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Keys to the Hawaiian Marine Gammaridea, 0-30 Meters
J. LAURENS BARNt Keys to the Hawaiian Marine Gammaridea, 0-30 Meters SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY NUMBER 58 SERIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Insti- tution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge not strictly professional." This keynote of basic research has been adhered to over the years in the issuance of thousands of titles in serial publications under the Smithsonian imprint, commencing with Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series: Smithsonian Annals of Flight Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology Smithsonian Contributions to Z0°l°iy Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology In these series, the Institution publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the research and collections of its several museums and offices and of professional colleagues at other institutions of learning. These papers report newly acquired facts, synoptic interpretations of data, or original theory in specialized fields. Each publica- tion is distributed by mailing lists to libraries, laboratories, institutes, and interested specialists throughout the world. Individual copies may be obtained from the Smith- sonian Institution Press as long as stocks are available. S. DILLON RIPLEY Secretary Smithsonian Institution SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY NUMBER 58 j. -
The 17Th International Colloquium on Amphipoda
Biodiversity Journal, 2017, 8 (2): 391–394 MONOGRAPH The 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda Sabrina Lo Brutto1,2,*, Eugenia Schimmenti1 & Davide Iaciofano1 1Dept. STEBICEF, Section of Animal Biology, via Archirafi 18, Palermo, University of Palermo, Italy 2Museum of Zoology “Doderlein”, SIMUA, via Archirafi 16, University of Palermo, Italy *Corresponding author, email: [email protected] th th ABSTRACT The 17 International Colloquium on Amphipoda (17 ICA) has been organized by the University of Palermo (Sicily, Italy), and took place in Trapani, 4-7 September 2017. All the contributions have been published in the present monograph and include a wide range of topics. KEY WORDS International Colloquium on Amphipoda; ICA; Amphipoda. Received 30.04.2017; accepted 31.05.2017; printed 30.06.2017 Proceedings of the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda (17th ICA), September 4th-7th 2017, Trapani (Italy) The first International Colloquium on Amphi- Poland, Turkey, Norway, Brazil and Canada within poda was held in Verona in 1969, as a simple meet- the Scientific Committee: ing of specialists interested in the Systematics of Sabrina Lo Brutto (Coordinator) - University of Gammarus and Niphargus. Palermo, Italy Now, after 48 years, the Colloquium reached the Elvira De Matthaeis - University La Sapienza, 17th edition, held at the “Polo Territoriale della Italy Provincia di Trapani”, a site of the University of Felicita Scapini - University of Firenze, Italy Palermo, in Italy; and for the second time in Sicily Alberto Ugolini - University of Firenze, Italy (Lo Brutto et al., 2013). Maria Beatrice Scipione - Stazione Zoologica The Organizing and Scientific Committees were Anton Dohrn, Italy composed by people from different countries. -
Labidesthes Sicculus
Version 2, 2015 United States Fish and Wildlife Service Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office 1 Atherinidae Atherinidae Sand Smelt Distinguishing Features: — (Atherina boyeri) — Sand Smelt (Non-native) Old World Silversides Old World Silversides Old World (Atherina boyeri) Two widely separated dorsal fins Eye wider than Silver color snout length 39-49 lateral line scales 2 anal spines, 13-15.5 rays Rainbow Smelt (Non -Native) (Osmerus mordax) No dorsal spines Pale green dorsally Single dorsal with adipose fin Coloring: Silver Elongated, pointed snout No anal spines Size: Length: up to 145mm SL Pink/purple/blue iridescence on sides Distinguishing Features: Dorsal spines (total): 7-10 Brook Silverside (Native) 1 spine, 10-11 rays Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-16 (Labidesthes sicculus) 4 spines Anal spines: 2 Anal soft rays: 13-15.5 Eye diameter wider than snout length Habitat: Pelagic in lakes, slow or still waters Similar Species: Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax), 75-80 lateral line scales Brook Silverside (Labidesthes sicculus) Elongated anal fin Images are not to scale 2 3 Centrarchidae Centrarchidae Redear Sunfish Distinguishing Features: (Lepomis microlophus) Redear Sunfish (Non-native) — — Sunfishes (Lepomis microlophus) Sunfishes Red on opercular flap No iridescent lines on cheek Long, pointed pectoral fins Bluegill (Native) Dark blotch at base (Lepomis macrochirus) of dorsal fin No red on opercular flap Coloring: Brownish-green to gray Blue-purple iridescence on cheek Bright red outer margin on opercular flap -
