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Polydora and Related Genera Associated with Hermit Crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species and a Second Polydorid Egg Predator of Hermit Crabs

Williams, Jason D (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

Polydora and related genera associated with hermit crabs from shallow subtidal coral reef areas of the Indo-West Pacific are described. Over 2000 hermit crabs were collected from localities in the Philippines and Indonesia ...
Recent Extinct Land Snails (Euconulidae) from the Gambier Islands with Remarkable Apertural Barriers

Bouchet, Philippe; Abdou, Ahmed (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-04)

Based on study of material collected in the Gambier Islands (eastern Polynesia) by the 1934 Mangarevan Expedition and in 1997, two endemic species of Euconulidae are shown to exhibit apertural barriers unlike those of ...
Recent Records of Exotic Reptiles on Pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia

Buden, Donald W; Lynch, DB; Zug, George R (University of Hawai’i Press, 2001-01)

Seven nonindigenous species of reptiles (two freshwater turtles, one gekkonid lizard, and four snakes) were recorded on Pohnpei and adjacent Ant Atoll (Federated States of Micronesia) for the first time within the past ...
Rediscovery of Talehsapia annandalei (Polychaeta: Pilargidae) in Songkhla Lagoon, Thailand

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I; Nishi, Eijiroh; Anguspanich, Saowapa (University of Hawai'i Press, 1996-07)

The pilargid polychaete Talehsapia annandalei Fauvel, 1932, has been rediscovered in its type locality and its taxonomic affinities are clarified. The genus is set off from remaining synelmins based on possession of palps ...
Reproductive Biology of Three Land Hermit Crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in Okinawa, Japan.

Nakasone, Yukio (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-04)

Reproductive ecological research on three land hermit crabs, Coenobita rugosus, C. purpureus, and C. cavipes, was conducted in the southern part of Okinawa-jima island in 1985, 1986, 1987, and for a short period in 1999. ...
Review of the Fishes of the Genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific

Randall, John E; Randall, Helen A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Ten species offishes of the genus Kuhlia are recognized from Palau to Hawai'i in the North Pacific and from Fiji to Easter Island in the South Pacific: K malo (Valenciennes) from fresh water in the Society Islands; K ...
The Risk to Hawai'i from Snakes

Kraus, Fred; Cravalho, Domingo (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

We assessed the risk to Hawai'i's native species and human quality of life posed by the introduction of alien snake species. An examination of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture records from 1990 to 2000 indicated hundreds ...
The Somatic Chromosomes of Sophora fernandeziana (Fabaceae), an Endemic Tree from Robinson Crusoe Island

Stiefkens, Laura B; Bernardello, Gabriel; Anderson, Gregory J (University of Hawai’i Press, 2001-01)

The mitotic chromosome number and karyotype of Sophora fernandeziana (Phil.) Skottsb. (subfamily Papilionoideae) are reported for the first time. The chromosome number, 2n = 18, is the modal number reported for the genus. ...
Swimming Speed and Metabolic Rate during Routine Swimming and Simulated Diel Vertical Migration of Sergestes similis in the Laboratory

Cowles, David L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Sergestes similis (Hansen, 1903) is a common mesopelagic vertically migrating shrimp common in the temperate and subarctic North Pacific Ocean. The species is a diel vertical migrator, although it remains primarily above ...
Utility of RAPD Markers in Evaluating the Status of the Hawaiian Tree Fern Cibotium x heleniae

Motley, Timothy J; Morden, Clifford W (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-04)

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers provide data consistent with the conclusion based on morphological characters that the recently named taxon Cibotium xheleniae is indeed of hybrid origin. This assertion is ...
Vegetative Anatomy of the New Caledonian Endemic Amborella trichopoda: Relationships with the Illiciales and Implications for Vessel Origin

Carlquist, Sherwin; Schneider, Edward L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Light microscopy was used to study leaf hypodermis, vein sclerenchyma, stomatal subsidiary cell types, and stem and root xylem in liquid-preserved material of Amborella trichopoda; oblique borders on tracheid pits, ...
Zooplankton Biomass Variability in the Mexican Eastern Tropical Pacific

Franco-Gordo, Carmen; Godinez-Dominguez, Enrique; Suarez-Morales, Eduardo (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-04)

The time and space distribution of zooplankton biomass recorded during a year cycle (December 1995-1996) off the Pacific coast of central Mexico is analyzed. Samples were obtained by surface (42-86 m) oblique hauls at ...