A New Genus of Fossil Sand Crab (Anomura: Albuneidae) from the Oligocene of Italy

The recently described fossil albuneid Paralbunea galantensis De Angeli and Marangon differs from the type of the genus Paralbunea Serène and is herein made the type species of a new genus, Harryhausenia , which is closely related to Zygopa Serène and Umali. A discussion is given on the relationships between the new genus and Zygopa , as well as between Zygopa and other albuneid taxa.     

The early Cambrian helcionelloid mollusc Anabarella Vostokova

One of the oldest known helcionelloid molluscs, Anabarella Vostokova, is redescribed on the basis of type material from the lower Cambrian of north Siberia. Published records of the type species, Anabarella plana Vostokova, show a very wide range in morphology, but studies of variation through ontogeny and in taphonomy confirm assignment to a single variable species. Other described species are reviewed.     

STRUCTURE AND REPRODUCTION OF AMANSIA AND MELANAMANSIA GEN. NOV. (RHODOPHYTA,RHODOMELACEAE) ON THE SOUTHEASTERN AFRICAN COAST1

Four species of Amansia Lamouroux were initially found in Natal. More Complete studies on these species revealed a new genus, Melanamansia, Which is described on the basis of presence of two dorsal pseudopericentral cells in two new species from Natal (M. seagriefii sp. nov. & M. fimbrifolia sp. nov.) in addition to other structural characters and features of pigmentation and reproduction. Pseudopericentral cells are not present in the type species of Amansia, A. multifida Lamouroux. The other two species of Amansia occurring in Natal, A. glomerata C. Agardh & A. loriformis sp. nov., have characters similar to the type species. Comparison of species from other regions of the world has shown that eight additional species, previously assigned to Amansia, belong to the new genus.     

Actinomycete diversity associated with foaming in activated sludge plants

Large numbers of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes were isolated from foam and scum samples taken from three activated-sludge sewage-treatment plants using several selective isolation media. Organisms presumptively identified as gordonae formed the dominant population in all of the samples. A representative set of these strains have chemical properties consistent with their classification in the genusGordona. Forty-eight of theGordona strains were compared through 165 unit characters with the type strains of validly described species ofGordona. The resultant data were examined using the Jaccard and simple matching coefficients and clustering achieved using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages algorithm. The numerical classification was only marginally affected by the statistics used or by test error, estimated as 3.92%. The isolates were assigned to five multi-membered and 28 single-membered clusters defined by the simple matching coefficient at the 89% similarity level. With few exceptions, the isolates were sharply separated from theGordona marker strains. Essentially the same classification was obtained when the test strains were examined using a Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometric procedure. It can be concluded that the gordonae form a heterogeneous taxonomic group, the members of which can be distinguished from representatives of validly described species ofGordona.     

夜蛾科卵的数值分类研究（鳞翅目：夜蛾科）

本文以３４种卵作为分类单元,对４１个性状了数值分类研究。结果表明卵的形态特征可以作为夜蛾科分属的重要依据,并支持把黄地老虎归入Ａｇｒｏｔｉｓ属的观点。     

染色体研究的进展与植物分类学(下)

染色体研究的进展与植物分类学（下）徐炳声,张芝玉,陈家宽,洪德元（中国科学院植物研究所系统与进化植物学开放研究实验室北京１０００９３）（上海第二军医大学药学院上海２００４３３）（武汉大学生命科学学院武汉４３００７２）ＡＤＶＡＮＣＥＳＩＮＣＨＲＯＭＯＳ...     

中国山芹属一新种的研究

运用多学科综合分类手段,研究了山芹不同产地居群的变异,发现分布于我国东北部的各居群与华东居群不但存在地理分布上的间断,而且在外部形态、果实及叶柄解剖、核型组成和生物学特性等方面也存在显著差异,因而华东的山芹各居群应独立出来完成一新种──华东山芹OstericumhuadongensisZ.H.PanetX.H.L。     

Morphology and life history of Scytosiphon canaliculatus comb. nov. (Scytosiphonales,Phaeophyceae) from Japan*

Morphology of field material and life history in culture were studied in Scytosiphon canaliculatus (Setchell et Gardner) comb. nov. from northern Japan. Erect gametophytes of S. canaliculatus are cylindrical, tubular, up to 7 mm wide and 40 cm long, and without regular constrictions. S. canaliculatus has pronounced anisogamy and ascocysts accompanied with plurilocular gametangia. The life history of S. canaliculatus showed an alternation between erect gametophytes and crustose prostrate sporophytes bearing unilocular sporangia. Since field sporophytes of S. canaliculatus were found to be identical with Hapterophycus canaliculatus Setchell et Gardner (Ralfsiaceae, Phaeophyceae), it is proposed to transfer H. canaliculatus to the genus Scytosiphon. In the field, gametophytes with plurilocular gametangia appeared in spring and disappeared in summer. Sporophytes with unilocular sporangia were collected in late autumn and winter. Unilocular sporangia were produced at 15°C in short-day culture conditions and unispores developed into erect gametophytes at 5–15°C. It is suggested that the seasonal Occurrence of gametophytes in the field is due to the seasonal formation of unilocular sporangia, which is regulated by temperature and photoperiod.     

Description of four new species in the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from south-east Africa

Four new species in the hermatypic scleractinian coral genus Acropora art described from southeast Africa. Two species, A. natalensis sp. nov. and A. mossambica sp. nov. , occur in both South Africa and Mozambique. Two species, A. sordiensis sp. nov. , and A. branchi sp. nov. , are only known from northern Natal in South Africa. A. branchi sp. nov. and A. mossambica sp. nov. are intertidal species and were collected from permanent tidal pools. A. sordiensis sp. nov. and A. natalensis sp. nov. are strictly subtidal species.