(Crustacea : Amphipoda) of the Lower Chesapeake Estuaries
W&M ScholarWorks Reports 1971 The distribution and ecology of the Gammaridea (Crustacea : Amphipoda) of the lower Chesapeake estuaries James Feely Virginia Institute of Marine Science Marvin L. Wass Virginia Institute of Marine Science Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports Part of the Marine Biology Commons, Oceanography Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Recommended Citation Feely, J., & Wass, M. L. (1971) The distribution and ecology of the Gammaridea (Crustacea : Amphipoda) of the lower Chesapeake estuaries. Special papers in marine science No.2. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. http://doi.org/10.21220/V5H01D This Report is brought to you for free and open access by W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE GAMMARIDEA (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) OF THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE ESTUARIES James B. Feeley and Marvin L. Wass SPECIAL PAPERS IN MARINE SCIENCE NO. 2 VIRGIN IA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SC IE NCE Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 1971 THE DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE GAMMARIDEA (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) OF THE LOWER 1 CHESAPEAKE ESTUARIES James B. Feeley and Marvin L. Wass SPECIAL PAPERS IN MARINE SCIENCE NO. 2 1971 VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 This document is in part a thesis by James B. Feeley presented to the School of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary in Virginia in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. -
Hadzioidea of the NEP (Equator to Aleutians, Intertidal to Abyss): a Review Donald B
Hadzioidea of the NEP (Equator to Aleutians, intertidal to abyss): a review Donald B. Cadien 31 August 2005 (revised 11Oct 2007) Introduction to the Hadzioidea The superfamily was originally constituted as the Melitoidea (Bousfield 1977). This concept was critiqued by J. L. Barnard and Karaman (1980), and in response Bousfield renamed the group Hadzioidea without changing its composition (Bousfield 1983). Only three families are included in this superfamily, although one of them (Hadziidae) is further divided into three unofficial groups – weckeliids, hadziids, and nuuanids. These were originally included in the broad concept of the gammaroids, but have been separated for several decades. The taxonomic position suggested by Bousfield (2001)is used here, but Barnard and Karaman and others retained them as several groups within the gammaroids s. l.. The discussion of the hadzioids in J. L. Barnard & C. M. Barnard (1983, pp. 137-140, and as “Melita Group” pp. 147-151) may help show how members of this superfamily differ from other gammaroids, and from each other. The first family in the superfamily, the Allocrangonyctidae is confined to freshwater and is not covered here. The remaining two, Hadziidae and Melitidae, are primarily marine, and are both represented in the NEP. Maera sp an undescribed species from Guana Island (Photo Yale Peabody Museum) Diagnosis of the Hadzioidea – “body not carinate nor rostrate, toothed on abdomen only (rarely on peraeon): urosome dorsal spine groups weak or lacking; sexual dimorphism strongly expressed in body size and in gnathopods, and in antenna 2 and peraeopods; antennae 2 lacking calceoli; antennae strongly developed, 1 usually much the longer, peduncular segment 2 elongate; accessory flagellum prominent (occasionally very reduced or lacking); inferior antennal sinus small or sharply incised; eye (when present) basically small, rounded, occasionally reniform. -
A New Species of Pseudoniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) from an Anchialine Cave on the French Mediterranean Coast
