Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Guinea

This year’s winners of the Archie F. Carr Medal, which honors the late conservationist Archie Carr, are the first of his former students to receive the award. The Florida Museum of Natural History honored Karen Bjorndal and Peter Pritchard with the 2017 Archie F. Carr Medal Nov. 15 for promoting
giant fossil side-necked turtle from Colombia and a snake-necked turtle from New Guinea

The Melastomataceae are the eighth largest group of flowering plants with more than 5600 species, most of which grow in the New World tropics. Our lab focuses in particular on the historical evolution of paleotropical lineages. Our research aims to explore the factors that may have contributed to th
Two new species in the genus Poikilogyne (Melastomataceae) from Papua New Guinea.

Wandering globe snail, Mesodon altivagus (Pilsbry, 1900) This large and beautiful snail is found in only one patch of spruce-fir and northern hardwood forest above 1500 meters on the highest summits of the Great Smoky Mountains. In the southern US spruce-fir forest is dominated by Fraser Fir (A
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea

Sea cucumber, Pearsonothuria graeffei Pearsonothuria graeffei is a member of the most diverse family of sea cucumbers on coral reefs, the Holothuriidae. Previously, it was considered a species of the genus Bohadschia, but was recently placed into its own genus,Pearsonothuria, because of its dis
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea

Christmas is almost here, and the season-appropriate songs are filling the radio waves and ears of last-minute shoppers. Among them are mistletoe songs, which, every time I hear them, remind me of the butterflies that feed on them as caterpillars. Here, in Florida, these are the Great Purple (actual
For instance, in the Pacific (e.g., New Guinea) and in the Southeast Asia, caterpillars

Barnacles Scientific name: Cirripedia (Infraorder) 1: Barnacles are crustaceans. Although they were once thought to be related to snails, it turns out that barnacles are actually related to crabs. If you look at the animal inside the hard plates, it is possible to recognize their crab-like bo
underwater vampires Life on Earth Nine new snail species discovered in Papua New Guinea

It’s the end of the semester at UF which means we will soon be saying goodbye to our crack team of student assistants.  Throughout this semester (and in many cases longer) they have tackled many collections tasks. This includes entering specimen data into a spreadsheet for importing, often from hand
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea

The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, is found in every ocean except the Arctic and often washes up on Florida’s coasts. These animals use long, venomous tendrils to ensnare prey and can float in groups of more than 1,000. 1. They are not jellyfish. Despite their similar appearance, me
anemone eats ants Life on Earth Nine new snail species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Our mission, should we choose to accept it, will be to find the worm Chaetopterus pergamentaceus from its type locality of „Antilles.“ Armed with that informative location description (thanks, Cuvier), Jenna’s keen sense of worm-dar, and Google Earth, we gladly accepted the mission and headed off to
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea

Our last days on St. Martin were a flurry of activity. Our last day was spent draining ethanol in preparation for our flight and packing up all our specimens and gear. The four of us who were returning to Gainesville checked a total of 9 bags eliciting the curiosity of our fellow passengers and the
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea