江西晚三叠世安源叶肢介属重要分类学特征的发现（英文）

通过扫描电镜重新研究产自江西省萍乡市安源镇三湾上三叠统安源群的近方形安源叶肢介(Anyuanestheria subquadrata Zhang and Chen in Zhang et al., 1976)的模式标本。电镜照相揭示了光学照相无法分辨的重要分类学新特征,其中包括壳瓣背部生长带上的多边形中–大网装饰,以及腹部生长带上的两种装饰类型:每条生长带上部为稀疏纤细的线脊装饰,每条生长带下部中–大网装饰装饰。网状装饰的特征是网壁纤细,网底平浅,印在外膜上表现为彼此濒临的多边形平台。基于以上观察,本文重新修订了安源叶肢介属壳面装饰特征。     

江西上三叠统安源组叶肢介一新属*

香溪叶肢介亚科(Xiangxiellinae)以壳瓣胎壳较大、壳上具有一条或两条短脊为特征,包括两个属:原单脊叶肢介属(ProtomonocarinaTasch,1962)和香溪叶肢介属(XiangxiellaShen,1976)。该亚科化石广布于世界各地,最早出现于我国晚石炭世,三叠纪末消失。本文建立的新属叉脊叶肢介(Dicerestheriagen.nov.),以胎壳上具有两条呈“人”字形向前后分叉的、粗壮的短脊为特征,与香溪叶肢介的构造特征最为接近。推测新属壳瓣胎壳脊的形成与闭壳肌附着引起的壳瓣变异或与生态环境变化有关。化石产于江西抚州崇礼县礼陂煤矿,上三叠统安源组徐坊段。湘赣一带安源组为一套含煤地层,属于滨海、近海、沼泽沉积区,产半咸水类型的双壳类,时代认为卡尼及早诺利期。植物化石Ptiozamites–Anthrophyopsis组合是诺利期的代表,适宜于热带、亚热带气候,滨海环境生长的群落。因此推测新属是一个生活在炎热、潮湿的热带-亚热带气候近海沼泽环境的类型。     

英国早石炭世大网叶肢介科一新属

描述了采自英国伯维克郡下石炭统下泥石群（杜内附）叶肢介一新属－ｌｏｎｇｅｓｈｅｒｉａｇｅｎ．ｎｏｖ．据壳瓣生产带上发育大网状纹饰构造。归属于Ｌｏｘｏｍｅｇａｇｌｙｐｔｉｄａｅ科,从而使该科的地质历程从晚二叠世,一直追溯到早石炭世早期。讨论了新属与该科其它属之间的形态特征联系。认为化石为原理藏,含叶肢介崦层属非海相沉积。     

福建早二叠世叶肢介一新属

中国古生代的叶肢介知之甚少,南方早二叠世的叶肢介迄今尚无正式文献记载。1974年4月,福建地质一团在该省进行煤田勘探时,曾于钻孔中发现叶肢介化石,标注层位为龙潭组。只因化石数量太少,壳瓣保存不完整,产地又不详尽,因此,一直未作报道。之后,福建196煤田地质勘探队王信,在下二叠统童子岩组也找到了这一类型的叶肢介。1982年11月,     

松辽盆地晚白垩世非洲叶肢介科两新属

描述了在松辽盆地西部泰康,富拉尔基,齐齐哈尔一带晚白垩世嫩江组发现的非洲叶肢介科２新属６新种,讨论了非洲叶肢介科的演化。     

关于几个叶肢介化石属名的注解

Bean(1836)在上个世纪曾描述过英国约克郡北部斯卡伯勒附近格里斯托普湾(Gristhorpe Bay)中侏罗统巴柔阶(相当 E.(o.) sauzei带)克洛顿组(Cloughton Formation)格里斯托普层的一些化石,包括双壳类 Unio distortus Bean, 介形类 Cypris concentrica Bean 和 Cypris arcuata Bean (Cypris M?ller, 1776). 嗣后不久, Jones(1862)认为 C.concentrica 是一个叶肢介化石并将这个种归入了 Estheria R?ppell, 1837.本世纪50年代,苏联学者诺沃日     

热河生物群凌源东方叶肢介的软体构造及其分类意义

东方叶肢介（Eosestheria）是著名热河生物群中最为常见的一类甲壳动物,关于它的形态、壳瓣结构及微细纹饰特征的研究已相当详尽,但一直没有关于其软体构造的报道。本文描述的凌源东方叶肢介（Eosestheria lingyuanensis）采自辽宁北票市尖山沟村,产于下白垩统义县组的尖山沟夹层。这些软体构造包括：头部...     

