Abstract The Melitaea phoebe group is constituted by six species distributed throughout the Palearctic. One of most widespread ornata Christoph, 1893, present from France (Provence) to Central Asia. Recently, populations M. were discovered in a mountainous region south-eastern Iberia, although doubts about their taxonomy existed. To clarify taxonomic status these and revise distribution this ta...

Many aspects of box turtle development may depend on size rather than age. Notable examples include sexual maturity and the fully closing hinge in shell that allows turtles to completely hide their shells. Thus, it is important understand how grow order have a complete understanding biology. Previous studies show growth behaves logistic manner. These use functional models fit data well but do l...

Five species of nematodes - Hemicriconemoides pseudobrachyurum, Hemicycliophora conida, Macroposthonia ornata, Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, and Psilenchus hilarulus -were desiccated to study their capacity to survive anhydrobiotically. Results indicate that the ability of the sheath to shrink quickly and its relatively loose attachment with the nematode body allow H. conida to survive longer tha...

Although the New Zealand skink fauna is known to be highly diverse, a substantial proportion of the recognised species remain undescribed. We completed a taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum (Gray, 1843)) as a previous molecular study indicated that it represented a species complex. As part of this work we have resolved some nomenclatural issues involving this species and a...

Morphology has been the subject of several studies in Eunice specially in the context of the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of taxa within this genus. In this study we opt for a morphometric approach comparing five species of Eunice to assess if it was possible to delimitate them by shape variables. The morphology of E. fucata, E. insularis, E. cf. ornata, E. rubra, and Eunice sp. was ...

The marine biosphere is the primary source that has produced excellent bioactive metabolites. Natural compounds isolated from various algae, especially brown gained interest because of their wide variety biological activities and biocompatibility. Among Turbinaria ornata (T. ornata), a highly prevalent alga, presence substances, primarily polysaccharides proteins, could be used for broad range ...

Clam samples of Liochoncha ornata were collected for a period of one year from July 2009 to June 2010 at monthly interval. The soft tissue of clams was analyzed to detect some potentially toxic metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Accumulation of Hg, Cd and Pb in the clam tissues showed variability with a mean concentration of 0.011±0.009, 1.769±0.942 and 0.015±0.039 μg/g wet wei...

Fifteen new species of the Leucophenga ornata species group are described from East Asia: L. apunctata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. arcuata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. brevifoliacea Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. euryphylla Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. falcata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. fuscinotata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. fuscithorax Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. glabella Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. hirs...

The incidence and intensity of metazoan parasites in 3 species of Iraqi amphibians were studied. The amphibians were Rana ridibunda, Bufo viridis and Hyla arborea. Twenty-four species of helminths were encountered, including 16 trematodes, 1 cestode and 7 nematodes. Their respective names are: Polystoma integerrimum, Prosotocus confusus, P. fuelleborni, Pleurogenoides gastroporus, P. medians, S...