From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:07:45 1998 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:29:21 -0500 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #63 crust-l-digest Saturday, 29 March 1997 Volume 01 : Number 063 [none] CRUST-L: FW: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International CRUST-L: Re: Elementary Level Educational Materials [none] CRUST-L: e-mail address SV: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International CRUST-L: mantis shrimp CRUST-L: mysid larvae CRUST-L: FW: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover Re:CRUST-L: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics CRUST-L: Monitoring Coordinator CRUST-L: Lithodid request Re: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics CRUST-L: Permanent mounts Re: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts CRUST-L: Permanent mounts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel.Latrouite@IFREMER.FR (Daniel LATROUITE) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:43:54 +0100 Subject: [none] I would be very pleased to obtain informations about the following species of the west center Atlantic : Panulirus argus, Penaeus schmitti, P. brasiliensis, P. duorarum, P. aztecus. The requested informations are :=20 - - Biometrical relationships, specially relationship between tail weight and carapace length. - - Growth parameters : Linf and K, - - Natural mortality coefficient, - - Sexual maturity parameters : L50 and (L75-L25), - - Parameters of selectivity per gear: mesh size, L50 and (L75-L25), The answer must me directly e.mailed to Dr. Patrick Berthou : pberthou @ ifremer. fr Thank you in advance for any cooperation. =20 Daniel LATROUITE =20 IFREMER Centre de Brest =20 Direction des Ressources Vivantes =20 D=E9partement des Ressources Halieutiques=20 BP 70 - 29280 Plouzan=E9 Cedex - France =20 Tel : 98 22 43 69 =20 Fax : 98 22 46 53 ou 98 22 45 47 =20 e-Mail : dlatroui@ifremer.fr =20 ------------------------------ From: "Kenji SHIMIZU" Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:15:25 +0900 Subject: CRUST-L: FW: This mail was sent to my address. But it was wrong delivery, then I will FW this mail to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU. - ---------- 7ol : Daniel LATROUITE 6f : CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU < : Mz : 1997N3 25z 18:43 I would be very pleased to obtain informations about the following species of the west center Atlantic : Panulirus argus, Penaeus schmitti, P. brasiliensis, P. duorarum, P. aztecus. The requested informations are : - - Biometrical relationships, specially relationship between tail weight and carapace length. - - Growth parameters : Linf and K, - - Natural mortality coefficient, - - Sexual maturity parameters : L50 and (L75-L25), - - Parameters of selectivity per gear: mesh size, L50 and (L75-L25), The answer must me directly e.mailed to Dr. Patrick Berthou : pberthou @ ifremer. fr Thank you in advance for any cooperation. Daniel LATROUITE IFREMER Centre de Brest Direction des Ressources Vivantes Dipartement des Ressources Halieutiques BP 70 - 29280 Plouzani Cedex - France Tel : 98 22 43 69 Fax : 98 22 46 53 ou 98 22 45 47 e-Mail : dlatroui@ifremer.fr - ---------- ------------------------------ From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:19:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International SHRIMP INDUSTRY SPAWNS AQUACULTURE TRADE ASSOCIATION Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor and publisher at Shrimp News International. On Friday, February 21, 1997, at the World Aquaculture Society Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, fifty-six people from twelve countries got together and laid the groundwork for a new, industry-oriented, international aquaculture association. The new association will represent aquaculture in the international arena--on issues of trade, the environment, and public relations. It will promote aquaculture products and encourage sustainable, environmentally friendly fish and shellfish farming. Most of the participants at the first meeting were from the shrimp industry--farmers, processors, marketers and retailers. They represented the largest and oldest shrimp farms in Latin America and the biggest shrimp marketing companies in the United States, like Long John Silver's Restaurants, Rich-SeaPak and Red Lobster. Representatives from the trout and salmon industries attended the meeting and a few aquaculture associations sent representatives. Attendees from Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, India and Thailand expressed a strong commitment to the new association. Everyone agreed that all species groups and all aquaculturists should be represented by the new association. The association will probably be structured as a federation--an association of national aquaculture associations--but will be flexible enough to accommodate a wide range of individuals and businesses. It will make a special effort to include service providers, equipment suppliers, feed companies, marketers, processors and retailers. It's mission will be to foster the production of high quality aquaculture products in environmentally sustainable systems and to represent the aquaculture industries in the international arena. The association will network with all segments of the industry (scientific, environmental, political and regulatory), it will keep its members informed on the latest news, and it will work to educate the public on the benefits of aquaculture. George Chamberlain, director of aquaculture at Ralston Purina International and a past-president of the World Aquaculture Society, organized the meeting and later was nominated acting chairman of the association. I've prepared a report (free) on the meeting. It contains background information, comments of the organizers and attendees, and plans for the next two meetings. In addition, I've included the names, affiliations, addresses, and communications numbers of the 56 people who attended the meeting. The report is available at my web site: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html. You must use a capital "H" in Home! Once you arrive at the site, click the box in the upper left hand corner that says "Click For The Latest News" and it will take you directly to the report. Or, contact me via email, and I'll email a copy back to you. All of my communications numbers appear below. Thanks, Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 USA Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email: shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:46:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Elementary Level Educational Materials Please respond to Barbara Page (pageclan@msn.com), and not to me. THanks, Jeff =============================================================== > Dear List: > Has anyone developed educational materials for elementary age children > concerning Crayfish or crustaceans? > -Barbara Page ============================================================== Barbara, We've developed a nice brochure on fiddler crabs. I can send you some if you'd like. We also have several "Fiddler Walks" underway in the summer. The walks are very popular as the crabs are one of the more visible members of the marsh community. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:52:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [none] Please respond to Jim Collins or Enrique Dupre, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: Jim Collins , crust-l@VIMS.EDU From: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl (Mag. Enrique Dupr=E9 M.) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: DNA extraction Dear Jim: I have contact with Dr. Victor Vacquier, whose is extractin= g DNA from the gonad of sea urching. He use PCR to amplify the mtDNA sequences. I think that he will help you with the technic. He e-mail is vvacquier@ucsd.edu. Good work. Enrique Dupr=3DE9 >Extracting DNA from fresh or frozen specimens of *Palaemonetes* has not=3D been >a problem; however, extracting DNA from alcohol specimens has presented=3D some >problems. I have tried several different protocols for extracting DNA wit= h >little success. Does anyone have a protocols that has proven to extract= =3D DNA >from alcohol preserved crustaceans. If you can point me in the right >direction, I would greatly appreciate your efforts. > >Jim Collins > > > > > > M.Sc. Enrique Dupr=3DE9=3D20 Lab. Biol. de la Reprod. Fac. Ciencias del Mar Universidad Cat=3DF3lica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile Fax: 5651-311287 E-Mail: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:34:11 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: e-mail address Hello crustaceophiles, sorry for disturbing you with this stuff, but is there anybody out there who can send me the e-mail address of: Prof. T. H. Wooldridge (Port Elisabeth) and / or Dr. Yulia G. Tchindonova (Moskow)? Happy Easter to all of you Wulf ********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 /776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone +49/(0)234/700-5577 fax +49/(0)234/7049-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ------------------------------ From: Peter Andreas Heuch Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:04:52 +-100 Subject: SV: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International Hello crustlers, I'm working on the distribution of larvae of a parasitic copepod in the = sea, and need water current data. Do any of you know where I could get = hold of cheap current meters? I won't need much storage capacity and the = instrument doesn't have to be very accurate.=20 Happy Easter! Peter Peter Andreas Heuch National Veterinary Institute Fish Health Section PO Box 8156 Dep., N-0033 Oslo Norway Peter.A.Heuch(vetinst.no ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:47:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: mantis shrimp Please respond to Mark Parsons, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:56:58 +1100 (EST) From: Mark Parsons To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Subject: mantis shrimp Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I was interested in finding out information on Squilla mantis (the mantis shrimp). Some starting references on their life cycle, ecology etc. would be a great help. If anyone can help me in this regard it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou. George Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ------------------------------ From: dieter.walossek@BIOLOGIE.UNI-ULM.DE (dieter walossek) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 16:22 MET Subject: CRUST-L: mysid larvae Hello all, we are interested in information on mysid larvae, especially lophogastrids. Any suggestions for references / possibilities for obtaining material are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, DIETER Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation University of Ulm Liststrasse 3, D-89079 Ulm, Germany, phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX ++49 731 4014 159 email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de WWW site: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/ ------------------------------ From: William Daniels Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 07:37:46 PST Subject: CRUST-L: FW: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover - ---------------Original Message--------------- Dear list: Does anyone have appropriate information or suggested sources for excretion characteristics of European brown cancer crabs, spider crabs and lobsters? I could use the specifics, but would also be interested in actual experience in holding these animals and "rules of thumb" with regards to nitrification requirements, holding tank water turnover rates, densities achieved/recommended, etc. Regards to all, Paul Hundley, President/Principal Engineer APPLIED AQUATICS, INC. Aquatic Systems Design, Supply and Installation 936 Pine Hollow Road Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 * USA Tel: 803/971-9639 * Fax: 803/971-9641 E-mail: AAquatics@aol.com ps. I originally posted this message to the live seafood list. I will share responses with both lists as interests dictate. - ----------End of Original Message---------- - ------------------------------------- Name: Bill Daniels Research Assistant Professor/ Extension Specialist, Aquaculture 1200 N. Dupont Hwy. Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources Delaware State University Dover DE 19901-2277 (302) 739-6944 (302) 739-2014 (fax) E-mail: bdaniels@desu.edu Date: 03/27/97 Time: 07:37:46 Eastern U.S.A. Standard Time - ------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:52:58 +0100 Subject: Re:CRUST-L: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover >Does anyone have appropriate information or suggested sources for excretion >characteristics of European brown cancer crabs, spider crabs and lobsters? >I could use the specifics, but would also be interested in actual experience >in holding these animals and "rules of thumb" with regards to nitrification >requirements, holding tank water turnover rates, densities >achieved/recommended, etc. >Regards to all,>Paul Hundley, President/Principal Engineer >APPLIED AQUATICS, INC. >Aquatic Systems Design, Supply and Installation >936 Pine Hollow Road >Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 * USA >Tel: 803/971-9639 * Fax: 803/971-9641 >E-mail: AAquatics@aol.com >Name: Bill Daniels >Research Assistant Professor/ > Extension Specialist, Aquaculture >1200 N. Dupont Hwy. >Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources >Delaware State University >Dover DE 19901-2277 >(302) 739-6944 >(302) 739-2014 (fax) >E-mail: bdaniels@desu.edu YOU MAY LIKE TO CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSON WHO WILL BE CERTAINLY HELPFULL: Mlle Michele Regnault, Station Biologique, OSU, CNRS LP 4601 & Universite Paris VI, Place Georges Teissier, BP 74, F-29680 Roscoff France Tel. +33 02 98 29 23 23; fax +33 02 98 29 23 24; e-mail regnault@sb-roscoff.fr BEST REGARDS, PIERRE. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Bob Van Syoc Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:34:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics I'm looking for a set of references that could be used to update the family level taxonomy of our amphipod collection. I particularly need information regarding the Gammaridea. It seems that the taxonomy used by Barnard, J.L. (1969. The Families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bull. USNM 271.) and Bowman, T.E. and Abele, L. G. (1982. Classification of the recent crustacea. In: The Biology of Crustacea, Vol. 1.) may be out of date. Do any amphipod experts out there have suggestions for me? I understand that taxonomy and systematics are somewhat fluid, but if general agreement exists regarding the validity or invalidity of particular families I'd like to know. Thanks for your help! Bob ***************************************************************************** Robert J. Van Syoc, Ph.D. email: rvansyoc@cas.calacademy.org Senior Collection Manager http://www.calacademy.org Invertebrate Zoology and Geology voice: (415) 750-7082 California Academy of Sciences fax: (415) 750-7090 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:32:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Monitoring Coordinator We have a full-time (restricted) position open. Marine Scientist (#00023X), Grade 9. Salary Range: 23401-36,535. Starting salary dependent upon experience or exceptional qualifications and previous salary level of appointee. This is a restricted appointment with funding which is subject to renewal June 30, 1997. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required. The successful applicant will support monitoring and research activities in the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia. Duties include performing field sampling, creating and maintaining databases, collecting and analyzing monitoring data, and performing a variety of related duties. Qualifications: Degree in biology, ecology, marine science or a related field or an equivalent combination of experience and training required. Working knowledge of surface and groundwater monitoring and testing procedures; of statistical analysis methods, of computer applications; field collection methods; and strong interpersonal communication and analytical skills required. Preference to advanced degree, expertise in aerial photography and remote sensing interpretation and digitizing, boating safety certificate, and experience supervising volunteers. Applications are available at http://www.state.va.us/~dpt/menu.htm or at any Virginia state agency. Applications can be downloaded, viewed and printed with the Adobe Reader. Deadline for application 4/11/97. Submit completed applications to The College of William and Mary, Office of Personnel Services, P.O. Box 8795, Thiemes House, 303 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795. Contact the Manager, Dr. Maurice Lynch (mlynch@vims.edu, or Research Coordinator, Dr. Jeffrey Shields (jeff@vims.edu) for more information. http://www.vims.edu for info on VIMS http://www.vims.edu/cbnerr for info on CBNERRS http://www.state.va.us/~dpt/menu.htm for list of state jobs and application ------------------------------ From: zaklan@bms.bc.ca (Stefanie Zaklan) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:49:01 -0800 Subject: CRUST-L: Lithodid request Hello, I am a graduate student at the University of Alberta and the Bamfield Marine Station working in various areas of Anomuran phylogeny. Presently, along with Dr. Cliff Cunningham at Duke University, I am trying to collect specimens of the Family Lithodidae to produce a molecular phylogeny of this taxon. Currently, we have access to the following animals: Hapalogaster mertensii Oedignathus inermis Cryptolithodes sitchensis Cryptolithodes typicus Paralithodes camtschaticus Lopholithodes mandtii Phyllolithodes papillosus but require additional species. If anyone could help us collect any additional Lithodid species, or could direct me to another researcher that may be able to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance, stef **************** Stefanie Zaklan Bamfield Marine Station Bamfield, B.C. V0R IB0 zaklan@bms.bc.ca ph: (250) 728-3301 fax:(250) 728-3452 **************** ------------------------------ From: Craig Staude Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 16:24:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics Dear Bob, You may have noticed that Bowman and Abele (1982) used a superfamily classification for hyperiids and caprellids, but left the gammarideans with Barnard's alphabetical listing of families. Ed Bousfield has proposed a superfamily organization for gammarideans that brings this group more in line with the phyletic organization of other percarids. See the following references for details: Bousfield, E.L. 1983. An updated phyletic classification and paleohistory of the Amphipoda. In: F.R. Schram (ed.) Crustacean Issues, 1. Crustacean Phylogeny, pp. 257-277 Bousfield, E.L., and C.-t. Shih 1994 The phyletic classification of amphipod crustaceans: problems in resolution. Amphipacifica 1(3):76-134. Refer also to other papers cited within those references, and consult other issues of Amphipacifica for recent revisions of some amphipod families and genera. You should also consult Barnard and Barnard (1983; Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, VA) and Banard and Karaman (1991; The Families and Genera of Marine Gammaridean Amphipoda, Records Australian Mus. Suppl. 13). These comprehensive works give fairly recent diagnoses and composition of gammaridean families. Perhaps there is no "general agreement" on these family and superfamily groups, but progress has been made in many areas. Best wishes, - -Craig Dr. Craig P. Staude Friday Harbor Laboratories University of Washington staude@fhl.washington.edu 620 University Rd. phone (360) 378-2165 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA fax (206) 543-1273 On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Bob Van Syoc wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:34:07 -0800 (PST) > From: Bob Van Syoc > To: crust-l@vims.edu > Subject: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics > > > I'm looking for a set of references that could be used to update the > family level taxonomy of our amphipod collection. I particularly need > information regarding the Gammaridea. > > It seems that the taxonomy used by Barnard, J.L. (1969. The Families and > genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bull. USNM 271.) and Bowman, T.E. > and Abele, L. G. (1982. Classification of the recent crustacea. In: The > Biology of Crustacea, Vol. 1.) may be out of date. > > Do any amphipod experts out there have suggestions for me? I understand > that taxonomy and systematics are somewhat fluid, but if general agreement > exists regarding the validity or invalidity of particular families I'd > like to know. > > Thanks for your help! > > Bob > > ***************************************************************************** > Robert J. Van Syoc, Ph.D. email: rvansyoc@cas.calacademy.org > Senior Collection Manager http://www.calacademy.org > Invertebrate Zoology and Geology voice: (415) 750-7082 > California Academy of Sciences fax: (415) 750-7090 > Golden Gate Park > San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 > ***************************************************************************** > > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:21:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts Crusters, What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some 250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're affixed to the slides. Suggestions? Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 21:59:08 -0600 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts >Crusters, > >What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some >250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not >happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them >up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're >affixed to the slides. Suggestions? > >Cheers, Jeff Jeff, Um, submit to what? I've got some web sites... . Are the specimens whole mounts or sections or what? There is another mounting medium, Histomount sold by National Diagnostics, that's non-toxic, and used with HistoClear, a non-toxic replacement for carcinogenic xylene. Also, there are water-soluble mounting media that are used for fluorescence-staining that can work. These would also need to be permanently ringed, and to be honest, I don't know if they're of archive quality. If you do need to dehydrate let me know. I've got some dehydrating/mounting tricks from mounting 200 micron gelatin sections. Phil &&& Illigitimi non carborundum &&&&&&&& Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 07:25:30 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts At 05:21 PM 3/28/97 -0500, Jeffrey Shields wrote: >What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some >250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not >happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them >up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're >affixed to the slides. Suggestions? Nothing gives better results than staining, careful dehydration and mounting specimens in a stable permanent medium like canada balsam. However, this is a bloody nuisance if only a few parts are being mounted. Also, *do not* use Permount, because it contracts and crystallises with age. Media like Permount that are made for histological sections may not have archival attributes. Over the years, I've tried a bunch of direct mount media and have found most unsuitable for one reason or another. Lately (perhaps out of laziness) I've been using glycerin jelly. Although many may not consider this a long term "archival" solution, it has the advantages of allowing one to mount the part directly from a glycerin working medium. Many "direct" mounting media often cause shrinking, dissolution or other undesirable changes to the specimens, which glycerin jelly does not. I've had no trouble with long term storage of glycerin jelly specimens, and recommend that once you are done with a specimen in glycerin jelly, the cover slip should be ringed fully. Bill Newman once mentioned that he saw specimens over 100 years old in glycerin jelly at the British Museum (Nat Hist ), so it may the necessary qualities for longevity. If you use it for deposition in a Museum, be sure to mark the slide clearly that it has glycerin jelly, and collection managers should be advised that the mounts may be sensitive to heat and should be stored flat, not on their sides. The beauty of glycerin jelly is that if you want to move a part to another position before ringing, just heat lightly and reposition. A water-based medium called "Euparel" (made in Europe) that we used in Bob Hessler's lab for some time was close to being as easy to use as glycerin jelly. I didn't like it because it sometimes distorted the specimens and had a green stain in it. I suppose more experimentation with similar unstained media might be in order. If anyone has any negative long term experiences with glycerin jelly, I would like to hear of them, since we use it regularly here at the AM Isopod Lab. Buz Wilson Australian Museum ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #63 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:07:58 1998 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:49:38 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #65 crust-l-digest Saturday, 12 April 1997 Volume 01 : Number 065 CRUST-L: formlain extractions [none] CRUST-L: deep sea shrimp CRUST-L: Post-Doctoral Position CRUST-L: More Hits - We've extended the offer! CRUST-L: Pumps to collect copepods CRUST-L: (Fwd) Mortality estimates for lobsters CRUST-L: Recent spams CRUST-L: Slight change in list feature [none] CRUST-L: Pandalopsis ampla CRUST-L: Re spams CRUST-L: culturing freshwater crustaceans CRUST-L: WWW - Web Site Redesign CRUST-L: Culturing deep sea lithodids CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only CRUST-L: Virus Alerts CRUST-L: Daphnia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "V.A.Reid" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 18:49:27 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: formlain extractions Hello there! My name is Vicky Reid, and I am a first year PhD student, based at Hull University. I am working on long-term change in zooplankton populations. My samples date back to 1939, and are the composite of routine fortinghtly sampling in Lake Windermere, English Lake District. All samples have been permanently preserved in formalin, with no subsequent transfer to alcohol. I am aware that many people have succeeded in extracting and amplifing DNA from tissues which have been formlain fixed for a short period and then transfered to ethanol (Frances and Kocher 1996), but has anyone succeeded in extracting DNA from material which has not been remobed from formalin? I have had a couple of promising results, using a modification of a protracted proteinase K, phenol:chloroform protocol, but am finding it very difficult to repeat the success! If anyone can make some suggestions, I would be very greatful! Many thanks, Vicky Reid ------------------------------ From: Brita Hansen Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 12:02:34 +1000 Subject: [none] Hi, My name's Brita Hansen, I'm doing a PhD in freshwater crayfish systematics at the University of Tasmania, Australia. I have found in the university's collection of freshwater crayfish several specimens preserved in alcohol, but unfortunately unlabelled. As they are of no use in this form I would like to dry and harden them for handling and display purposes. Does anyone have any suggestions on methods for doing this? Please send answers directly to me. Thanks, Brita ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:53:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: deep sea shrimp Please respond to Kapiris Kostas and NOT to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: kkapir@posidon.ncmr.ariadne-t.gr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: crust-l@vims.edu, emin-l@nic.surfnet.nl, bionet-biology-deepsea@net.bio.net Subject: Depp sea shrimps X-Mailer: Can anyone help me about the feeding habits of the deep sea shrimps (Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Aristeus antennatus, Parapenaeus longirostris) ? What are they eating, who can I measure their stomachs - stomach's biometry ? With thanks in advance, KAPIRIS KOSTAS NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCHE INSTITUT OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AGIOS KOSMAS - HELLINIKON 16604 ATHENS HELLAS FAX:+30-1-9811713 ------------------------------ From: Paul=Brown%Faculty%fnr@forest1.fnr.purdue.edu Date: Wed, 9 Apr 97 11:03:30 EST Subject: CRUST-L: Post-Doctoral Position Post-Doctoral Position in Crustacean Nutrition A post-doctoral research associate is needed for a collaborative study in lobster nutrition. The incumbent will be an employee of Purdue University, but will be housed and conduct research at the University of Maine Lobster Institute. The project is designed to evaluate a series of new feeds for homarid lobsters in laboratory and field settings. Other lines of investigation will be encouraged. Applicants should have recently completed their Ph.D. in aquaculture, nutrition, physiology or related field. Strong analytical capabilities desired. The position is funded for 1 year with a possibility for renewal. 