新疆中二叠世叶肢介化石

描述新疆阜康三工河剖面芦草沟组的叶肢介石２科３属４种（其中２新种）和鄯善照壁山剖面“照壁山组“的叶肢介化石２科４属５种,时代均为中二叠世。     

我国冀北西瓜园组丰宁叶肢介模式种形态学再研究（英文）

通过扫描电镜重新研究产自冀北丰宁满族自治县花吉营下白垩统西瓜园组的花吉营丰宁叶肢介(Fengninggrapta huajiyingensis)的正型标本。电镜照相揭示以前光学照相无法分辨的重要分类特征,其中包括:1)胎壳附近窄生长带上的小到中网装饰和密而细的线脊夹小网装饰;2)胎壳附近生长线上的小网装饰;3)靠腹边缘生长带粗壮线脊下端向下接近生长线时膨胀变成三角形"滨生长线瘤"。从而修定丰宁叶肢介的特征描述。     

江西玉山上奥陶统凯迪阶三衢山组的丛花海绵(Corymbospongia)*

串管海绵在中–晚奥陶世经历了的首次辐射演化事件, 在北美、新南威尔士、哈萨克斯坦、西伯利亚和中国西北等地的上奥陶统地层中皆有报道, 但研究程度较低。本文系华南奥陶系串管海绵首次系统古生物学的报道, 详细描述江西玉山上奥陶统凯迪阶三衢山组的Corymbospongia (丛花海绵属)化石, 并基于C. amplia Rigby, Karl, Blodgett & Baichtal, 2005和C. mica Rigby & Potter, 1986的标本展示该属化石外壁的微孔等特征性结构, 这2个种具有跨板块的生物地理分布。综合串管海绵产出层的碳酸盐岩微相以及伴生钙藻和珊瑚化石等群落分子的指相参照, 识别C. amplia和C. mica均具有明显的生态专属性: C. amplia为造礁生物, 在小型微生物岩中出现; C. mica则代表适应于更浅水生境的平地群落代表。本研究将为从底栖生物群落角度开展扬子区生物地层学及古地理重建提供进一步的依据。     

Isolation and characterization of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Spinicaudata)

Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana. In analyses of 20–50 individuals from two populations the number of alleles ranged from two to seven with observed heterozygosity ranging between 0.00 and 0.37. The low values for heterozygosity were not unexpected for a group characterized by its unusual androdioecious mating system, in which males compete with self‐compatible hermaphrodites for offspring production. These microsatellites are likely to be useful for further evolutionary investigations of this rare mating system in these crustaceans.     

Cyst development in the conchostracan shrimp,Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Spinicaudata)

The fertilized egg (or cyst) of branchiopods is a highly resistant stage in the life cycle of these aquatic crustaceans. Previous examinations of these cysts have determined that early embryonic development arrests at a late blastula stage, resulting in a small, crescent-shaped body within the egg shell of these shrimp. Herein, we examine the early development of these embryos by sectioning eggs in the ovotestis, brood chamber, and several time periods after exit from the brood chamber in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana Packard. The early sections find no evidence of internal fertilization in the ovotestis. Eggs in the ovotestis showed no signs of cell division, whereas eggs sectioned from the brood chamber were found to be undergoing early embryonic development. A number of empty egg shells and the lack of unfertilized eggs in the brood chamber suggested that egg yolks quickly degrade after egg extrusion from the ovotestis. Cysts that were allowed to develop for 24, 48, 72, and 96 h, 1 week and 1.5 years were sectioned, and embryonic development did not change after the 48 h time period. Thus, embryos appear to arrest development somewhere between 24 and 48 h after exiting the brood chamber.     

New records of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca,Notostraca, and Spinicaudata) in Mexico

This paper reports new distribution records of large branchiopods for Mexico following a three year survey of the Baja California peninsula. The occurance of the anostracans Thamnocephalus mexicanus (Linder, 1941) and T. platyurus (Packard, 1877), the notostracan Lepidurus lemmoni (Holmes, 1894), and the spinicaudatans Eulimnadia cylindrova (Belk, 1989) and E. texana (Packard,1871), all represent the first records for the peninsula. An undescribed species of the anostracan genus Streptocephalus is recorded from the state of Baja California (Norte). The occurrence of the notostracan genus Triops and four other anostracan species on the peninsula is also confirmed. The conchostracan Cyclestheria hislopi (Baird, 1859) is recorded from the state of Quintana Roo. The collections of Lepidurus and Cyclestheria are the first records for México. These records increase the number of species of large branchiopods reported fromMéxico to 36: 20 Anostraca, 3 Notostraca, 11 Spinicaudata, and 2Laevicaudata. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