A new species of Pseudoniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) from an anchialine cave on the French Mediterranean coast Franck BRÉHIER Alas, F-09800 Balaguères (France) [email protected] Damià JAUME Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), c/ Miquel Marquès 21, E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca) (Spain) [email protected] Bréhier F. & Jaume D. 2009. — A new species of Pseudoniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) from an anchialine cave on the French Mediterranean coast. Zoosystema 31 (1) : 17-32. ABSTRACT A new species of the stygobiont melitid amphipod genus Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 1901 is described from an anchialine cave located on the inner shore of the Salses-Leucate coastal lagoon, on the French Mediterranean coast. Th e new species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the combined display of: 1) gnathopod II not sexually dimorphic, with short carpus; 2) outline of basis of pereopods V-VII sexually dimorphic, with both margins convex and with overhanging posterodistal lobe in male, whereas margins subparallel and posterodistal lobe present but not overhanging in female; 3) uropod I protopod KEY WORDS lacking basofacial robust seta; 4) protopod of uropod III sexually dimorphic, Crustacea, proportionaly more elongated in male; 5) exopod of male uropod III not Amphipoda, Gammaridea, strongly elongated (less than 12 times as long as wide), slightly upcurved and Melitidae, tapering; female exopod similar but shorter (about 8.8 times as long as wide); stygofauna, and 6) telson wider than long, with distal margin shallowly excavated and with France, mixohaline waters, two distal robust setae at each side. Th e relationships of this species are briefl y new species. -
An Annotated Checklist of the Marine Macroinvertebrates of Alaska David T
NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 19 An annotated checklist of the marine macroinvertebrates of Alaska David T. Drumm • Katherine P. Maslenikov Robert Van Syoc • James W. Orr • Robert R. Lauth Duane E. Stevenson • Theodore W. Pietsch November 2016 U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Professional Penny Pritzker Secretary of Commerce National Oceanic Papers NMFS and Atmospheric Administration Kathryn D. Sullivan Scientific Editor* Administrator Richard Langton National Marine National Marine Fisheries Service Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center Maine Field Station Eileen Sobeck 17 Godfrey Drive, Suite 1 Assistant Administrator Orono, Maine 04473 for Fisheries Associate Editor Kathryn Dennis National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology Economics and Social Analysis Division 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 178 Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 Managing Editor Shelley Arenas National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Publications Office 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115 Editorial Committee Ann C. Matarese National Marine Fisheries Service James W. Orr National Marine Fisheries Service The NOAA Professional Paper NMFS (ISSN 1931-4590) series is pub- lished by the Scientific Publications Of- *Bruce Mundy (PIFSC) was Scientific Editor during the fice, National Marine Fisheries Service, scientific editing and preparation of this report. NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. The Secretary of Commerce has The NOAA Professional Paper NMFS series carries peer-reviewed, lengthy original determined that the publication of research reports, taxonomic keys, species synopses, flora and fauna studies, and data- this series is necessary in the transac- intensive reports on investigations in fishery science, engineering, and economics. tion of the public business required by law of this Department. -
First Observations on the Phylogeny of the Families Gammaridae