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Download your free copy today! ******************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: jgomez@vmredipn.ipn.mx Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:13:15 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Pumps to collect copepods Hi, My name is Jaime Gomez. Currently we are interested to estimate secondary production of copepod in Magdalena Bay, Mexico by demographic methods and we need to have all population sampled. We must sampled nauplii and small copepodite using a pump. Somebody known what kind of pump is better to get small zooplankton without dammaged it? Do you know its specification?. This mean, what company sell it, what kind of impeller is better, flow velocity, motor specification etc. etc. If it is recomendable a submersible pump or not. We have the Cole-parmer and VWR catalog however, because we haven't been doing before, we dont have any idea what kind of pump is fine to our porpose. Thanks in advance for any advice Cheers, Jaime @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ M.Sc. Jaime Gomez-Gutierrez Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina A.P. 592. La Paz, Baja California Sur C.P. 23000, Mexico Tel: Mexico code (52) La Paz code (112) 2-53-66 or 2-53-44 ext: 2436; Fax: 2-53-22 E-mail jgomez@vmredipn.ipn.mx @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Life is like ocean currents and plankton, you know that you are going up and down but you don't know where are you going to finish ------------------------------ From: "Dave Schoeman" Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:45:50 SAT-2 Subject: CRUST-L: (Fwd) Mortality estimates for lobsters Greetings Crusters Our institute is currently attempting to develop an age/length structured model, which will be used in a Bayesian assessment of a deep water rock lobster (Palinurus gilchristi) resource. One of the aspects giving us problems at the moment is a reasonable estimate of M (natural instantaneous mortality). We have a few preliminary estimates from size-distribution data, but these may have been biased by fishing and selectivity patterns. For this reason we are trying to gather as many estimates of natural mortality rates amongst palinurid lobster populations as possible, as this will enable us to construct a reasonable prior distribution for this parameter. Any input would be greatly appreciated, especially in terms of estimates from the "grey literature" of fishery reports etc. Thanks for your time - - Dave Dave Schoeman Sea Fisheries Research Institute Private Bag X2 Rogge Bay 8012 Cape Town, South Africa Phone: (021) 4023127 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:40:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Recent spams Crusters, and Marine Pathologists, I don't know from which list I just got spammed, but I'm looking into (1) blocking further spams from this person, (2) finding anti-spam software (which I heard was available on the web), and/or (3) moderating the list (I'd rather not do it). As Bill Snyder suggests, now is the time for some discussion of these points. I don't think complaints to webmasters will succeed as the culprit appears to logon and logoff several accounts, but go ahead and complain to webmaster@northcoast.com or postmaster@northcoast.com. In the meantime if any of you can recommend some anti-spam software for unix mail servers, please pass the information to me. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Slight change in list feature Crusters, and Marine Pathols, We've changed the list configuration such that one has to be subscribed to post to these lists. That doesn't mean outside senders can't post, it just means their messages get forwarded through me first. While this is a subtle change, it should thwart the simple spammer. The more determined spammers can easily get around this change. For now, subscription remains open, and posts are unmoderated. To subscribe send SUBSCRIBE "listname" as the body of the text to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU Cheers, Jeff Shields, List Administrator jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:48:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to the cc: address and not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:08:12 -0400 X-Sender: ecespoz@genes.bio.puc.cl X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: crust-l@vims.edu Subject: Pandalopsis ampla Dear friends: I'm trying to find any information about Pandalopsis ampla (specially geographic range and ecology). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Patricio Zavala Sala de Sistematica Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas P. Universidad Catolica de Chile Casilla 114-D, Santiago CHILE ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:14:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Pandalopsis ampla - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:10:30 -0400 From: ernesto campos <@bahia.ens.uabc.mx@bahia.ens.uabc.mx> To: "'Crustacean List'" Cc: "'ecespoz@genes.bio.puc.cl'" Subject: Pandalopsis ampla Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:05:51 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Patricio Abajo te anoto la distribucion de Panadalopsis ampla Distribucion: Sea Lion Rock, Washington USA hasta Acapulco Guerrero , = Mexico (incluyendo Golfo de California); ATLANTICO: Cercanias de = Montevideo, Uruguay hasta Argentina (segun, Michel Hendrickx y Mary = Wicksten Wicksten, 1989. Los Pandalide (Crustacea: Caridea) del Pacifico = Mexicano, con una clave para su identificacion. CALDASIA (Colombia) 16: = 71-86). Otro articulo que te pudiera ser de utilidad: Wicksten, M.K. and M. Hendrickx. 1992. Checklist of Penaeoid and = caridean shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeoidea, Caridea) from the Eastern = Tropical Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural = History, 9: 1-11. Lo mejor para usted colega chileno. Ernesto. ***************************************** Ernesto Campos Professor of Zoology Profesor de Zoologia Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Apartado Postal 2300, Ensenada, Baja California 22800 Mexico U.S. ADDRESS 4492 CAMINO DE LA PLAZA (STE.ESE. 1108) SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA 92173-3097 U.S.A. ***************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:19:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re spams Thanks to those who responded with advice. I'll be looking into the matter in more detail. CHeers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: reesjf@bani.ucl.ac.be (Rees J.F.) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:32:15 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: culturing freshwater crustaceans Does anyone know of methods that would allow culturing common freshwater copepods and ostracods (any species). What food can we give them, what density can be obtained in the tank? Many thanks for your reply. Jean-Francois - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Francois REES. Lab. animal Physiology. University of Louvain. Croix du Sud 5. B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium ph: 32-10-473472/3476 Fax 32-10-473477 ------------------------------ From: lisa@IMBC.GR (Lisa Owen) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 17:44:56 +0300 Subject: CRUST-L: WWW - Web Site Redesign +Apologies for the cross-postings. This announcement will be made to all relevant mailing lists. ** WEB SITE REDESIGN** The Web Page of The Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) (http://www.imbc.gr) has been redesigned to incorporate some of the latest Internet capabilities and to allow faster and more efficient access to resources. Features include: * A News Section - latest developments and archive material from the IMBC * Full details of IMBC Fields of Work (aquaculture; fisheries; genetics; marine environment; oceanography; sonar, remote sensing and GIS) and Support Units (Information Design and Development Unit, Research Vessels and Library). * NEW* - A Projects and Programmes Section describing current projects in which the IMBC is involved, and providing links to EU Web sites * NEW* - A Bibliographical Services Section housing the IMBC Library and a new facility for full-text searching of all abstracts on the site (EMBS, MEDCOAST 95, Mediterranean Targeted Programme (MAST), IMBC Collected Reprints). You can also use BIAQUE (A Bibliography: Interactions of Aquaculture and the Environment), a searchable database of over 4,800 references relating to aspects of aquaculture and the environment. * NEW* - A Products and Services Section giving details of products for purchase (videos, CD-ROMs and printed materials), and Services for hire (aquaculture, research vessel chartering, design, environmental monitoring, and technology transfer) * NEW* - A Case Studies Section. Introduction, Project, Preparation and Results of Mediterranean studies. CINCS (MAST) projects (including JAGO, the use of an underwater submersible) are now available for viewing. * An Internet Resources Section containing a Marine Science Internet Resource Database (over 650 links to other internet resources - add your site to the database) and a Commercial Product and Services Directory (free listings for marine companies - submit your entry now!) The new site can be accessed from the evening of 12/4/97. We think you'll agree, that it is much improved and houses some great resources. As ever, we welcome feedback and wish you many happy hours of pleasant viewing. The Information Design and Development Unit The Institute of Marine Biology of Crete Greece ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 16:49:33 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Culturing deep sea lithodids Dear listers: Does anyone know of methods that would allow culturing deep sea lithodid crabs (such as king or gold crab)? What food can I give them, what density can be obtained in the tank? I'm trying to find any refs about this subject and I'd thank any help. Yours, Ayax R. Diaz Ruiz Proyecto Fauna Arrecifal Departamento de Biologia Marina Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur. Apto. Postal 19 - B. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico. ------------------------------ From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 19:57:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only Environmental Extremes Versus Sustainable Policies in Aquaculture Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor and publisher at Shrimp News International. At the World Aquaculture Society meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA (February 1997), Thor Lassen, President of Ocean Trust, an organization that promotes the reasonable use of marine resources, spoke about the environment, militant environmentalists, fisheries and shrimp farming. He encouraged the environmentalists to behave more responsibly. Here are some excerpts from his presentation (the full presentation is free at my web site or via email, instructions below): "Given these differences between perception and reality, it is now surprising to hear the wide range of claims at the World Aquaculture conference regarding the destruction of mangroves. Dr. Claude Boyd from Auburn University reports a 6% use of mangrove habitat for shrimp aquaculture worldwide. In Thailand, we hear that 17% of shrimp ponds are in mangrove areas. In Ecuador, it is reported that 14% of the mangrove alteration is associated with shrimp farming. And at the high end, perhaps well-intentioned NGO groups site reports claiming that half of the mangrove loss is due to aquaculture development. We also have heard that 80% of mangroves were destroyed in this or that country, implying that shrimp aquaculture is the culprit." "As with the ocean fishery issue, we've seen the apocalyptic slogans here too: 'The Red Blood of the Blue Revolution' campaign to 'Stop the Mangrove Massacre' allegedly associated with shrimp, full page ads attacking shrimp in national newspapers, threats of consumer boycotts, and lists of NGO demands. Shrimp is the focus in spite of the fact that there have been many other sources of mangrove destruction, salt farms, urbanization, pollution, lumber extraction, mining, charcoal production and other aquaculture activities, like milkfish farming in the Philippines." "The NGOs were invited to the World Aquaculture Conference. They talked about 'establishing a dialogue' and 'collaborating with industry'. Then, throughout the meeting, they took 'pot shots' at the industry with one hand, while extending the other in trust. These are not sustainable approaches to cooperative problem solving. These are extremes that further perpetuate the image of NGOs and environmental groups as alarmists." "If the NGOs want to be effective 'watchdogs', they should stop barking at everything they see. Just as the industry needs to put its house in order and rein in environmental extremes (stop all mangrove destruction), so do the NGOs. Apply the same standards to yourself that you ask of the industry--be responsible partners willing to recognize the positive along with the negative. Recognize that the expertise to solve common issues may not lie within the 'collective wisdom' of NGOs or in your list of demands. Otherwise, you encourage continual division between NGOs and industry, an us versus them attitude, that may drive the industry to its own proclamations, demands and full page ads. This does not foster a dialogue about what clearly are common interests in protecting mangroves and water quality." Source: Environmental Extremes Versus Sustainable Policies in Aquaculture. Thor J. Lassen. Presented at World Aquaculture '97, February 1997. Ocean Trust is a non-profit ocean conservation foundation dedicated to promoting the protection and sustainable use of the oceans and its natural resources as a food source for humanity. For more information contact: Thor J. Lassen, President, Ocean Trust, 222 1/2 South Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, phone 703-739-2220, fax 703-739-4622. Shrimp News Web Site: The full text of Lassen's presentation is available at Shrimp News' web site: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html. You must use a capital "H" in Home! Once you arrive at the site, click on the box in the upper right hand corner that says "Click For Freebies", then click on the report Environmental Extremes. Or, contact me via email, and I'll email a copy to you. All of my communications numbers appear below. Thanks, April 11, 1997 Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 USA Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email: shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html ------------------------------ From: "John & Jane O'Brien" Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:52:46 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Virus Alerts Hi there, I've never posted to this group before now, so I'll introduce myself. Jane O'Brien, UCD Ireland. I work on amphipods and molluscs. This message has nothing to do with crustacea - however, I thought I would pass some of the info. I have over the last few months received a number of warnings about a particular virus. I know nothing about computers other than to switch on and use the programme I need and then leave. My first warning worried me a bit and I later learned more about viruses. These days I seem to get warnings on the penpal virus daily. What I would like to say is that I have been told by friends who are computer experts that a lot of the warnings are hoaxes. However, this is not to say that you trust anything which comes in once you have heard it is a hoax. I am going to copy part of a mail sent to me re virus's from a friend who is big into computers. >In general terms, viruses can not be distributed in email (plain >text) messages. They can be distributed in attachments which >are executable files (this is one reason why attachments are not >allowed on the userlist). It is not good practise to run >attachments received from untrusted people without puttiing them >through a virus scanner. But as far as general email goes, >there is little risk of getting a virus. Fancy email, using M/S >Word as a mail reader, is slightly more at risk for Word macro >Viruses. The one I keep getting warnings about is PENPAL GREETINGS, then there are others. Basically, just don't open anything you have heard something about and scan everything from unknown sources and your hard drive should stay safe. Jane ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:47:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Daphnia Please respond to Bill SNyder at his below address. Not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:35:42 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Admin request >From jeff Sat Apr 12 08:35:38 1997 Received: from dsu.deltast.edu (dsu.deltast.edu [199.78.230.2]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with SMTP id IAA29804 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:35:37 -0400 Received: by dsu.deltast.