Wandering globe snail, Mesodon altivagus (Pilsbry, 1900) This large and beautiful snail is found in only one patch of spruce-fir and northern hardwood forest above 1500 meters on the highest summits of the Great Smoky Mountains. In the southern US spruce-fir forest is dominated by Fraser Fir (A
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Sea cucumber, Pearsonothuria graeffei Pearsonothuria graeffei is a member of the most diverse family of sea cucumbers on coral reefs, the Holothuriidae. Previously, it was considered a species of the genus Bohadschia, but was recently placed into its own genus,Pearsonothuria, because of its dis
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
I hope this post finds you safe and healthy. Here at the Florida Museum, things have been shut down for a while, and it has given us a great opportunity to tackle all the parts of our job that our job prevents us from doing. Now that we are not out in the field, or physically in the museum answeri
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
The Marine Biodiversity Survey of Guam and the Marianas is a collaborative effort between the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Guam Marine Laboratory. ASCIDIACEA CNIDARIA CRUSTACEA ECHINODERMATA MOLLUSCA PLATYHELMINTHES PORIFERA MISCELLANEOUS TAXA
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
A remarkably well-preserved blanket octopus washed ashore in Wilbur-by-the Sea Wednesday morning, offering “a rare glimpse of an animal that can’t easily be observed or collected,” said John Slapcinsky, invertebrate zoology collections manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History. About 5
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Invertebrates on the Web Florida Museum resources SNAILS of Florida (FL) Collection Databases (FL) Discover Science (FL) Biodiversity Large-scale projects Census of Marine Life Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America (NMITA) Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Other Crustacea
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Our last days on St. Martin were a flurry of activity. Our last day was spent draining ethanol in preparation for our flight and packing up all our specimens and gear. The four of us who were returning to Gainesville checked a total of 9 bags eliciting the curiosity of our fellow passengers and the
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, will be to find the worm Chaetopterus pergamentaceus from its type locality of „Antilles.“ Armed with that informative location description (thanks, Cuvier), Jenna’s keen sense of worm-dar, and Google Earth, we gladly accepted the mission and headed off to
Reefs of Guam Freshwater Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Whether by buzzing, singing, cawing or hissing, plenty of animals boast their own form of communication. But researchers now hope to unlock a common predator-prey language found in insects and mammals: echolocation in hawkmoths and bats. “Moths and bats are completely unrelated yet they are t
The grant will fund research in Ecuador, French Guinea and Borneo, molecular biology
