The green mole, Astromycter prasinatus T. M. Harris, 1825 (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae): an origin story

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
N. Woodman
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Separate Genus ◽  
The North ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
The Arts ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Origin Story ◽  
Source Materials

Thaddeus William Harris described the green mole of Maine, Condylura prasinata (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae), in the July 1825 issue of the Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, and this was considered the original description of the species throughout most of the nineteenth century. In the early twentieth century, taxonomists began instead to cite an earlier notice in the June 1825 issue of the American Journal of Science and Arts. This short article also described the species, but also established a separate genus for it, Astromycter, despite Harris’s indications elsewhere that the species was congeneric with the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata ( Linnaeus, 1758 ). Moreover, the American Journal of Science and Arts article cited as its source the “ Machias Star”, indicating the possibility of an even earlier description of the animal. With Astromycter prasinata in synonymy with C. cristata for over a century, little effort has been exerted to determine whether earlier source materials exist or why, within two months, the green mole was allocated to two different genera by its describer. The question is taxonomically relevant today because C. prasinata predates C. cristata nigra Smith, 1940 , as an available name for north-eastern populations of star-nosed moles. If subspecies of C. cristata are to be recognized, the north-eastern subspecies should correctly bear the name C. cristata prasinata. In fact, authority for both genus- and species-group names for the green mole have been misattributed since 1825. The descriptions of C. prasinata by Thaddeus William Harris in the Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts and American Journal of Science and Arts were preceded by at least three published descriptions of A. prasinatus by Thaddeus Mason Harris, his father.

A Sibling Species Group of Hydractinia in the North-Eastern United States

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 857-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo W. Buss ◽  
Philip O. Yund
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Larval Dispersal ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Symbiotic Organisms

Many symbiotic organisms are narrowly distributed on one or a few host species. These associations are intriguing, as they invite the development of hypotheses regarding the pattern and process of speciation and serve as laboratories for the testing of methods of phylogenetic reconstruction (Kraus, 1978; Futuyma & Slatkin, 1983; Stone & Hawks worth, 1986). The evolution of host-specificity in the sea may be expected to be severely constrained by the difficulty of achieving reproductive isolation in taxa whose gametes are freely released into the water column and/or whose larvae are potentially widely distributed (Scheltema, 1977). Yet this difficulty may well be overestimated, given the recent demonstrations of limited gamete (Pennington, 1985; Yund, in press) and larval dispersal (Knight-Jones & Moyse, 1961; Ryland, 1981; Olsen, 1985; Jackson & Coates, 1986; Grosberg, 1987). Indeed, if gamete and larval dispersal are as limited as has recently been contended (Jackson, 1986), local isolation of populations may be a routine occurence, offering repeated opportunities for speciation.

A Redescription of Protellina ingolfi (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) from the North-Eastern Atlantic

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 657-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
Morphological Difference ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Biological Investigation ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Norwegian Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Juvenile Males

Protellina ingolfi Stephensen, 1944 was first reported from the southern Norwegian Sea, collected during the Danish Ingolf Expedition in 1895–96. This species was described from what Stephensen presumed was a adult male specimen (Stephensen, 1944). Additional specimens collected during the joint Nordic BIOFAR (Biological Investigation of the Faroes) and BIOICE (Biological Investigation of Iceland) programmes differ from the original description by Stephensen. Male, female and juvenile males are described and illustrated, and any morphological difference between Stephensen's (1944) original description and current material are discussed.

Species composition and distribution of commercial penaeid prawn catches in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, in relation to depth and sediment type

1994 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
IF Somers
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Sediment Type ◽  
Muddy Sand ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Black Tiger Prawn ◽  
Tiger Prawn ◽  
Catch Statistics