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA104207; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 07:35:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 07:35:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "William A. Hayes" To: Crust-L Subject: Daphnia (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear colleagues, I am forwarding this request from on of my students. I know she has done her homework with our limited library resources... and on the internet... but has become frustrated with limited info and the rather cosmopolitan nature of some of the microcrustacea. Any help to her will be greatly appreciated by both of us. You may respond directly to her or through me. Thanks. Best wishes, Bill - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William A. Hayes, II, Ph.D. | If you follow your bliss, you put yourself Professor of Biology | on a kind of a track that has been there P.O.Box 3234 | the whole while, waiting for you, and the Delta State University | life you ought to be living is the one you Cleveland, MS 38733 | are living. --- Joseph Campbell ph: 601-846-4247 \ _____ ____ fax: 601-846-4016 | \_____ _____/ \ email: bhayes@dsu.deltast.edu | __ \^^/ __ | | ////)\(0= =0)/(\\\\ // ^\| / ^^ \ |/^ \\ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website - http://okra.deltast.edu/~bhayes/index.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:40:32 -0500 From: Audra Gallaspy Subject: Daphnia Good morning to all, I am trying to find the range and distribution of Daphnia pulex, D. magna, and D. galeata. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Audra Gallaspy ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #65 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:05 1998 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:40:56 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #66 crust-l-digest Friday, 25 April 1997 Volume 01 : Number 066 CRUST-L: It works CRUST-L: Genetic Colors [none] CRUST-L: New Web page on Sealice CRUST-L: eutely in ostracods (fwd) CRUST-L: Crabs from Ethiopia CRUST-L: Thalassinidea CRUST-L: Obtainment of spiny lobsters CRUST-L: [none] CRUST-L: Cyathura polita RE:CRUST-L:Obtainment of spiny lobsters CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics CRUST-L: obscure publications II Re: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics CRUST-L: IMATA ifno needed [none] CRUST-L: H. americanus CRUST-L: sex pheromone in the isopods? [none] CRUST-L: Mangrove: Mangrove Crab (fwd) CRUST-L: International Symbiosis Society ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:17:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: It works Crusters, Marine Pathols Well, the change in software configuration has already weeded out 3 unrelated ads. I'll use my judgement on which ads come through, so you can complain to me if yours doesn't show up. In my mind ads have to be closely related to the intended purpose of the lists (i.e., new texts, aquaculture feeds, new journals or newsletters, etc.). Better might be a message stating that you have a new "whatever" and it can be viewed at your web site. For foreign subscribers SPAM originated as a highly processed, fatty, canned pork. It has gained notoriety from the Monty Python skits of old. For some reason the marine pathology list has attracted more spams than the crust-l list. I wonder what that says about pathologists ;-) Cheers, Jeff ------------------------------ From: jsgold@neaq.org (Jason Goldstein) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:19:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Genetic Colors For the record, Does anyone know the odds of a naturally occuring blue lobster (H. americanus) in wild. I've heard many numbers but the one I'm trying to verfiy is 1 in 10 million. Jason Jason S. Goldstein, Research Aquarist Lobster Rearing and Research Facility New England Aquarium Edgerton Research Laboratory Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110 USA - ----------------------------- phone: 617.973.5275 fax: 617.723.6207 email: jsgold@neaq.org webpage: http://www.neaq.org ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:23:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Frosch and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 20:09:06 +0100 To: bfrosch@nas.edu Dear netters, May be you will find useful this notice: A new www site devoted to natural history books with emphasis in botany and marine biology. http://www.dada.net/naturama A pretty site with catalogues on line and a wide bibliography on abalones All the best Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli ------------------------------ From: Chris Emblow Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:58:19 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: New Web page on Sealice Dear all, Just to bring to your attention the new web page on Sealice research. The page represents a concerted action under the European Union FAIR (aquaculture) research programme to establish the way forward for research into lice control on fish farms. The homepage is at http://www.ecoserve.ie/projects/sealice/index.html. Any comments would be welcome. Chris Emblow ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Emblow Phone: 353-1-608-2403 Ecological Consultancy Sevices (ECOSERVE) Fax: 353-1-671- 8047 7, Glenmalure Park South Circular Road e-mail: cemblow@ecoserve.ie Dublin 8 http://www.ecoserve.ie/ ------------------------------ From: Valeria Rossi Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:42:26 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: CRUST-L: eutely in ostracods (fwd) - ----- Forwarded message from Valeria Rossi ----- >From owner-ostracon@LISTSERV.UH.EDU Thu Apr 10 00:05:56 1997 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <199704091616.SAA01608@eagle.bio.unipr.it> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 18:16:41 +0200 Reply-To: Ostracoda Discussion List Sender: Ostracoda Discussion List From: Valeria Rossi Subject: eutely in ostracods To: OSTRACON@LISTSERV.UH.EDU According to: Roger N. Hughes 1989. A functional biology of clonal animal. Chapman and Hall, pag 23: " In some metazoans (Figure 2.2a) the number of mitotic cell divisions during embryological development is precisely fixed and relatively small. After this number has been reached, growth is simply by the enlargement of the existing cells." In the quoted figure representations of Ostracoda, Mesozoa, Nematoda, Tardigrada, Rotifera and Gastrotrica are reported. As far as I know eutely is typical of nematodes and rotifers and I do not know anything about this phenomenon in Crustacea and in particular in Ostracods. Have any of you heard of it? Thanks for your attention. Regards. valeria - -- Valeria Rossi, dr. Department of Environmental Sciences Direct phone: +39-521-905612 University of Parma FAX: +39-521-905402 Viale delle Scienze e.mail: valeria@eagle.bio.unipr.it 43100 Parma, Italy - ----- End of forwarded message from Valeria Rossi ----- - -- Valeria Rossi, dr. Department of Environmental Sciences Direct phone: +39-521-905612 University of Parma FAX: +39-521-905402 Viale delle Scienze e.mail: valeria@eagle.bio.unipr.it 43100 Parma, Italy ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:55:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crabs from Ethiopia This bounced for some reason. Please respond to Dieter and not to me. Thanks, Jeff ============================================================ To: crust-l@vims.edu From: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de (dieter walossek) Subject: crabs from Aethiopia Dear Crustlers, a student from our university, Heiko Mueller, has recently bought a few= specimens of a freshwater crab said to be from Aethiopia, and he wonders if= someone could help him with identification and information on living and= culturing conditions. The carapace is blue with a light-yellow margin, and= the legs are orange-red with the claws being whitish. The eyes are yellow.= The carapace is about 8 cm wide, and the animals live part-time under water= and dig holes on land under stones and roots (in the aquarium). Any help is= appreciated. In addition, I have placed two pictures of the crabs on my homepage (http://= www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/repfree2.htm). Thanks in advance, DIETER Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation University of Ulm Liststrasse 3, D-89079 Ulm, Germany, phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX ++49 731 4014 159 email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de WWW site: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/ ------------------------------ From: jose roberto Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:18:40 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Thalassinidea Dear Crustlers, I would like to know if these Thalassinidea have agonistic behaviour: Upogebia pusilla, U. africana, Callianassa australiensis, C. filholi Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Jose Please reply to me directly at : jsouza@awi-bremerhaven.de - -- Jose Roberto B. souza URL: http://200.17.232.65 AWI Postfach 120161 http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/cpgzoo/index.html D-27515 Bremerhaven fax: (0471)4831 149 jsouza@awi-bremerhaven.de ------------------------------ From: jsgold@neaq.org (Jason Goldstein) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:28:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Obtainment of spiny lobsters Would anyone know of a wholesale or retail contact from which to get live, adult spiny lobsters for study? Does anyone out there currently use someone that they would suggest or not suggest? Thanks , Jason Jason Goldstein NE Aquarium Boston, MA 02110 ------------------------------ From: jo.ruxton@bbc.co.uk (Ruxton,Jo) Date: 17 Apr 97 14:21:42 GMT Subject: CRUST-L: Dear Subscribers The BBC's Natural History Unit is in the process of producing a major new documentary series called 'The Blue Planet'; 8 x 50-minute programmes about the natural history of the world's oceans, encompassing a breadth and depth (quite literally!) of habitats, e.g coral reefs, rocky shores, mangroves, temperate waters, open ocean, polar seas and the deep. We are looking for spectacular stories to present in this series and would very much like to hear from you if have any interesting/unusual/spectacular behaviours and/or locations that you could tell us about. It would be particularly useful if you were able to include information on any of the following points: 1. Is there any visual material of this story in existence, either in the form of stills or video footage? 2. Is there any good reference material (review articles, books etc.) dealing with the subject, especially those with accompanying photographs? 3. Can you suggest anybody (perhaps yourself?!) whom we could contact regarding the practicalities and feasibility of filming this subject? We hope that with your help we can ensure that 'The Blue Planet' will be a hallmark series of which both the BBC and the scientific community can be proud. Any help that you can give us would be very much appreciated. I addition to the above general research, I am looking specifically for information about coconut crabs, Birgus latro, any info would be welcome but especially behaviour that would be interesting/spectacular on film. Looking forward to hearing from you! Jo Ruxton BBC Natural History Unit ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:04:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:40:10 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [Edwin Cruz-Rivera ] X-Sender: ecruzriv@login1.isis.unc.edu Hello all, I am doing some work on the ecology of Cyathura polita, the "slender isopod", at the oligohaline zone of the Chesapeake Bay. My search through electronic databases and the books I have at hand have not been useful in providing information on these critter's habits. Does anyone know of a good reference on this isopod's behavior, ecology, or natural history? Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: wim@IMV.UIT.NO (Wim Vader) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:50:50 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Cyathura polita Dr Cruz-Ribeiro asked about published work on Cyathura polita. When I started out as a biologist, in the early sixties, Bill (W.D) Burbanck at Emory University was "mr Cyathura" and new papers came out every year. I have some 10 reprints myself, from between 1961 and 1975. I`ll mention 2= here: W. D Burnanck, 1962. An ecological study of the distribution of the isopod Cyathura polita (Stimpson) from brackish waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.--The American Midland Naturalist 67(2), 449-476. Burbanck, W.D. & Madeline Burbanck, 1975. Growth of a transplanted population of the estuarine Cyathura polita (Crustacea: Isopoda), Cape Cod, Massachusetts.