Biodiversity Inventories Lepidoptera of the DeLuca Preserve, Osceola County, Florida Lepidoptera of Split Rock Conservation Area, Alachua County, Florida Inventory of the Lepidopteran Fauna of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba Butterflies of Ecuador Mexican Butterflies Taiwan L
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Rhincodon typus These sharks are recognizable not just for being the largest fish in the sea, but also for their unique patterns. They are filter feeders, often swimming near the surface of the open sea; they gulp in water and filter everything from plankton and fish eggs to crustaceans and schoo
© Cathleen Bester), and (bottom) A) Portion of upper dentary band (about 2.5x), B)
Inglis 1A University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality CI001 Location Inglis 1A is located about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south of the town of Inglis, on the north bank of the Cross Florida Barge Canal west of US Highway 98, Citrus County, Florida. 29.01º N; 82.69º W. Age Early Pleistocen
Feranec, and B. J. MacFadden. 2009.
Millennium Park University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Localities PI018 and PI028 Location The site is located within the boundaries of Boca Ciega Millennium Park, Seminole, Pinellas County County, Florida. 27.83º N; 82.81º W. Age Latest Pleistocene Epoch; late Rancholabrean land mamma
N., and B. L. Kruhcek. 2005.
Monacanthus ciliatus Filefish are flat oval-shaped fish that can escape predators by hiding in a crevice and extending the spines at the top of their heads to firmly wedge themselves into the space. The fringed filefish has an extendable „dewlap“ under its belly that makes it appear larger if nee
Biology Fringed filefish: A – Body, B– caudal peduncle spines, C- spine crowning
I-75 Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL018 Location Southwestern Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, at the intersection of Interstate Highway 75 (I-75) and SR 121 (Williston Road); 29.6° N, 82.4° W. Age Early Oligocene Epoch; later half of Whitneyan land mammal
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– B – BYRUM, STEVEN s.byrum@ufl.edu Department:Â Biology Committee Chair
The University of Florida Wood Collection contains approximately 15,700 accessioned wood samples and 1,000+ microscope slides (thin sections, typically transverse radial and tangential views). Woods from all parts of the world are included with an emphasis on those of the tropics. The collection is
Anatomists IWCS : International Wood Collectors Society Lamb, Samuel H. and Alan B.
Diodon hystrix This porcupinefish looks similar to its relative, the balloonfish, but its body is uniformly grayish-tan, speckled evenly with black spots, with a white belly. The spines all over its body are modified scales, and when it’s threatened, it intakes water, puffing up and making the sp
Development of the porcupinefish: (A) Prior to hatching; (B) newly hatched larva;
Recent Bird Skeleton Collection This collection of 24,500 specimens, representing about 3,000 species, is approximately fifth largest in the world in number of specimens and species. In 1992, the Florida Museum received the Recent bird skeleton collection assembled by Prof. Pierce Brodkorb of the U
We are now processing one of our largest accessions ever, the collection of Ben B.
