[PDF] Top 20 A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys

... material and for performing the cladistic analysis; Roger Bour, for advice, guidance and reference material; Kraig ...Adler of Cornell University, for providing otherwise unobtain- able ... See full document

... Andeancistrus and Transancistrus were found to be strongly supported as sister to each other (Bayesian posterior probability: ...100) and respectively monophyletic (BI: 1.0, ML: 100) in the re- ... See full document

... relevance of the ciliated papillae of branchial lamellae One of the most relevant diagnostic characters of ...is the presence of ciliated papillae in branchial ... See full document

... one of the most di- verse groups of mammals in the world inhabi- ting almost all terrestrial environments of South America (Catzeflis et ...Wilson and Ree- der, 2005). The ... See full document

... on the taxonomy of this subgenus were made by Wygodzinsky and Coscarón (1967), and Coscarón and Wygodzinsky ...Wygodzinsky and Coscarón (1979), and Coscarón and ... See full document

... one of the most di- verse groups of mammals in the world inhabi- ting almost all terrestrial environments of South America (Catzeflis et ...Wilson and Ree- der, 2005). The ... See full document

... Africa and South America. The typical taxonomic character for this genus is the lon- gitudinal striation of the cuticle caused by an arrange- ment of the areoles in ... See full document

... Abstract. Two new cave species of Proisotoma ...described and illustrated: ...Venezuela, and P. santosorum sp. nov. from Mexico. A key for the identifi cation of ... See full document

... midbody, and the body scales smooth anteriorly but stricted and lacking a median keel posteriorly on the ...montanus and all known Costa Rican Corms as possible cons­ pecifics as ... See full document

... on the basis of the reduction in the connection of the two pelvic ...However, the apparent reduction of the interradial membrane between the ... See full document

... Nicaragua and the Canal Zone, Panamá reveal considerable variation (see ...along the eotire transect, but in others no 8uch gradual changes take ...considers the highly conservative nature ... See full document

... three-quarters of the upper lip (Fig. 5A) sim- ilar to the ventrally projecting flap on the lower lip typical of all Halichoeres (as in ...5A, and H. dispilus, Fig. 5B). In some ... See full document

... 25) and paramere lobe at gonocoxite base (pm gbl; Figures 23 – 25); dorsal bridge horizontal, with a pair of projections anterolaterally; lat- eral medial element broadly interconnected with ... See full document

... During the analysis performed some figures and original descriptions of species caught our ...designate the variety Ancistrus cirrhosus dubius, usually accepted as Ancistrus dubius, ... See full document

... analysis of Oweniidae, concluded that while Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1842, Myriowenia Hartman, 1960, and Myrioglobula Hartman, 1967 are monophyletic groups, Myriochele Malmgren, 1867 and Galathowenia ... See full document

... Three genera of sphaerodorid polychaetes, represented by five species, are reported here for the first time for the Bellingshausen Sea; two of them are new to ... See full document

... Invertebrates of Icelandic Waters) expeditions are part of an international and collaborative programme started in 1991, designed to provide extensive knowledge of the marine benthic ... See full document

... to the Cheirodontinae (4) Orig­ inal descriptions of the 1 1 nominal species of Odontostíibe were examined and specimens of ...property of CAS; ANSP 7018 1 ) ; O. ... See full document

... compressed and minutely scaberulous especially in the upper portion, distally branching; basal leaves 5-8, linear, 4-11 cm long, ...for the minutely scaberulous margin; cauline leaves none except for ... See full document

... 22) and Ecuador (Spruce 22b). During a visit to the New York Botanical Garden (NY), we were able to locate the two complete well preserved syntypes of this ...described ... See full document