To describe the distribution of the commercial penaeid species caught in the Gulf of Carpentaria, species composition data were drawn from studies conducted in the gulf between 1977 and 1992, supplemented with data from commercial catches monitored by fishers trained in species identification. The catch is made up of eight species in four commercial species groups. Three species account for most of the catch: the banana prawn Penaeus merguiensis (about 41%) and the tiger prawns P. esculentus (24%) and P. semisulcatus (23%). Three others, the endeavour prawns Metapenaeus endeavouri (8%) and M. ensis (3%) and the king prawn P. latisulcatus (1%), are found in commercial quantities but usually as incidental components of catches. Two species, the black tiger prawn, P. monodon, and the red-spot king prawn, P. longistylus, are caught only occasionally. At a fine spatial scale (six-nautical-mile grids), each species group was found to consist largely of just one species, and the ratio of one species to another within a species group were relatively stable over time. By using these ratios in combination with fishers' logbook data, it was possible to refine annual catch statistics for the gulf to the level of species rather than, as in the past, just to species group. The spatial distributions of individual species were found to be related to depth and/or sediment type. Catches of P. merguiensis were mainly from the eastern and southern gulf, and in waters shallower than 20 m, but were not associated with any particular sediment type. The brown tiger prawn, P. esculentus, was most abundant in the southern gulf and shallower parts of the western gulf (< 35 m deep). The sediments in these areas were sand or muddy sand. In contrast, the grooved tiger prawn, P. semisulcatus, was most abundant in the north-eastern gulf and the deeper parts of the western gulf (>35 m deep) where sediments were mud or sandy mud. The blue-tailed endeavour prawn, M. endeavouri, was the most widespread of the species in the gulf, but, like P. esculentus, it was most abundant in the south-eastern gulf and shallower parts of the western gulf, where sediments were either sand or muddy sand. The red endeavour prawn, M. ensis, was more limited in its distribution, with highest abundance in the north-eastern gulf and in the deeper parts of the western gulf (35-45 m). Here, the sediments were more than 60% mud.

Checklist of earthworm species (Oligochaeta) of the North Eastern Region of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
NALINI TIWARI ◽  
R. PALIWAL ◽  
AZHAR RASHID ◽  
SHWETA YADAV
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
The State ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Earthworm Species ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

A checklist of earthworm species hitherto recorded from North Eastern Region (NER) of India is presented. In total, 128 species/subspecies belonging to 26 genera spread over 9 families are listed. Of these, 72 species are recognized as endemics, 18 as near endemics, 5 as native peregrines and 32 as exotics. The checklist includes literature citation to the original description, type locality, important synonyms and the state-wise distributional records for each species/subspecies. 

Ocnogyna mooseri, a new peculiar species from Libya (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

2022 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Günter Müller ◽  
Aidas Saldaitis ◽  
Anton V. Volynkin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
North African ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Ocnogyna Graslin, [1837], O. mooseri sp. n. is described from north-eastern Libya. The female of the new species is fully winged but differs from all known species groups of Ocnogyna in a number of diagnostic features and is also externally reminiscent of Tajigyna gansoni Dubatolov, 1990 endemic to Tajikistan. The diagnostic comparison is made with the North African Ocnogyna advena (Fabricius, 1787) having externally similar males but brachypterous females and to the externally dissimilar Ocnogyna parasita (Hübner, 1790) species group having the most similar female genitalia structures.

scholarly journals The Study of the Late Mediaeval Temple Architectures of Tripura (The North Eastern State of India)- A Style Evolved Due to the Multi-Cultural Assimilation During the Manikya Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Mandira Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Eastern State ◽  
The North ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
North Eastern

The purpose of this study is to show the assimilated styles, motifs and designs of the Late Mediaeval Temple Architectures of Tripura. Like the other parts of India, Tripura has been an important centre of interaction of several cultures and traditions. The state is a home to numerous Tribes having different traditions and cultures. Therefore there is a wide variety in the life style and cultures of this state. Due to the friendly nature of the Manikya kings, the state was globally well connected. In the Royal courtyard, many scholars, artists, architects and other literates were invited for cultural exchanges at that time. We can see the influences of those sharing thoughts in the Architectures of this state. The temples constructed during the late 15th-16th century exhibits motifs influenced from the Indo-Islamic architectures, Bengal temples, Indo- Burmese style and other indigenous elements of this region. These temples reflect a synthesis of the arts, ideas, religious beliefs, values and the way of life during the Manikya ages.

