Starting from a subjective viewpoint on the decreasing interest in invertebrate fossil taxonomy, this essay discusses its importance palaeobiological studies exemplified with cases palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology of rugose corals, aims at provoking discussion topic. The possible causes this negative declining trend include inherent problems palaeontological changing systems in science high...

Throughout the Caribbean, coral reefs are transitioning from rugose, coral-dominated communities to flat, soft habitats, triggering declines in biodiversity. To help mitigate these losses, artificial structures have been used re-create substrate complexity and support reef inhabitants. This study natural investigate factors influencing use of habitat by fish. During 2018 2019, divers added moni...

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has the ability to quickly identify the presence of specific carbohydrates in plant materials. The presence of the disease huanglongbing (HLB) in the leaves of infected citrus plants has a distinctive spectrum that can be used to distinguish an infected plant from a healthy plant. However, many citrus diseases display similar visible symptoms and a...

We describe a new species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from 180–300 m above sea level on Mt. Lihidan in the northwestern part of Panay Island, Philippines. It is assigned to the Platymantis dorsalis species group and is distinguished from congeners by external morphology, various spectral and temporal components of the advertisement call, and a preference for terrestrial, limestone microh...

Two types of inclusion bodies were consistently observed under light microscopy in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaf tissue infected with Bean rugose mosaic virus (BRMV), a species of the genus Comovirus, family Comoviridae. One type consisted of vacuolated inclusions found mainly in the cytoplasm of epidermal cells. The other type consisted of abundant crystalloid inclusions of different sizes an...

AIMS: This lab will introduce you to the basal metazoan groups: the Porifera (sponges) and the diploblastic Cnidaria (hydroids, jellyfish, anemones, sea pens, corals, and relatives). You will see examples of the important fossil representatives of these groups: demosponges, hexactinellids, and archaeocyaths (Porifera); and the rugose, tabulate, and scleractinian corals (Cnidaria). The method of...