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The life history of the gastropod ThyonicolaAmericana Tikasingh, endoparasitic in a seasonally eviscerating holothurian host
Title
The life history of the gastropod ThyonicolaAmericana Tikasingh, endoparasitic in a seasonally eviscerating holothurian host.
Creator
Byrne, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1985
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007081
Subject Headings
Parasitic gastropods, Holothurians, Sea cucumbers, Autotomy, Host-parasite relationships
Format
Document (PDF)
Nest architecture and social parasites of the pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni
Title
Nest architecture and social parasites of the pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni.
Creator
Quach, Phuc., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni, is one of the most common and conspicuous ants of open, sandy habitats in the southeastern US. To examine the architecture of D. bureni nests in different habitats, I made wax casts of the subterranean tunnels and chambers of nests in a disturbed college campus site (n=3) and a relatively undisturbed greenway preserve site (n=5). Nests of pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni, consist of two basic units : horizontal chambers and descending shafts connecting them....
Show moreThe pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni, is one of the most common and conspicuous ants of open, sandy habitats in the southeastern US. To examine the architecture of D. bureni nests in different habitats, I made wax casts of the subterranean tunnels and chambers of nests in a disturbed college campus site (n=3) and a relatively undisturbed greenway preserve site (n=5). Nests of pyramid ant, Dorymyrmex bureni, consist of two basic units : horizontal chambers and descending shafts connecting them. Chambers near the surface are tunnel-like with branches arranged in a nexus, while deeper chambers were more compact in outline. Chamber height is more or less constant, but chamber shape becomes more complex and lobed in characteristic ways as chambers enlarge. Nests have a top-heavy distribution of chamber area at all sizes because chambers are larger and closer together in the upper nest regions.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359322
Subject Headings
Ants, Nests, Insect societies, Insects, Behavior, Parasites, Behavior, Host-parasite relationships
Format
Document (PDF)
Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: newspecies, new family (Jeanboilloniidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites
Title
Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: newspecies, new family (Jeanboilloniidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites.
Creator
Pages, F., Flood, P. R., Youngbluth, Marsh J.
Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007158
Subject Headings
Maine, Gulf of, Zooplankton, Siphonophores, Hydrozoa, Species, Taxonomy (Biology), Parasites
Format
Document (PDF)