the c...

The genetic variation in all known populations of an endangered Australian native terrestrial orchid Pterostylis gibbosa R.Br., was investigated with starch gel electrophoresis. A total of 16 isozyme loci were assayed. The percentage of polymorphic loci (P), the number of alleles per locus (A), observed and expected heterozygosity at population levels were 69%, 2.21, 0.210, 0.261, respectively....

All echinoderms (Echinodermata),except holothurids, possess an axial organ (AO) as part of their coelomic and haemal system. Immunocytochemical positive reactions were observed in 1973 in the sea star Asterina gibbosa (Asterid, Echinoderm) [1]. After injections of various proteins. It seemed interesting to look for similar actions in the Ophuirid: Ophiocomina nigra (another echinoderm) which po...

We analyzed the effects of UV radiation (UVR) effects on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in two calanoid copepods, Boeckella gibbosa and Parabroteas sarsi that inhabit Patagonian shallow lakes. We studied the effect of experimental UVR (UV-B and UV-A) exposure on AChE activity in relation to basal antioxidant capacities of both copepods. Our experiments showed that UVR can effectively depr...