-- Verhandlungen der internationalen Veriens f=FCr Limnologie 19, 3001-3006 (This is the latest I have; it cites 5 earlier papers.) I can furnish copies if you need them. Wim Vader, Tromsoe Museum 9037 Tromsoe, Norway wim@imv.uit.no ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:50:11 +0100 Subject: RE:CRUST-L:Obtainment of spiny lobsters Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 23:18:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics Dear All, Can anyone give me some generalisations regarding the relative growth of the whole body (TL) and carapace (CL) in natantians, particularly mesopelagic decapods; are there family traits?. I'm interested in the relative increase in eye-size with body size. There are some nice papers by Hiller-Adams & Case, but they use TL. Best wishes, Magnus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<= [>{|||||||x: ///\----<= ------------------------------ From: cboyko@AMNH.ORG (Christopher B. Boyko) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:26:48 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: obscure publications II Dear Crust-ers, Once again, I am at a loss in finding obscure crustacean articles. Since interlibrary loan (and numerous letters)has failed me, I thought I would try and see if anyone out there has these or knows where to get copies of them. They are: Kamita, T. 1957. Studies on the decapod crustaceans of Corea. Sci. Rep. Shimane Univ. 4(7): 91-109 Kamita, T. 1958. Studies on the decapod crustaceans of Corea. Sci. Rep. Shimane Univ. 5(8): 59-75 Kim, H.S. 1970. A checklist of the Anomura and Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of Korea. J. Seoul Nat. Univ., Biol. Agric. ser. B 21: 1-29, pls. 1-5 As usual, I appreciate any leads anyone can offer. Thanks! Chris Boyko Christopher B. Boyko Department of Invertebrates American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th St. New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5720 Fax: (212) 769-5783 ------------------------------ From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:40:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics Glad to see where you are located. I get a lot of enjoyments from this List-Serve and my aquaculture and lobster contacts are amazed at my referrals. ED Benedikt (elder hosteler in Jamaica) At 11:18 PM 4/19/97 +0100, Magnus wrote: >Dear All, > >Can anyone give me some generalisations regarding the relative growth of >the whole body (TL) and carapace (CL) in natantians, particularly >mesopelagic decapods; are there family traits?. I'm interested in the >relative increase in eye-size with body size. There are some nice >papers by Hiller-Adams & Case, but they use TL. > >Best wishes, Magnus > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > >Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, >University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. > >email : mlj2@le.ac.UK >Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<= > [>{|||||||x: > ///\----<= > > > > ------------------------------ From: Ariels4355@AOL.COM Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 23:44:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: IMATA ifno needed If anyone knows the IMATA (International marine animal training association) web address or mailing info can you please send it to me. Thanx in advance ____A ------------------------------ From: "dept inv.zoology" Date: Thu, 24 Apr 97 11:43:59 +0400 Subject: [none] International conference: New methods in Copepod taxonomy Dates: May 4 - 8, 1998 Location: St.-Petersburg, Russia Topics: The central goal is to bring together researchers dealing specifically with morphology as it relates to taxonomy in various groups of Copepods, in order to better delineate species. New and rare used methods are of particular interest: DNA - analysis, chromosome analysis (chromosome diminution especially), enzyme analysis, hybridization of closely related species, LARVAL sign analysis., etc. Other topics include analysis of variability and taxonomic weight of signs used in describing copepods now to validate the many new species that have been described in the last decades using morphological details only. In the context of this meeting two workshops are planned: 1. chromosome diminution; 2. hybridization techniques with using of the Fischer's Cyclopoid species. Conference is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ulrich Einsle. Contact: Victor R. Alekseev, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St.-Petersburg, Russia (Fax: 7-812-114-0444 ; avr@zisp.spb.su) We prefer Your response via e-mail! ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 21:44:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: H. americanus Please respond to Debuse, and not to me. Thanks Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:46:47 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk (Valerie Debuse)] >From jeff Mon Apr 21 06:46:39 1997 Received: from mailgate1.uea.ac.uk (mailgate1.uea.ac.uk [139.222.230.1]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id GAA03530 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:46:31 -0400 Received: from cpca2.uea.ac.uk by mailgate1.uea.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:45:00 +0100 Received: from biodebuse1.bio.uea.ac.uk by cpca2.uea.ac.uk; (5.65/1.1.8.2/29Jun95-0305PM) id AA02732; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:44:50 +0100 X-Sender: b172@pop.uea.ac.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:51:08 +0000 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk (Valerie Debuse) Subject: H. americanus Hello crustlers, I would be very grateful if anyone could tell me a mean duration for the period that the developing fertilized eggs remain inside the female before being extruded. Please reply directly to me at: v.j.debuse@uea.ac.uk. Thanks very much. Valerie Debuse Valerie J. Debuse School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich United Kingdom NR4 7TJ Tel: +44-1603 593172 Fax: +44-1603 592250 E-mail: V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Li Li Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:52:16 +0800 (HKT) Subject: CRUST-L: sex pheromone in the isopods? Hello all! I'm Li Li, a Ph.D student in the Swire Marine Lab, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. I research the marine isopods on the ecology and biology in Hong Kong. Now I'm interested in the reproductive behaviour and the sex pheromone. I have read some papers published during 80s about such material appeared in amphipod. I want to know whether the sex pheromone also exit in isopods and whether it is a reliable feature to measure the reproduction process and how to confirm its present. Is there any scientists doing this research on the isopods in recent years? Could you give me instructions or introduce the relevant references to me ? Thank you in advance! Li Li The Swire Institute of Marine Science The University of Hong Kong Cape d'guilar, Shek O, Hong Kong e-mail: lily@hkusua.hku.hk ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:55:11 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [Edwin Cruz-Rivera ] Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:54:43 -0400 (EDT) Sender: Edwin Cruz-Rivera From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera X-Sender: ecruzriv@login5.isis.unc.edu To: Crustacean Biology Group Subject: Thanks Thank you to all who sent me information on Cyathura. It seems that a lot of these papers were done by the same researcher during the 60's and 70's (W.D. Burbanck). If anyone would like these references, I would be more than happy to send them to you. Mil gracias, Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:16:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Mangrove: Mangrove Crab (fwd) This may be pertinent to the list. Please respond to churchman@nwf.org Cheers, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Hi. I'm Senior Editor at Ranger Rick magazine, a nature magazine that >goes out to about 800,000 kids in North America. We're doing a photo >piece on the mangrove crab Aratus pisonii, and I'm looking for anyone's >who's studied the creature. I've read what Rathbun and C.F. Warner and >Fenner Chace and Heinrich von Hagen have had to say about it, but >would like to be able to ask a few questions. Does anyone know of any >studies of this crab in the last 10 years? Any idea who did the study? I'd >appreciate any information you're willing to share. You can answer me >by e-mail at churchman@nwf.org, or by snail mail at Deborah >Churchman/Senior Editor/National Wildlife Federation/8925 Leesburg >Pike/Vienna, VA 22184. For those of you who know Fenner Chace, he's >still alive and doing well, although his hermit crab finally passed away >after I don't know how many decades. > >Debby > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:20:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: International Symbiosis Society Sorry for the cross post. Please respond to jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from ["jim.white[SMTP":AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU]!jwhite@ns.bio.msu.ru] Resent-Organization: Department of Zoology Invertebrate MSU Resent-From: "(Slava) V.N. Ivanenko" X-Really-To: symbios@net.bio.net Subject: INTERNATIONAL SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY A new professional society has been established to promote study and = understanding of symbiosis--the International Symbiosis Society (ISS). = The ISS was founded on April 15, 1997 at the 2nd International Symbiosis = Congress in Woods Hole, MA. The society currently has 50+ members = ranging from marine biologists to mycologists. The ISS will publish a = newsletter to distribute to its members, organize symbiosis congresses, = and maintain the research journal SYMBIOSIS. If you are interested in = joining the ISS contact:=20 Jim White, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cook College-Rutgers University, = New Brunswick, NJ 08903; email: jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu. =20 We are currently in need of members with energy and ideas to help = develop the ISS. Membership is open to professionals, students, and lay = persons. If you wish to help pioneer and define the field of = Symbiology, the ISS may be the appropriate vehicle. =20 ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #66 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:17 1998 Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 22:42:46 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #68 crust-l-digest Thursday, 8 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 068 [none] CRUST-L: Marine Copepods CRUST-L: Re: Riksmuseet, Stockholm CRUST-L: Re: chloroform, anesthesia, terrestrial Amphipoda CRUST-L: Announcement CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen Re: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen CRUST-L: MS222 [none] CRUST-L: (Fwd) Lobster Growth CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk CRUST-L: lobster longevity, response CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth Re: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth CRUST-L: determining dry weights CRUST-L: References needed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 20:58:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Antonio Medina and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: amedina@merlin.uca.es X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: crust-l@vims.edu From: Antonio Medina Does anybody know the postal and/or e-mail addresses of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Stockholm, 59-78)? Thank you for your help, Antonio Antonio Medina e-mail: antonio.medina@uca.es Dpto. de Biolog=EDa Animal, Biolog=EDa Vegetal y Ecolog=EDa, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, E-11510 Puerto Real, C=E1diz, Spain ------------------------------ From: "Tuncay M. SEVER" Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 08:21:59 +2 TUR Subject: CRUST-L: Marine Copepods Hello Crusters, My name is T. M. Sever and I am interested in the taxonomy of Marine Copepods of Aegean Sea. This is my post-doctoral thesis. Is there anybody out there interested in the feeding behaviour, distribution and ecology of Marine Copepods and could help me on this subject? All suggestions and helps are welcome! Greetings from Turkiye! :-) T. Murat SEVER Ege University Fishery Faculty Section of Hydrobiology 35102 P. K. 65 -Bornova/ Izmir/ TURKIYE e-mail:tmsever@sufak.ege.edu.tr ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:31:46 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Riksmuseet, Stockholm >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >X-Sender: amedina@merlin.uca.es >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >To: crust-l@vims.edu >From: Antonio Medina > > >Does anybody know the postal and/or e-mail addresses of the Naturhistoriska >Riksmuseet (Stockholm, 59-78)?>Thank you for your help, >Antonio Medina >e-mail: antonio.medina@uca.es >Dpto. de Biolog=EDa Animal, Biolog=EDa Vegetal y Ecolog=EDa, >Facultad de Ciencias del Mar,>E-11510 Puerto Real, C=E1diz,>Spain You may contact for instance our colleague : Dr. Lennart Sandberg, Sektion for Evertebratzoologi, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, P. Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm 50, Sweden Tel. +46 8 666 4126; fax +46 666 4125; e-mail ev-lennart@nrm.se Best regards, Pierre. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:43:31 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: chloroform, anesthesia, terrestrial Amphipoda >From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera >X-Sender: ecruzriv@login0.isis.unc.edu >To: Crustacean Biology Group >Subject: Anestethizing Talitrids >Hello all, I would like to measure some talitrid amphipods for a growth >experiment. As you may know, these critters don't like to stay still very >much. I thought about ether or chloroform in some sort of chamber, but I >would like to know if: 1) anyone has done this successfully (e.g. >without adverse effects to the animals), and 2) there are any alternatives >to these chemicals. Your help is appreciated. >Sincerely, >Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 >Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 >University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu >3431 Arendell Street >Morehead City, NC 28557 Some times ago on this list, we had a discussion about the use of MS 222 as an anesthesic. here are some of the answers provided then. They might help you. In the former lab of Prof Charniaux-Cotton, Orchestia gammarella and other Amphipoda were anesthesied with CO2, and it was very convenient. See the "old" papers of this group for details. With my best regards, Pierre. X-Sender: jmw5@152.3.102.6 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 16:16:53 -0500 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: Jim Welch Subject: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu Hi- My apologies, because I know this question has come up in the past, but I don't remember the old answers... I need to anesthetize some blue crab megalopae. Does anyone know if MS-222 is effective for this purpose? I'd like to keep them alive so they maintain their osmotic condition and density. (I'm making sure that flow tank behaviors are due to swimming, not simply to megalopae being caught up in the flow) Thanks in advance-- -Jim Welch Jim Welch jmw5@mail.duke.edu Duke University Marine Lab 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516 919-504-7565 http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/marine.html Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:59:35 -1000 From: Curt Fiedler X-Sender: curt@uhunix3 To: Jim Welch Cc: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu Jim, I don't think 222 is effective on crusties, at least in my experience. Someone I know who works with copepods uses MgCl2 effectively, at typical concentrations used to knock out other inverts. This will probably revive the popular anaesthetic thread again. :-) G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html X-Sender: cgardner@147.109.131.