10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROPOD»
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1
Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America
According to Van der Spoel (1976, 1996a) the number of heteropod species
currently known is 35 plus several (7–10) subspecific forms. Richter and Seapy's
(1999) figure is 36, without recognition of subspecific taxa; they stated that there
are ...
Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Jorge Cort©♭s, 2008
5.6.3 Detection and pursuit of prey: heteropod molluscs and alciopid annelids
Both these groups inhabit the upper 100m of the ocean, and are predators of
plankton. Both have evolved unusually well developed eyes (Fig. 5.5), in classes
(the ...
Eric Warrant, Dan-Eric Nilsson, 2006
3
Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks
Calcareous shells are present in members of two of the three heteropod families
and are lacking only in the pterotracheids. B0ggild (1930) established that the
shells of atlantids and Carinaria are composed of aragonite and not of calcite, the
...
Carol M. Lalli, Ronald W. Gilmer, 1989
4
Mesopelagic Zooplankton Feeding Ecology and Effects on ...
Extremely large pellets of the heteropod Carinaria spp. (see results) were only
found at station ALOHA at 150 m (in all replicates). We excluded heteropod pellet
POC contribution in our analyses as we have no reliable estimate of their ...
Stephanie Erin Wilson, 2008
5
Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
Interestingly, in the heteropod Atlanta the movement of the eyes is synchronous
and their overlap suggests the possession of binocular vision (see notes 86 and
89). 37. Concerning the well-known winkle Littorina littorea, see the paper by ...
Simon Conway Morris, 2003
6
Plankton & Benthos Research
The regression results (Table 3) revealed that A. rosea dominated the heteropod
community in winter, spring and summer, based on the dominance index,
average abundance, and proportion of overall heteropod abundance (Xu & Li
2005b).
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The Optics of Life: A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature
(heteropod), (i) Bathochordeus charon (larvacean), (J) Periclimenes holthuisi (
anemone shrimp), (K) Bathophilus sp. (larval form ofdeep-sea fish), (L)
Cardiopoda richardi (heteropod). images courtesy of Laurence Madin, steve
haddock, ...
8
The Evidence for Evolution
One group, the heteropod sea snails, has retinas so long and narrow that at any
given instant the snail's field of view is only a few degrees high, though it may be
180◦ wide. This snail peers at the world through a narrow slit. The slit however is
...
9
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Species of Pterotheca have been erroneously described as brachiopods (Atrypa
transversa Port- lock, 1843), and the genus itself has often been classified with
the pteropod or heteropod gastropods. Hall (1861, p. 96-98), not knowing of the ...
10
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
—Species of Pterotheca have been erroneously described as brachiopods (
Atrypa transversa Port- lock, 1843), and the genus itself has often been classified
with the pteropod or heteropod gastropods. Hall (1861, p. 96-98), not knowing of
the ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROPOD»
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TGIF: Snails that Fly, or, the Potato Chips of the Ocean
Some species possess a sucker on their “fin” which the heteropod no doubt uses to hold its prey still while it savages it alive. Then there is the ... «Scientific American, Feb 12»