J N H, 2003, 37, 20, 2461–2486 First observations on the phylogeny of the families Gammaridae, Crangonyctidae, Melitidae, Niphargidae, Megaluropidae and Oedicerotidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea), using small subunit rDNA gene sequences ULRIKE ENGLISCH†‡, CHARLES OLIVER COLEMAN‡ and JOHANN WOLFGANG WA¨ GELE‡ †Lehrstuhl fu¨r Spezielle Zoologie, Ruhr-Universita¨t Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany; e-mail: [email protected] ‡Humboldt-Universita¨t zu Belrin, Museum fu¨r Naturkunde, Institut fu¨r Systematische Zoologie, 10099 Berlin, Germany (Accepted 21 February 2002) This study examines amphipod phylogeny based on small subunit (18S) rDNA sequence data. Complete sequences of 25 species representing six families were used to test the phylogenetic information content of this gene for reconstruction of amphipod phylogeny. The alignment proved to be informative for most of the studied taxa. The monophyly of the families Gammaridae, Crangonyctidae, Niphargidae and Oedicerotidae is supported. The Melitidae are not monophyletic in the reconstructed topologies, but weak molecular evidence for the monophyly of this group could be observed in spectra of supporting positions. A close relationship of Gammaridae+Melitidae or Gammaridae+Crangonyctidae is not supported, rather there are supporting positions for the incompatible sister-group relationship (Gammaridae+Niphargidae) and (Crangonyctidae+Niphargidae). The molecular evidence is in favour of the latter relationship. The evolution of cephalothoracic apodemes is discussed in the light of other phylogenetic hypotheses resulting from molecular data. K: rDNA, Crustacea, Amphipoda, molecular phylogeny, parsimony, maximum likelihood, Physid. Introduction During the last decade considerable advances concerning the taxonomy of amphi- pods have been achieved (Barnard and Karaman, 1991). Nevertheless, the phylogen- etic position of the major amphipod taxa is controversial. -
Comments on the Newly Proposed Gammaridean Amphipod Families Crangonycidae and Melitidae
COMMENTS ON THE NEWLY PROPOSED GAMMARIDEAN AMPHIPOD FAMILIES CRANGONYCIDAE AND MELITIDAE BY JOHN R. HOLSINGER Department of Biology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23508, U.S.A. Bousfield (1973), in his recent book entitled "Shallow-water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England", has elevated the Crangonyx group to the family Crangonycidae and the melitids to the family Melitidae. The division of the heterogeneous and widely distributed family Gammaridae into separate families that more clearly reflect evolutionary phylogenies and delineate natural groups is certainly justified. However, in view of the many unresolved taxonomic and zoo- geography problems within the Gammaridae and especially within the generic clusters making up the crangonycids and the melitids, the erection of the new families Crangonycidae and Melitidae seems to me to be premature. The three or four of us (M. Straškraba and myself in particular) who are currently working on genera and species in the Crangonyx group on a world-wide basis have still failed to reach agreement on precisely how to define this group, much less elevate it to familial level. Moreover, the taxonomic status of the melitids (roughly equivalent to the Hadzia group; see Holsinger & Minckley, 1 97 1 ) is also in a state of flux. In my opinion, the most acceptable approach to the subdivision of Gammaridae would be to treat newly established families on a cosmopolitan basis, considering all potential genera, their morphological affinities, distributional patterns, etc., inste4d of choosing only a few examples from a narrowly defined geographical region and basing whole new taxa on them. The elevation of the Crangonyx group, an exclusively freshwater group of amphipods, to the familial level seems out of place in a guidebook devoted almost entirely to marine and brackish water amphipods of the New England region. -
Sustaining the Saco Estuary Final Report 2015 Sustaining the Saco Estuary
Sustaining the Saco estuary final report 2015 Sustaining the Saco estuary final report 2015 Project Leaders Christine B. Feurt, Ph.D. Pamela A. Morgan, Ph.D. University of New England and University of New England Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve Tel: (207) 602-2227 Tel: (207) 602-2834 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Project Team University of New England Mark Adams, Ph.D. Noah Perlut, Ph.D. Anna Bass, Ph.D. Michele Steen-Adams, Ph.D. Carrie Byron, Ph.D. James Sulikowski, Ph.D. Michael Daley, Ph.D. Stephan I. Zeeman, Ph.D. Michael Esty Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve Jacob Aman Jeremy Miller Michele Dionne, Ph.D. Kristin Wilson, Ph.D. This research is part of Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative, a program of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center, which is supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine. Report Editing and Design: Waterview Consulting CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: Why Is the Saco Estuary an Ideal Living Laboratory for Sustainability Science?.......................1 by Christine B. Feurt and Pamela A. Morgan CHAPTER 2 RECOGNIZING AND ENGAGING THE StewardsHIP NETWORK: Actively Working to Sustain the Saco Estuary .......7 by Christine B. Feurt CHAPTER 3 PLANTS OF THE SACO EstuarY: Tidal Marshes............17 by Pam Morgan CHAPTER 4 BENTHIC MACROINVertebrates OF THE SACO EstuarY: Tidal Flats and Low Marsh Habitats .......................29 by Anna L. Bass CHAPTER 5 FISH OF THE SACO EstuarY: River Channel and Tidal Marshes ........................................39 by Kayla Smith, Kristin Wilson, James Sulikowski, and Jacob Aman CHAPTER 6 BIRD COMMUNITY OF THE SACO EstuarY: Tidal Marshes ...57 by Noah Perlut CHAPTER 7 FOOD WEB OF THE SACO Estuary’S Tidal MARSHES . -
Amphipoda Key to Amphipoda Gammaridea
GRBQ188-2777G-CH27[411-693].qxd 5/3/07 05:38 PM Page 545 Techbooks (PPG Quark) Dojiri, M., and J. Sieg, 1997. The Tanaidacea, pp. 181–278. In: J. A. Blake stranded medusae or salps. The Gammaridea (scuds, land- and P. H. Scott, Taxonomic atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa hoppers, and beachhoppers) (plate 254E) are the most abun- Maria Basin and western Santa Barbara Channel. 11. The Crustacea. dant and familiar amphipods. They occur in pelagic and Part 2 The Isopoda, Cumacea and Tanaidacea. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. benthic habitats of fresh, brackish, and marine waters, the Hatch, M. H. 1947. The Chelifera and Isopoda of Washington and supralittoral fringe of the seashore, and in a few damp terres- adjacent regions. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 10: 155–274. trial habitats and are difficult to overlook. The wormlike, 2- Holdich, D. M., and J. A. Jones. 1983. Tanaids: keys and notes for the mm-long interstitial Ingofiellidea (plate 254D) has not been identification of the species. New York: Cambridge University Press. reported from the eastern Pacific, but they may slip through Howard, A. D. 1952. Molluscan shells occupied by tanaids. Nautilus 65: 74–75. standard sieves and their interstitial habitats are poorly sam- Lang, K. 1950. The genus Pancolus Richardson and some remarks on pled. Paratanais euelpis Barnard (Tanaidacea). Arkiv. for Zool. 1: 357–360. Lang, K. 1956. Neotanaidae nov. fam., with some remarks on the phy- logeny of the Tanaidacea. Arkiv. for Zool. 9: 469–475. Key to Amphipoda Lang, K. -
1 Amphipoda of the Northeast Pacific
Amphipoda of the Northeast Pacific (Equator to Aleutians, intertidal to abyss): XIV. Gammaroidea – an updated and expanded review Donald B. Cadien, LACSD 22Jul2004 (revised 1Mar2015) Preface The purpose of this review is to bring together information on all of the species reported to occur in the NEP fauna. It is not a straight path to the identification of your unknown animal. It is a resource guide to assist you in making the required identification in full knowledge of what the possibilities are. Never forget that there are other, as yet unreported species from the coverage area; some described, some new to science. The natural world is wonderfully diverse, and we have just scratched its surface. Introduction to the Gammaroidea The superfamily, while having both marine and freshwater members, is most prominent in epigean fresh-waters. Marine occurrences are coastal, with no superfamily members belonging to pelagic or deep-sea communities. There is a vast literature on the fresh-water members of the superfamily, particularly in European waters, where they have been studied for centuries. According to Bousfield (1982) they are a fairly recently derived group which appeared in the Tertiary. The superfamily contains a number of families not represented in the NEP, including the Acanthogammaridae, Caspicolidae, Macrohectopidae, Micruropidae, Pachyschesidae, and the Typhlogammaridae. These families are most prominent in Indo- European fresh-water habitats. The Gammaridae is poorly represented in the NEP, with only one widely distributed arctic-boreal form, and two species introduced from the Atlantic. One additional member of the family has been introduced to the waters of the saline relict Salton Sea, now landlocked in southern California (J.