ZS Volumn

Morphological Differentiation of the Skull in Two Closely-related Mustelid Species (Carnivora: Mustelidae)

Alexei V. Abramov^1,*, Andrey Yu. Puzachenko², and Igor L. Tumanov³

A New Species of Genus Plakortis Schulze 1880 (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Badabalu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Vibha V. Ubare* and PM Mohan

Habitat Use and Migratory Life History of Salangid Icefish (Salangidae) Revealed by Otolith Sr/Ca Ratios

Jen-Chieh Shiao^1,*, Chien-Yu Chen¹, Jie Zhang², and Yoshiyuki Iizuka³

Evaluation of the Copepod Eurytemora affinis Life History Response to Temperature and Salinity Increases

Anissa Souissi¹, Sami Souissi^1,*, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang²,³

Small Mammalian Remains from the Late Holocene Deposits on Ishigaki and Yonaguni Islands, Southwestern Japan

Yuichiro Nishioka^1,*, Ryohei Nakagawa², Shin Nunami³, and Satoshi Hirasawa⁴

Notes on the foraging strategies of the Giant Robber Crab Birgus latro (Anomala) on Christmas Island: Evidence for active predation on Red Crabs Gecarcoidea natalis (Brachyura)

Jakob Krieger^1,*, Michelle M. Drew², Bill S. Hansson²^,^†, and Steffen Harzsch1^1,²^,^†

Anomuran and Brachyuran Symbiotic Crabs in Coastal Areas between the Southern Ryukyu arc and the Coral Triangle

Parinya Limviriyakul^1,², Li-Chun Tseng¹, Jiang-Shiou Hwang^1,³, and Tung-Wei Shih^4,*

New Species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and Associated Islands, Philippines

Nonillon M. Aspe^1,* and Samuel W. James²

Improvement in Survivorship: The Key for Population Recovery?

María Florencia Grandi^1,*, Silvana L. Dans^1,2 and Enrique A. Crespo^1,2

A review of the Spider Genus Atmetochilus of Sumatra, Indonesia, with First Analysis of Male Characters and Description of Three New Species (Araneae, Nemesiidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein^1,* and Yuri M. Marusik²^,3,4

A New Species of Zambedania (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) from the Two Rivers Platinum Mine in South Africa and Notes on the Life-cycle of the Genus

Anne M. Camerik^1,*, Wojciech Ł. Magowski², Peter G. Hawkes^3,4, Edward A. Ueckermann^5,6, Ronald Ochoa⁷, and Gary R. Bauchan⁷

New Data to the Earthworm Fauna of the Korean Peninsula with Redescription of Eisenia koreana (Zicsi) and Remarks on the Eisenia nordenskioldi Species Group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Yong Hong¹ and Csaba Csuzdi^2,*

The Cryptic Bombus lucorum complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Austria: Phylogeny, Distribution, Habitat Usage and a Climatic Characterization Based on COI Sequence Data

Silas Bossert^1,*, Barbara-Amina Gereben-Krenn², Johann Neumayer³, Bernhard Schneller4, and Harald W. Krenn⁵

Host Relation, Size and Reproduction in the Burrowing Barnacle Trypetesa lampas (Hancock) (Crustacea Cirripedia Acrothoracica)

Sofie K. D. Nielsen¹, Jens T. Høeg^1,*, and Yoichi Yusa²

Comparative Morphology and Redescription of Pleurobranchus Species (Gastropoda, Pleurobranchoidea) from Brazil

Juliana Alvim* and Alexandre Dias Pimenta

Low Genetic Diversity in Diplomystes camposensis, an Endemic and Endangered Catfish from South Chile

Carlos P. Muñoz-Ramírez^1,*, Evelyn Habit², Peter J. Unmack⁴, Jerald B. Johnson⁵, and Pedro F. Victoriano^1,3

Do Green Treefrogs Use Social Information to Orient Outside the Breeding Season?