海水混养池塘虾蛤肠道与养殖环境的微生物多样性

【背景】海水混养池塘环境微生物以及动物肠道微生物的群落结构已有研究,但对混养环境中多品种动物肠道与环境微生物群落的关系尚未见报道。【目的】研究海水虾蛤混养环境中微生物多样性以及与养殖动物健康之间的关系。【方法】采用Illumina高通量测序技术测定冬季莆田市北江养殖区2个混养池塘中水体、底泥以及虾蛤肠道的菌群结构。【结果】同一池塘水体与底泥之间、不同池塘水体或底泥之间的微生物结构存在一定的差异;同一养殖区2个混养池塘虾与蛤肠道微生物结构之间具有极高的相似性,与养殖环境存在显著的差异。微生物多样性和丰富度差异很大,表现出底泥水体肠道;虾蛤肠道微生物以厚壁细菌和γ-变形细菌为主;池塘水体以放线菌、α-变形细菌以及拟杆菌为主,底泥以γ-变形细菌和δ-变形细菌为主。养殖动物肠道微生物主要优势种为乳球菌属和假单胞菌属,池塘环境内存在较高丰度的黄杆菌类潜在致病菌,而在虾和蛤的肠道中基本未检出。2个池塘底泥硫还原细菌含量较高,增加了底质产生硫化氢等有害物质的风险。【结论】比较混养池塘中水体、底泥以及虾蛤肠道三者之间微生物群落结构的差异,揭示虾、贝混养模式微生物与养殖环境的关系,为池塘养殖虾、贝疾病防治和混养结构的优化提供参考。     

Breeding systems in the clam shrimp family Limnadiidae (Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata)

Abstract. Crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda exhibit a wide range of breeding systems, including dioecy (gonochorism), androdioecy, parthenogenesis, cyclic parthenogenesis, and hermaphroditism. The largest subgroup of the Branchiopods, the Diplostraca, is reported to encompass all five of these breeding systems. However, many of these reports are based primarily on simple observations of sex ratios in natural populations. Herein we report the beginnings of a more rigorous approach to breeding system determination in the Diplostraca, starting with the family Limnadiidae. We combine measurements of sex ratio, offspring rearings, and behavior to identify three breeding systems within the Limnadiidae: dioecy, androdioecy, and selfing hermaphroditism. To date, no instances of parthenogenetic reproduction have been identified in this family. Comparisons of breeding system determination via simple population sex ratios with our more controlled studies show that simple sex ratios can be useful when these sex ratios are ∼50% males (=dioecy) or 5–30% males (androdioecy). However, population sex ratios of 0–5% males or 35–45% males necessitate further investigation because estimates in these ranges cannot distinguish selfing hermaphroditism from androdioecy or androdioecy from dioecy, respectively. We conclude by noting that the genetic sex-determining system outlined for one of these limnadiid species, Eulimnadia texana , provides a parsimonious framework to describe the evolution of the three breeding systems observed within the Limnadiidae.     

Ultrastructure of the male gonad and male gametogenesis in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata)

Abstract. The ultrastructure of the male gonad of Eulimnadia texana (Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata) has been observed for the first time to investigate the sexuality of a well-studied case of androdioecy in the animal kingdom. The male gonad is a double structure located in the hemocoel throughout the entire body length on each side of the midgut. Male gametes originate from the wall and mature centripetally toward the lumen; the proliferative activity is very high and continuous and therefore the mature gonad is full of numerous germ cells. Inside the lumen several degenerative stages are found mixed with sperm cells and spermatids, the latter two being not easily distinguishable because of the slight differences between them. The evolutionary meaning of the degenerative process in E. texana male gametes is difficult to explain, and we propose some hypotheses about its possible role or cause in the studied population: (a) to help build spermatophores, (b) to act as a trophic component for viable sperm, (c) as a manifestation of inbreeding depression, and/or (d) to regulate the number of sperm cells.     

Production of intersexes and the evolution of androdioecy in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea,Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata)

Summary

The production of low numbers of offspring that exhibit a mixture of male and female traits (termed “intersexes”) is commonly reported for crustaceans. The production of intersexes has been ascribed to both genetic and non-genetic (e.g., parasitic infections and environmental pollutants) causes. Herein we report on two observed types of intersexes in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana: (1) a “morphological” intersex, possessing secondary male characteristics (e.g., claspers) and an eggproducing gonad, and (2) a “gonadal” intersex, possessing primarily male traits (e.g., male secondary sexual characters and male gamete production) but also producing low levels of abortive female gametes. We propose that these intersexes are likely the products of low frequencies of crossing over between the sex determining chromosomes that result in the array of observed mixed sexual phenotypes. Additionally, we suggest that the low-level production of intersexes, combined with the ephemeral nature of the habitats occupied by these shrimp, may explain the preponderance of androdioecy (mixtures of males and hermaphrodites) found in these clam shrimp, and possibly branchiopods more generally.     

The genus Thermocyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

Five Thermocyclops species were found in Uzbekistan: T. crassus, T. dybowskii, T. rylovi, T. taihokuensis, and T. vermifer. The last species has been for the first time recorded in the region. The data on morphology, variability and distribution of these species in Uzbekistan are given. A key to determine to the five species is proposed.