scholarly journals MOSQUE SCHOOLS AND TARIQA ABODES OF JHAR MUNICIPALITY (ON FIELD MATERIALS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 608-619
Author(s):  
Zahid A. Halaev
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Study ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
The North ◽  
The Arts ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Subject

A huge role in the dissemination of Muslim religious knowledge was played by the mosque schools раса madras and hujra (hIuzhra- (الهجرة. However, in the pre-revolutionary era, in many rural societies of the former Zakatala district, as in many regions of the North-Eastern Caucasus), there were special premises  abodes of tarikat brotherhoods, which also called "hujras" (. (الهجرة These premises were not educational institutions in the classical sense. Such premises could be houses built at the expense of villagers, patrons of the arts or at the expense of a separate clan (tukhum), bearing the names of this tukhum This could be the house of a mullah or a religious figure, kindly given for religious needs or for holding various religious events, including Tariq rituals. In the article offered to the readers' attention, on the basis of field material, an attempt is made to study the construction of khujras, both mosque schools and monasteries on the example of lying enunciated Jar municipality of Zagatala region of RA. The author of the article ignored issues related to the Muslim education system, programs, methods and teaching methods, since these issues are the subject of a special study. The article contains information about the construction of hujras, analyzes a number of inscriptions found during the collection of field material, gives a polygraphic description of the inscriptions, comments, translation, transliteration. On some hujras, inscriptions were not preserved, or were not applied at all. Of course, in this case, the author resorts to the help of oral folk legends.

scholarly journals Outflows of groundwater in lakes: case study of Lake Raduńske Górne

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-179
Author(s):  
Roman Cieśliński ◽  
Jacek Piekarz
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Lake Water ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Lake District ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Source Materials

Abstract The aim of the study was to locate and describe groundwater outflows in a selected lake basin. The study hypothesis was based on the fact that, according to the specialist literature, one of the forms of lake water supply is through groundwater outflows. It was also assumed that the lakes of the Kashubian Lake District are characterised by such a form of lake water supply. The time scope of the work included the period from January 2011 to September 2012. The spatial scope of the work included the area of Lake Raduńskie Górne, located in the Kashubian Lake District in north Poland. The research plot was in the north-eastern part of the lake. Office works were aimed at gathering and studying source materials and maps. Cartographic materials were analysed with the use of the MapInfo Professional 9.5. The purpose of the field work was to find the groundwater outflows in the basin of Lake Raduńskie Górne. During the field research diving was carried out in the lake. During the dive audiovisual documentation was conducted using a Nikon D90 camera with Ikelite underwater housing for Nikon D90 and an Ikelite DS 161 movie substrobe, as well as a GoPro HD HERO 2 Outdoor camera. During the project, four groundwater outflows were found. In order to examine these springs audiovisual and photographic documentation was made. To systematise the typology of the discovered springs, new nomenclature was suggested, namely under-lake springs with subtypes: an under-lake slope spring and under-lake offshore spring

Discussion on “The grinding wheel and production” at the North-Eastern Section of the Institution

1942 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Bowen ◽  
Vickery ◽  
Buchanan ◽  
Swallow ◽  
Perks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grinding Wheel ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

The influence of submesoscale eddies on hydrochemical parameters and structural and functional characteristics of phytoplankton in the north-eastern part of the Black Sea

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Sergey B. Kuklev ◽  
Vladimir A. Silkin ◽  
Valeriy K. Chasovnikov ◽  
Andrey G. Zatsepin ◽  
Larisa A. Pautova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anticyclonic Eddy ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Hydrochemical Parameters ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Seasonal Thermocline ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
The City ◽  
North Eastern Part

On June 7, 2018, a sub-mesoscale anticyclonic eddy induced by the wind (north-east) was registered on the shelf in the area of the city of Gelendzhik. With the help of field multidisciplinary expedition ship surveys, it was shown that this eddy exists in the layer above the seasonal thermocline. At the periphery of the eddy weak variability of hydrochemical parameters and quantitative indicators of phytoplankton were recorded. The result of the formation of such eddy structure was a shift in the structure of phytoplankton – the annual observed coccolithophores bloom was not registered.

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