Gerlinde Höbel* and Ashley Christie

Larval Fish Assemblages and Hydrographic Characteristics in the Coastal Waters of Southwestern Taiwan during Non- and Post-typhoon Summers

Hung-Yen Hsieh^1,2, Wen-Tseng Lo³, Hsiao-Hao Chen³, and Pei-Jie Meng^1,2,*

Different Stress Tolerances of Juveniles of the Coral Acropora tenuis Associated with Clades C1 and D Symbiodinium

Ikuko Yuyama^1,*, Takashi Nakamura^2,3, Tomihiko Higuchi4, and Michio Hidaka²

Population Dynamics and the Effects of Temperature on the Eggs of the Seawater-dispersed Stick Insect Megacrania tsudai (Phasmida: Phasmatidae)

Shun Kobayashi^1,2,*, Ryota Usui³, Kouta Nomoto⁴, Mineyuki Ushirokita⁵, Tetsuo Denda⁶6, and Masako Izawa⁶

Diet and Effects of Sanford’s Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi, Archbold 1932) Gut-passage on the Germination of Plant Species in Amber forest, Madagascar

Kaloantsimo Sarah Chen^1,2,*, Jun Qing Li1, Jean Rasoarahona², Fousseni Folega³, and Christophe Manjaribe⁴

Habitat Preferences of Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) and Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) in Two Different Woodlands in North East Scotland

Alek Rachwald^1,*, Tim Bradford², Zbigniew Borowski¹, and Paul A. Racey³

Taxonomic and Biogeographical Status of Three Species of the Spider Crabs of the Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 (Majoidea: Epialtidae) as Determined by DNA Barcoding and Morphological Analyses Along the Western Atlantic

Ana Francisca Tamburus and Fernando Luis Mantelatto*

Effect of Photoperiod Extension on the Testicular Sonographic Appearance and Sexual Behavior of Captive Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Xueying Yu^1,2, Yujiang Hao^1,*, Brian CW Kot³, and Ding Wang¹

Ultrastructural Hair Morphology: a Supplemental Tool for Species Recognition in Bats

Mukesh Kumar¹, Yuvana S. Priya², Virendra Mathur³, Harendra Kumar⁴, and Vadamalai Elangovan^5,*

Gene Structure and Sequence Polymorphism of the Coat Color Gene, Mc1r, in the Black-Bellied Vole (Eothenomys melanogaster)

Yung-Chih Lai^1,2,*, Shiao-Wei Huang¹, and Hon-Tsen Yu^1,3

Different Oxygen Stresses on the Responses of Branchial Morphology and Protein Expression in the Gills and Labyrinth Organ in the Aquatic Air-breathing Fish, Trichogaster microlepis

Chun-Yen Huang¹ and Hui-Chen Lin^2,3,*

Taxonomic Composition and Seasonal Distribution Changes of Pelagic Tunicates in the Waters Off Nuclear Power Plants in Northern Taiwan in Relation to Environmental Conditions

Pietro Franco¹, HongJu Chen², and Jiang Shiou Hwang^3,*

Short-term Effects of Hypertonic Shock on Na+, K+-ATPase Responses in Gills and Kidneys of the Spotted Green Pufferfish, Tetraodon nigroviridis

Chia-Hao Lin¹ and Tsung-Han Lee²^,3^,*

Succession of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Communities Coupled to Environmental Factors in the Oligo-mesotrophic Nabhana Reservoir (Semi Arid Mediterranean Area, Central Tunisia)

Ikbel Sellami^1,*, Asma Hamza², Monia El Bour³, Mohammed Alaoui Mhamdi⁴, Bernadette Pinel-alloul⁵, and Habib Ayadi¹

Smilosicyopus leprurus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) is a Fin-eater

Ying-Tzu Lu¹, Min-Yun Liu², You He³, and Te-Yu Liao^1,*

Two New Echinoderes Species (Echinoderidae, Cyclorhagida, Kinorhyncha) from Nha Trang, Vietnam

Hiroshi Yamasaki

Population Structure of Blue Marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the Pacific and Eastern Indian Oceans

Hui Chen¹, Chia-Hao Chang², Chi-Lu Sun¹^,^3,*, Kwang-Tsao Shao², Su-Zan Yeh¹, and Gerard DiNardo⁴

Morphological differentiation of the skull in two closely-related mustelid species (Carnivora: Mustelidae)

Alexei V. Abramov^1,*, Andrey Yu. Puzachenko², and Igor L. Tumanov³

Preliminary Taxonomic Survey and Molecular Documentation of Jellyfish Species (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) in Malaysia

Moha mmed Rizman-Idid¹^,*, Abu Bakar Farrah-Azwa², and Ving Ching Chong¹^,²

Batch-like Arrival Waves of Glass Eels of Anguilla japonica in Offshore Waters of Taiwan

Yu-San Han¹^,*, Chau-Ron Wu², and Yoshiyuki Iizuka³

Eco-hydromorphic Classification for Understanding Stream Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity in Brunei Darussalam, Northern Borneo

Kate Baker¹^,*, Michael A. Chadwick¹, and Zohrah Haji Sulaiman²

Song Characteristics of Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus and Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus and Implications for Distribution and Taxonomy

Canwei Xia¹, Wei Liang², Geoff J. Carey³, and Yanyun Zhang¹^,*

The Recognition and Molecular Phylogeny of Mugilogobius mertoni Complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with Description of a New Cryptic Species of M. flavomaculatus from Taiwan

Shih-Pin Huang¹, I-Shiung Chen², Mana M. N. Yung³, and Kwang-Tsao Shao¹^,*

Nestling Growth is Impaired by Heat Stress: an Experimental Study in a Mediterranean Great Tit Population

Samuel Rodríguez* and Emilio Barba

Reproductive Behavior and Embryonic Development of the Pharaoh Cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae)

Mong-Fong Lee¹^,*, Chun-Yen Lin², Chuan-Chin Chiao^2,3, and Chung-Cheng Lu⁴

Population Dynamics of the Sea Slug Plakobranchus ocellatus (Opisthobranch: Sacoglossa: Elysioidea) on a Subtropical Coral Reef off Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Daisuke Tanamura and Euichi Hirose*

Diversity and Distribution of the Genus Friesea (Collembola: Neanuridae) in Romania with Description of Three New Species

Cristina Fiera¹ and Wanda Maria Weiner^2,*

Temporal and Spatial Site Sharing during Spawning in Snappers Symphorichthys spilurus and Lutjanus bohar (Pisces: Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Waters around Peleliu Island, Palau

Jiro Sakaue¹^,*, Hiroshi Akino², Manabu Endo², Hitoshi Ida¹, and Takashi Asahida¹

Spatial Patterns and Environmental Settings of Non-reefal Coral Communities Across the Tropic of Cancer in the Penghu Archipelago (Pescadores), Taiwan

Hernyi Justin Hsieh¹, Colin Kou-Chang Wen^2,3, Yuan-Chao Huang⁴, Kao-Sung Chen⁵, Chang-Feng Dai^6,*, and Chaolun Allen Chen^2,6,7,*

Succession of monsoons and water mass influences on euphausiid assemblages in the waters around Taiwan, western North Pacific Ocean

Ren-Jye Hsieh¹, Hung-Yen Hsieh^2,3, and Wen-Tseng Lo^1,*

Description and DNA Barcoding of a New Sillago species, Sillago shaoi (Perciformes: Sillaginidae), in the Taiwan Strait

Jia-Guang Xiao¹, Na Song¹, Zhi-Qiang Han², and Tian-Xiang Gao^2,*

Two New Pristionchus Species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Taiwan are Part of a Species-cluster Representing the Closest Known Relatives of the Model Organism P. pacificus

Matthias Herrmann¹, Christian Weiler¹, Christian Rödelsperger², Natsumi Kanzaki², and Ralf J. Sommer^1,*

Phylogeography, Historical Demography, and Genetic Structure of the Rose Bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner, 1866) (Cypriniformes: Acheilognathidae), in East Asia

Yao-Feng Tsao¹, Wen-Wen Lin², Chia-Hao Chang³, Takayoshi Ueda⁴, Nian-Hong Jang-Liaw⁵, Ya-Hui Zhao⁶, and Hsiao-Wei Kao^1,*

Ecology of Endolithic Bivalve Mollusks from Ko Chang, Thailand

Cheewarat Printrakoon¹, Thamasak Yeemin², and Paul Valentich-Scott^3,*

Can Protected Areas with Agricultural Edges Avoid Invasions? The Case of Bullfrogs in the Southern Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil

Bruno Madalozzo*, Camila Both, and Sonia Cechin

On the Giant Pheretimoid Earthworms From Vietnam (Clitellata: Megascolecidae), with Descriptions of Three New Species

Tung T. Nguyen¹, Dang H. Lam², and Anh D. Nguyen^3,*

Growth, Diet Composition and Reproductive Biology of the Invasive Freshwater Fish Chevron snakehead Channa striata on a Subtropical Island

Li Kuan-chung¹, Shieh Bao-sen², Chiu Yuh-wen³, Huang Da-ji⁴, and Liang Shih-hsiung¹,*

Influence of Trichodactylus fluviatilis on Leaf Breakdown in Streams: Understanding the Role of Freshwater Crabs in Detritus-based Food Webs

Larissa Costa^1,2, Walace Kiffer Jr.^1,2, Cinthia Casotti^1,2, Juliana Rangel^1,2, and Marcelo Moretti^1,2,*