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 09:56:33 +0000 To: Jim Welch From: cgardner@dpi.tas.gov.au (Caleb Gardner) Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Cc: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu MS222 is fairly ineffective on most crustaceans, especially brachyurans, although it has been recommended for amphipods (Ahmad, 1969. Anaesthetic effects of ms222 on Gammarus pulex. Crustaceana, 16: 197-201.). I'd recommend a clove oil bath for your application, at 0.125 ppt. As with most situations, it's best to add a little ethanol to get things mixing. Caleb Gardner Taroona Marine Research Labs. PO Box 192B Hobart 7001 Australia Ph (03) 62 277277 Fax 62 278035 cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:35:11 - -0500 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu It should. I used it on copepods and _Daphnia_. Just be careful--I started reacting to the stuff after awhile, even though I used gloves. You'll have play with the concentration, but try the fish literature, maybe it's been used on larvae. (I used it on fish, also, but only to kill them in a semi-humane way.) Philip Oshel From: "Dr. Ruth Barnich" Organization: Senckenberg Frankfurt/Main, GER To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:29:59 GMT-1 Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01DE) Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu I don't have any experiences with MS 222, but for my doctoral thesis I used 7% MgCl2 (in aqua dest ) successfully to anesthetize decapod larvae before fixation. MgCl2 works also for most other planktonic organisms. Good luck Dr. Ruth Barnich Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt/M. Germany ph. +69-7542-265 Fax +69-776238 rbarnich@sng.uni-frankfurt.de From: "Joachim Kahlert" Organization: BIOLAN UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:00:49 MET Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu I am using MS 222 for years to immobilize freshwater Amphipods and it works very well. I use concentrations of 1,5 g/l and the Gammarids need about 5 min to fell asleep (at 20 degrees C). There's a paper about Gammarus pulex and MS 222: Ahmad, M.F. (1969): Anesthesetic effects of Tricaine methane sulfonate (MS 222 Sandoz) on Gammarus pulex (L.) (Amphipoda).- Crustaceana, 16, 197-201. Greetings Joachim Dipl.Biol. Joachim Kahlert Sysop. Biolan University of Cologne Biolan Management Group Dep. of Zoology, Ecology Weyertal 119 Weyertal 119 D-50923 Koeln D-50923 Koeln Tel.: +49 (0)221 470 2481 Tel: +49 (0)221-470 3114 Fax: +49 (0)221-470 5932 http://mother.biolan.uni-koeln.de/users/jkahlert/jkahlert.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Francesca Gherardi Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 10:18:07 +0100 (MET) Subject: CRUST-L: Announcement To all the crusters interested in the introduction of alien species in Europe, please, consult the home page: http://www.unifi.it/ and select "EVENTI". Francesca Gherardi - ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Francesca Gherardi Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica "Leo Pardi" Via Romana 17 50125 Firenze, Italy tel. + 39 55 22881/2288216 fax + 39 55 222565 ------------------------------ From: Emmett Duffy Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 05:47:53 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen LOREN COEN: Are you out there somewhere? Or can some kind soul tell me Loren's current e-mail address or phone #? My apologies for bothering the rest of you. Thanks, Emmett __________________________________________________________________________ J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 The College of William and Mary FAX: 804-684-7293 School of Marine Science/VIMS Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 (FedEx: VIMS, Route 1208, Greate Rd., Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346) __________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Romuald Lipcius Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:01:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen Emmett, As far as I'm aware, Loren's current position is in South Carolina with the Marine Resources Research Institute. I think his e-mail address is: coenl@mrd.dnr.state.sc - --Rom --note: new phone and fax numbers-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Rom Lipcius | | Associate Professor of Marine Science | | School of Marine Science/VIMS | | The College of William and Mary | | Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 | | phone: 804-684-7330 | | fax: 804-684-7250 | | e-mail: rom@vims.edu | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 7 May 1997, Emmett Duffy wrote: > LOREN COEN: > > Are you out there somewhere? Or can some kind soul tell me Loren's current > e-mail address or phone #? My apologies for bothering the rest of you. > Thanks, > > Emmett > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 > The College of William and Mary FAX: 804-684-7293 > School of Marine Science/VIMS Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu > Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 > > (FedEx: VIMS, Route 1208, Greate Rd., Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346) > __________________________________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 14:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: MS222 Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Sender: Edwin Cruz-Rivera From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera X-Sender: ecruzriv@login6.isis.unc.edu Reply-To: Edwin Cruz-Rivera To: Crustacean Biology Group Subject: Thanks on the hints for Talitrids Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, Once again it has been shown what a wonderful resource this list is. Many thanks to all who responded to my query on anesthetizing Talitrids. To give an idea of the most recommended methods: 1) cooling the animals in a refrigerator, 2) placing them in a CO2 atmosphere for a very brief period, and 3) photographing the critters and measuring the image (possibly on an analizer) were the most common suggestions. Pierre Noel sent me a group of emails in this subject from sometime ago (thanks). I noticed some debate regarding the effectiveness of MS 222 on crustacea. Just as a point of information, I have anesthetized amphipods (Ampithoe, Elasmopus, Gammarus) using MS-222 at a concentration of 0.38 mg/g seawater (around 30 ppt), with 100% recovery in about a minute. It has worked very well on the species I have tried, at least. Again, many thanks to all. Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: "James Robb" Date: Wed, 07 May 97 22:36:51 PDT Subject: [none] Where could I find data on crayfish burrow depths (average, and max) in the southeast U.S. (Florida), and hydroperiod effects on populations? Thank you. ------------------------------ From: "Anthony Hazell SANCOR" Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:25:57 SAT-2 Subject: CRUST-L: (Fwd) Lobster Growth Here's an interesting question that a colleague of mine received via a general ecology list-server. Thought someone on this list might like to comment on it. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:30:50 -0700 Send reply to: Dex Hinckley From: Dex Hinckley Subject: Lobster Growth To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) before its left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is 125 years old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach that size? Onno Huyser email: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7700 Fax: +27 21 650 3295 Republic of South Africa Tel: +27 21 650 4098 650 4008 ******************************* Anthony Hazell Sancor Rock Lobster Program Sea Fisheries Research Inst. Private Bag X2 Rogge Bay 8012 South Africa Phone:(021) 402 3202 Fax:(021) 217406 E-mail: ahazell@sfri.wcape.gov.za ******************************* ------------------------------ From: "Olesen, J?rgen" Date: Thu, 08 May 97 11:20:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk Dear all, Does anyone have the E-Mail address of Dr. Denton Belk? (If he is on-line). Thanks in advance JORGEN ****************************************** JORGEN OLESEN Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: +45 35 32 10 39 FAX: +45 35 32 10 10 E-mail: J1Olesen@ZMUC.KU.DK ******************************************* ------------------------------ From: Magnus Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:32:29 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: lobster longevity, response From: Matt Sheehy To: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:11:18 +0100 (BST) Subject: lobster longevity Cc: dhinckley@IGC.APC.ORG, ahazell@sfri.wcape.gov.za, mlj2@leicester.ac.uk Priority normal Dear Onno, I received your message through a colleague, Magnus Johnson, attached to Crust-L. Our group is presently analyzing the age structure of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) populations, using a calibrated cellular age marker (lipofuscin). Our analysis indicates that lobster growth is extremely variable, particularly for males. Very large individuals can be either relatively young or old. However we presently have a good estimate of 50 years for a 4.75 pound female. We are expecting our longevity estimates to increase as more samples come in. Our lobsters certainly get much larger than this. As we are extremely interested in documented cases of lobsters reaching great ages e.g. aquarium lobsters held for long periods, I was keen to know if your associate's estimate represents a back-calculation from its size, or is a matter of historical record. Matt Sheehy - ---------------------------------------------------------- M.R.J. Sheehy Zoology Department University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH England Telephone: +44 116 2523338 (office) +44 116 2523353 (lab) +44 116 2523344 (Zoology secretary) Facsimile: +44 116 2523330 >Date sent: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:30:50 -0700 >Send reply to: Dex Hinckley >From: Dex Hinckley >Subject: Lobster Growth >To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU > >At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) >before its >left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is >125 years >old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach >that size? > > > Onno Huyser email: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za > > FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology > University of Cape Town > Rondebosch 7700 Fax: +27 21 650 3295 > Republic of South Africa Tel: +27 21 650 4098 > 650 4008 ------------------------------ From: Douglas Pezzack Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 10:46:24 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth At 6:25 AM -0300 5/8/97, Anthony Hazell SANCOR wrote: * * At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) * before its * left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is * 125 years * old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach * that size? You are right to doubt the age given. I often hear about the 125 or 150 year old Maine (or the more abundant Canadian) lobsters (Homarus americanus) but in my opinion they do not exist. The myth of 125 or 150 year old lobsters has grown and is not treated as fact in the media. The great age is based on growth data obtained using the anniversary method with mark recapture data. These indicated intermolt periods of 10-50 years (yes 50 years! if you believe the extrapolations made). Such long intermolt periods do not occur and are an artifact of the method used. The lobsters shell needs to be replaced periodically or the simple wear and tear and disease will cause it to become pitted and weakened leading to death. From laboratory work by S. Waddy and D. Aiken (DFO St. Andrews NB, Canada) it looks like a 4-5 years maximum intermolt period, and that is only at very large sizes. Other work on snow crab which have a terminal molt also suggest a maximum shell age of around 5 years for that species. I have worked with the Canadian offshore lobster fishery where 6.7kg lobsters are not uncommon and we have looked for methods of estimating intermolt periods in the field and concluded that for intermolt periods greater than 2 years the anniversary method using mark recapture data is not appropriate. Finally to the question how old is the 6.7kg lobster? In a recent calculation using molt increments from mark recapture studies and the intermolt periods from the lab data (maximum 5 years) I estimated that a male lobster with a 234mm Carapace Length (estimated to be 14-17kg) was between 27-38 years (mean of 32 years). If the animal in question is a male my best guess would 24 years (20 -30 years). If it is a female the estimates would be slightly older (males grow more with each molt and become heavier due to their very large claws) These giants may not be as old as many people think but that does not take away from the magnificence of 15kg lobster especially when you accidentally run into one diving. In its own environment it is an intimidating sight and one you do not forget soon. Douglas Pezzack ..................................................... . . . Douglas Pezzack [D_Pezzack@bionet.bio.dfo.ca] . . _______ . . Lobster Biology & Assessment \\\\ / ___) . . Dept. Fisheries and Oceans |||| / -<_^_ . . Halifax, N.S (\ ____/_/\_____/ . . Canada, B3J 2S7 |_\/\/\/\/| \@------ . . --------------------- <<_(-(-(-(-|====--->*+ . . Voice:(902) 426-2099 | /\/\/\/\|______/@------ . . Fax: (902) 426-1862 (/ \ \______ . . |||| \ __^_\ . . //// \______/ . ..................................................... ------------------------------ From: "Jack J. O'Brien" Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:54:49 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk Dear Jorgen: I believe that Denton can still be reached at: dbelk@texas.net Jack O'Brien ------------------------------ From: Douglas Pezzack Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 17:46:06 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth * * As we are extremely interested in documented cases of lobsters * reaching great ages e.g. aquarium lobsters held for long periods, I * was keen to know if your associate's estimate represents a * back-calculation from its size, or is a matter of historical record. * Matt Sheehy I would like to second Matt Sheehy's request for any information on growth and age of large lobsters. I think it would be useful to bring together the bits of information from labs and aquariums that have held large animals over the years. The amount of data available on very large lobsters (>170mm CL) is limited and any observation would be useful. I am particularly interested in the intermolt period of these large lobsters. As I mentioned in an earlier message the data we have suggest a maximum intermolt period of 4-5 years. Have people observed longer intermolt periods? Have people observed 2-3 year intermolts at these sizes? Douglas Pezzack ..................................................... . . . Douglas Pezzack [D_Pezzack@bionet.bio.dfo.ca] . . _______ . . Lobster Biology & Assessment \\\\ / ___) . . Dept. Fisheries and Oceans |||| / -<_^_ . . Halifax, N.S (\ ____/_/\_____/ . . Canada, B3J 2S7 |_\/\/\/\/| \@------ . . --------------------- <<_(-(-(-(-|====--->*+ . . Voice:(902) 426-2099 | /\/\/\/\|______/@------ . . Fax: (902) 426-1862 (/ \ \______ . . |||| \ __^_\ . . //// \______/ . ..................................................... ------------------------------ From: Pat Bubucis Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 20:15:15 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: determining dry weights Greetings! I would like to measure dry weight of some shrimp currently preserved in 70% ethanol. They are about 3 cm total length, some are gravid, and I want to avoid losing any eggs or appendages. Would it be acceptable to set them on glass fiber filter discs to dry overnight at about 120 degrees C before transferring them to a dessicator until I weigh them? Please forgive me for not first searching the literature. I promise I'll do that too. Thanks! Pat Bubucis bubucis@eden.mindport ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 19:41:15 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: References needed - -Fellow Crusties: I am badly in need of a couple of short papers in a journal, published in Chile, to which I do not have access. Could I prevail upon someone to locate and send me copies of six pages from a journal? I=92ll be glad to reimburse any costs. The references, according to Zoological Record, (note that they are right together in the publication) are: Jalajakumani, C. 1993. A new record of the parasitic isopod Orbione bonnieri Nobili, 1906 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the prawn Palaemon lamarrei in Visakhapatnam Coast, India. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 48 (3-4): 58-60. And Shyamasundari, K., K. Hanamantha-Rao, C. Jalajakumari & A. Mary. 1993. A new bopyrid isopod Athelges neotenuicaudis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) parasitic on Pagurus kulkarnii from Visakhapatnam Coast, India. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 48 (3-4): 60-63. Alternatively, could someone give me addresses, postal or e-mail, for one or more of the authors in question? Many thanks! John C. Markham ACML Arch Cape, OR 97102-0105 U. S. A. jmarkham@seasurf.com - -=20 =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #68 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:25 1998 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:00:01 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #69 crust-l-digest Wednesday, 14 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 069 CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity Re: CRUST-L: determining dry weights [none] Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity CRUST-L: determining dry weights CRUST-L: Re: Crustacean Sensitivity [none] CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning CRUST-L: Alan Carpenter's e-mail address... [none] Re: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning [none] CRUST-L: TL vs CL summary CRUST-L: Harry Taylor CRUST-L: Advice please! CRUST-L: Leptocheirus plumulosus CRUST-L: Abyssal isopods CRUST-L: Naupliosoma CRUST-L: abyssal isopods ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "John & Jane O'Brien" Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:00:54 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in particular". The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. I would appreciate any comments. Thanks, Jane Dr. Jane O'Brien, Zoology Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. jayohbee@iol.ie and janob@ollamh.ucd.ie ------------------------------ From: Les Watling Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 08:37:22 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: determining dry weights At 08:15 PM 5/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >I would like to measure dry weight of some shrimp currently preserved in >70% ethanol. They are about 3 cm total length, some are gravid, and I >want to avoid losing any eggs or appendages. Would it be acceptable to >set them on glass fiber filter discs to dry overnight at about 120 >degrees C before transferring them to a dessicator until I weigh them? At least 30% of the body weight has already been lost due to the shrimp having been stored in alcohol, so loss of eggs or appendages is sort of moot at this point. Alcohol is notorious for extracting lipids, especially, but other compounds as well, so dry weight measures on alcohol preserved material is not preferred. You also raise the interesting point of whether the eggs should be included in the weight; the answer to that being determined by the question you are asking. Back to dry weights -- in the future your material would be best dried fresh, or failing that, preserved in formalin for as short a time as possible. Glass fibre filters or plastic weighing dishes are fine. You shouldn't use a temperature greater than 60 C or some of the lipids will volatize, again causing a weight loss. Best regards, Les. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Les Watling Professor of Oceanography Darling Marine Center University of Maine Walpole ME 04573 USA Ph: 207-563-3146 ext 248 FAX: 207-563-3119 or 207-563-3146,,,,,,,,272 *************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:10:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Andrew McArthur and not to me. Thanks, Jeff Andrew, Check Cryptoniscidae instead of Criptoniscidae. It's a family of parasitic isopods in the Epicaridea. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:51:55 -0400 From: "Dr. Andrew G. McArthur" Reply-To: mcarthur@onyx.si.edu Subject: Help with 3 families and 4 genera Colleagues, In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal database, I have come across three families and four genera of crustaceans for which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996): Callopiidae Criptoniscidae Paralubbockiidae Iorania Mirocaris Oradarea Thimopides If anyone can help me with citations to these, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on their distribution as I need to know if they are endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Dr. Andrew G. McArthur Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 12:06:17 -0600 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity >I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally >very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in >particular". > >The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential >sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite >high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. > >The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that >the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the >sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. > >I would appreciate any comments. > >Thanks, > >Jane >Dr. Jane O'Brien Where in the estuary are the crustaceans, and where are the metals? If they do not co-occur, the presence of crustaceans as indicator species can be misleading. Specifically: If the metals are all getting bound quickly into the muds, and the crustaceans in question are water-column species*, then the crusties' exposure to the metals is lessened. But all the mud living or feeding species are in trouble. What is the concentration of the metals in the water column? In the same form as in the sediments, or in a more active form? or less active form? What are the relative populations of crustaceans in different habitats in the estuary? What are the species distributions in different feeding guilds? Are the burrowing species or mud-feeders depauperate? Are there lots of "low-on-the-food-chain" species, and few "high-on-the-chain" species? This would indicate a problem with bioaccumulation of toxins, while giving a false impression of a healthy environment (lots of species present). Finally "toxic substances" is a rather broad term. A species that may be very sensitive to pesticides in agricultural run-off may be resistant to cadmium or mercury. Etc. Plus, "the presence of crustacea" could be a sampling artifact. Maybe the crusties were sampled by dragging a plankton net through the water and putting out crab pots. This would miss many species, and in particular might miss the ones getting exposed to the metals. Phil *or epibenthic, or living on but not eating plants ["not eating" because plants take up metals], or ... &&& Illigitimi non carborundum &&&&&&&& Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: Pat Bubucis Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 14:10:11 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: determining dry weights Thanks to all CRUST-L-ers who responded to my questions about measuring dry weights in some small shrimps. My proposed method was quite wrong, so I'd like to bring attention to corrections. The response from Les Watling, which was also posted to the list, was among those I received and sums it up nicely. Aluminum weighing pans and a preferred temperature of 45 degrees C were also suggested. Thanks again! Pat Bubucis bubucis@eden.mindport.net ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 14:43:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Crustacean Sensitivity Please respond to Roy Caldwell, or the list, but not directly to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: CRUST-L@vims.edu From: Roy Caldwell <4roy@socrates.Berkeley.Edu> Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity Dr. O'Brien, A toxin to one species or even life stage is not necessarily one to another and such generalizations are not particularly useful. Our own work with stomatopods suggests that while they are very sensitive to many organic solvents, field performance to toxins is complex. Let me give you a couple of examples. In 1986, there was a major oil spill off the Atlantic coast of Pamama. Over 100,000 barrels of crude were released and much of it, plus detergents sprayed to sink it, came ashore. The gonodactylid stomatopods on the reef didn't fair too badly. Only large females brooding eggs were lost, presumably because they wouldn't leave their cavities. However, the reefs, grass flats and mangroves were heavily impacted and there was massive mortality in urchns, snails, etc. From our monitoring of the spill over the next several years, the results were at first contradictory, then clear. For the first year, the remaining stomatopods flurished. They actually grew more than usual and reproduced more frequently than expected. This was probably due to lots of food (heavy recruiting of hermit crabs) and reduced competition for cavities (the large females had been killed). Had I been using my census of adult stomatopods to monitor the reef recovery, I would have concluded that oil was good for them. However, after two years the population began to change markedly. It turns out that there was no recruitment of postlarvae for almost three years after the spill even though the females were pumping out eggs and releasing larvae from their cavities every month. These species of Gonodactylid larvae would not or could not settle where the spill had occurred. Even worse, after about four years, the roots of the mangroves and sea grasses rotted, the sediment was washed away releasing buried oil. This killed much of the reef and left behind a jumble of dead and fossil coral - and very few stomatopods of any kind. Similarly, one of my graduate students, Mark Erdmann, is just filing his Ph.D. dissertation after four years studying a pollution gradient extending out from southwest Sulawesj. In the harbor of Ujung Pandang, heavy metals are up to 300 times above what are generally accepted as safe levels. There are however, a few very large, very healthy stomatopods living there - - but almost now recruitment. It appears that every so often, a postlarva does successfully recruit and lives long and prospers - but this is a rare event. Outside the harbor and extending to the shelf, conditions markedly improve and species diversity and numbers increase rapidly. Sorry to ramble on, but I wanted to make the point that such generalizations are very risky. Roy >I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally >very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in >particular". > >The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential >sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite >high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. > >The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that >the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the >sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. > > >I would appreciate any comments. > >Thanks, > >Jane > > >Dr. Jane O'Brien, >Zoology Dept., UCD, >Belfield, Dublin 4, >Ireland. > >jayohbee@iol.ie and janob@ollamh.ucd.ie ************************************* Roy L. Caldwell Professor and Chair Department of Integrative Biology University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 Phone: (510) 642-1391 Fax: (510) 643-6264 Email: 4roy@socrates.berkeley.edu ************************************* ------------------------------ From: owner-crust-l Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:30:59 -0400 Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: ADRIAN LINNANE ZOO DEPT Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 16:52:44 +0000 (GMT) Subject: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning Hi People, This is Adrian Linnane here and I work with the European lobster Homarus gammarus. My question today is: has anybody out there attempted to behaviourally condition any of the crustaceans? I am working with the Irish lobster stock programme and am interested in possible behavioural deficits in released animals as a result of their time in the hatchery environment. Reared animals are maintained individually in compartmentalised plastic trays prior to release in order to avoid cannibalism. They are therefore devoid of contact with each other, predators or substrates which they encounter in the wild. Depending on the country, European lobsters spend one month to one year in the hatchery before they are released. I have conducted lab.trials where I have conditioned juveniles to all of the above three and then compared their sheltering ability with that of unconditioned animals. If anyone has carried out similar work or has experianced possible behavioural deficits, I would like to hear from you, Thanks, Adrian Linnane The Martin Ryan Research Institute, University College Galway, Galway, IRELAND. ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 01:13:52 -1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Alan Carpenter's e-mail address... Hello! I'm trying to dig up Alan Carpenter's e-mail address, or at least a current postal address. He did some work with Atyid shrimp in the '70's, in New Zealand. Dr. Carpenter's address a while was: Research Div. Min. of Agric. & Fish. Palmerston North, New Zealand. Thanks ahead of time for your help... - -Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 08:45:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Wulf and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Wulf Kobusch" To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:21:24 +0000 Subject: Argentinia - M.D. Vinas Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Hello everybody, is there anybody out there who could help me with the address or e-mail address of Dr. Maria D. Vinas (Instituto de Investigacion y Desarollo Pesquero, Argentinia)? Best wishes to all of you Wulf *************************************************** Wulf Kobusch University of Bielefeld Fakultaet fuer Biologie Abt. Morphologie und Systematik der Tiere Morgenbreede 45 33615 Bielefeld GERMANY *************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:35:56 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning If American lobsters are deprived of oyster shells or other appropriate hard, graspable substrate during rearing, they will not properly develop a crusher claw (Govind, C.K., Amer. Sci.77: 468-474, 1989). Could this be the case with your lobsters growing in plastic trays? If so, the lack of a crusher claw could seemingly influence their foraging success in the wild. >Hi People, >This is Adrian Linnane here and I work with the European lobster Homarus >gammarus. My question today is: has anybody out there attempted to >behaviourally condition any of the crustaceans? I am working with the Irish >lobster stock programme and am interested in possible behavioural deficits in >released animals as a result of their time in the hatchery environment. Reared >animals are maintained individually in compartmentalised plastic trays >prior to >release in order to avoid cannibalism. They are therefore devoid of contact >with each other, predators or substrates which they encounter in the wild. >Depending on the country, European lobsters spend one month to one year in the >hatchery before they are released. I have conducted lab.trials where I have >conditioned juveniles to all of the above three and then compared their >sheltering ability with that of unconditioned animals. If anyone has carried >out similar work or has experianced possible behavioural deficits, I would >like >to hear from you, > >Thanks, > >Adrian Linnane >The Martin Ryan Research Institute, >University College Galway, >Galway, >IRELAND. > > > > - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:29:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Roy, Adrian, or the list, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 08:38:36 -0800 To: crust-l@vims.edu From: Roy Caldwell <4roy@socrates.Berkeley.Edu> Subject: Behavioral Deficits Cultured Crustaceans Adrian, We have found that several species of burrowing stomatopods, if reared on plastic, fail to burrow when provided appropriate substrate. If they have sand or mud during the first few weeks as postlarvae, they burrow normally and will continue to do so as adults. Roy ***************************************** Roy L. Caldwell Department of Integrative Biology University of California at Berkeley ***************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: TL vs CL summary > I forwarded the following message to the Crust-L bull board, did it get > distributed? I usually get a copy of anything I send out; but not this time. > I got a lot of good feedback from this question and thought it worth > summarising. No it didn't get out. I'm not sure why. I've had to change a few subscriptions lately due to the subtle changes to avoid spams. Keeps me busier than before. If you notice that you are a member of crust-l or crust-l-digest, and your posts get bounced through me, then it is best if you notify me, or unsubscribe from your old address, and resubscribe through your new one. [SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU]. > > TL v CL summary > > My original question was, what is a better measure of size, Carapace length or > total length. I asked because I find (using carapace length as a measure) a > trend for deep living meso-pelagic species to have larger eyes than shallow > water species, the reverse of a trend published by Hiller-Adams & Case (1988) > > Maybe it wasn't such a silly question after all! My thanks to all took the > time to reply. > > Three different measures were discussed by those who replied: > > Oblique carapace length - from the postorbital margin to the dorsal mid-point > of the posterior dorsal edge of the carapace. > > Total length 1 - Tip of rostrum to tip of telson > 2 - Postorbital margin to tip of telson > > The general agreement seems to be that Carapace length (CL) is a more robust > measure than (TL) and there have been some publications describing the > allometry of growth for some species (3, 6). With TL there is apparently > approx' 10% variation in length for female stomatopods (1) depending on their > reproductive state and large variation in crayfish TL depending on the state > of abdominal muscles (4); also there may be some variation depending on, for > example, the state of the digestive tract, handling or other phenotypic > factors (7). TL is also more likely to be prone to measuring error (2) > depending on how much the measurer stretches the abdomen. Damage during > capture can often make measurement of the total length difficult; in the > pandalids in particular the rostrum may be missing (2,3,8). > > CL however may vary quite considerably between species and depending on the > sex of the animal (5) > > > > > (1) From: Roy Caldwell <4roy@socrates.berkeley.edu> > (2) From: Gregory Jensen > (3) b.bergstrom@kmf.gu.se (Bo =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bergstr=F6m?= ) > (4) From: Joan Jass > (5) bubucis@eden.mindport.net > (6) Robin Fowler > (7) Jim Collins > (8) From: NBalcom@aol.com > > Hiller-Adams, P. & Case, J.F. (1988). Eye size of pelagic crustaceans as a > function of habitat depth and possession of photophores, Vision Res. Vol > 28:667-680 > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > > Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, > University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. > see : 'http:/indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/~gat/eghome_directory/egres/html' > > email : mlj2@le.ac.UK > Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<==>-----\/// > [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] > ///\----<==>-----/\\\ > > > ------------------------------ From: musgrove.richard@WPO.PI.SA.GOV.AU Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 13:20:30 +0930 Subject: CRUST-L: Harry Taylor Hi All, Does anybody have Harry's email (at University of Canterbury, CHCH. NZ) ? Or alternatively - Harry - are you out there? Regards, Richard ------------------------------ From: Rosamund Snow Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 14:46 +0000 (GMT) Subject: CRUST-L: Advice please! Dear all.. apologies for cross postings. We're having a rethink about how we can make the Fishing News Books website (http://www.blacksci.co.uk/fnb/) a more interesting (more interactive?) resource. I'd really welcome your ideas and opinions on this. We already have a page of links to other relevant sites to the web, and we have just introduced a new search facility which (I hope) makes it easier to use the site (I'd welcome feedback on this, too). Here are some of the other ideas we were playing with: * list of exhibitions and conferences in fisheries and aquaculture * a page of information on email discussion groups and how to join * information on some of the aquaculture/fisheries courses available * perhaps a list of available jobs * reviews of relevant books I know that most of this information can be found at other, perhaps more comprehensive sites around the internet, so maybe this isn't a road we should go down. Would you want to revisit the site in order to check this kind of information? Do you find these kinds of lists useful? Do you have any other suggestions, or maybe information of your own that you'd like included? Looking forward to your responses, Rosamund Snow Fishing News Books rosamund.snow@blacksci.co.uk ------------------------------ From: DAVID MORRITT Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:16:20 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Leptocheirus plumulosus A post-doc in our department is looking for any information on the population biology / ecology of the estuarine amphipod, Leptocheirus plumulosus. Does anybody out there know of a source of such information. Thanks in advance. Dr Dave Morritt Dr D. Morritt, Dept Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN UK Tel: 0114 2224632 ------------------------------ From: "Hendrycks, Ed" Date: Wed, 14 May 97 12:03:00 PDT Subject: CRUST-L: Abyssal isopods Hi crusters, I'm working on an abyssal collection of amphipods (4100m depth) from off the coast of California and have some specimens of isopods which resemble Arcturus. They are very spinose and may be new. Does anyone have references on this group of isopods, I would be most thankful for any information to assist me with identification of these beasts.!? Thanks to all. Ed Hendrycks Research Division (Crustacea) Canadian Museum of Nature Email Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:58:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: abyssal isopods Please respond to Buz Wilson, or Ed Hendrycks at the below addresses. Thanks, Jeff ===================Forwarded message==================================== To: "Hendrycks, Ed" , "'CRUST-L'" From: Buz Wilson Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Abyssal isopods At 12:03 PM 5/14/97 PDT, Hendrycks, Ed wrote: >I'm working on an abyssal collection of amphipods (4100m depth) from off the >coast of California and have some specimens of isopods which resemble >Arcturus. They are very spinose and may be new. Does anyone have references >on this group of isopods, I would be most thankful for any information to >assist me with identification of these beasts.!? Although this volume is in Russian, it will help you identify the species because it has many useful illustrations: Kussakin,OG (1982): Marine and brackishwater likefooted Crustacea (Isopoda) from the cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Suborders Anthuridea, Microcerberidea, Valvifera, Tyloidea. Vol. 2. (Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR, 131.) Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Leningrad. 463 pages. (in Russian) In the near future, this volume will be released. It may help because it has a few deep water species: "Crustacea: Isopoda" by R. Wetzer, R. Brusca and G. Wilson, In: Atlas of the Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin, P. Scott (ed.). Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara, California, USA. Cheers, Buz Wilson Centre for Evolutionary Research & Div. Invertebrate Zoology 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA tel: 61-2-9320-6287 fax: 61-2-9320-6050 EMAIL: buzw@amsg.Austmus.gov.au buz@mail.usyd.edu.au Website: http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~buz ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #69 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:39 1998 Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 17:57:32 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #70 crust-l-digest Sunday, 18 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 070 CRUST-L: Re: Leptocheirus plumulosus CRUST-L: Where is D.L. Adkinson? CRUST-L: nauplius Re: CRUST-L: nauplius [none] CRUST-L: genome sizes CRUST-L: re: behavioral conditioning CRUST-L: SPECIMENS EXCHANGE Re: CRUST-L: genome sizes CRUST-L: post-doc available CRUST-L: New Website CRUST-L: Spiny Culture CRUST-L: video night at Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting CRUST-L: Organizational Meeting of TCS Conservation Committee CRUST-L: Meeting in Mobile CRUST-L: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [hpolet@unicall.be (Hans Polet)] (fwd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Alistair Poore Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:34:28 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Leptocheirus plumulosus DAVID MORRITT wrote: > > A post-doc in our department is looking for any information on the > population biology / ecology of the estuarine amphipod, Leptocheirus > plumulosus. Does anybody out there know of a source of such > information. I can't help you with L. plumosus, but I was just reading a new publication on parental care in Leptocheirus pinguis that you may find useful. The reference is Thiel et al (1997) J. Nat. Hist. 31: 713-725. ____________________________________________________________________ Alistair G.B. Poore School of Biological Science University of New South Wales NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA ph 61 2 9385 2080, fax 61 2 9385 1558 email a.poore@unsw.edu.au _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Thu, 15 May 97 11:58:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: Where is D.L. Adkinson? Does anyone know the present address of D.L. Adkinson? The most recent I= =20 have, taken from the Crustacean Society 1990 list of members was at Maco= n,=20 Georgia, but I got no response from there. I would like to contact him, and any help is appreciated. Thanks Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 ------------------------------ From: dieter.walossek@BIOLOGIE.UNI-ULM.DE (dieter walossek) Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 12:38:48 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: nauplius Dear Crust-lers We just wondered who was/were the first to create the names nauplius, orthonauplius, metanauplius and pseudometanauplius and on what reason(s). Has anyone information on this for us? Thanks in advance, DIETER Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation University of Ulm Liststrasse 3, D-89079 Ulm, Germany, phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX ++49 731 4014 159 email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de WWW site: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/ ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:30:57 +0100 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: nauplius >Dear Crust-lers >We just wondered who was/were the first to create the names nauplius, >orthonauplius, metanauplius and pseudometanauplius and on what reason(s). Has >anyone information on this for us? >Thanks in advance, DIETER >Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek >Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation >University of Ulm (...) According to the "Glossaire carcinologique" (*) (by T. Monod, 1971) 68 pp. (preliminary unpublished document), page 57 : NAUPLIUS O.F. Muller, Zoologiae danicae Prodromus ..., 1776 : XXVII et 198 - - L'origine mythologique du mot ne fait pas de doute puisque, juste a cote de Nauplius, apparait Amymone, sa mere ; l'etymologie "sorte de poisson de mer" (R.Husson, Glossaire de biologie animale, 2e ed., 1970 : 185) pourra donc sembler discutable. ORTHONAUPLIUS (no information in the above cited document) METANAUPLIUS : Claus, 1876 : 76 (fide Heegaard, 1947 : 40) PSEUDOMETANAUPLIUS [no information in the above cited document, but for PSEUDONAUPLIUS it refers to Heegaard, 1947 : 138] A total of 158 NAMES for Crustacean larval stages are given with their ethymology (or first mention in scientific litterature) in this paper. Hope it will help, best regards, Pierre. NB & PS : (*) By the way, I have with me a few (#21) extra-copies of this usefull unpublished document. They may be sent on request, preferably for deposition in general libraries where scientists may have access more easily than in "private" documentation (hope you will understand what I mean). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Arturas Razinkovas Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:37:42 +0300 Subject: [none] Hi, We just have started in situ mysid diet investigations. Could anybody suggest a methodical reference for gut contents analysis. Thank you in advance. Arturas Razinkovas ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:40:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: genome sizes Please respond to G. Wainright and not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From jeff Thu May 15 03:38:18 1997 Received: from mailhub.liverpool.ac.uk (mail.liv.ac.uk [138.253.100.84]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with SMTP id DAA02194 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 03:38:14 -0400 Received: from fir-13.liv.ac.uk by mail.liv.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 May 1997 08:37:54 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 08:38:02 +0100 From: "Dr G. Wainwright" Message-Id: <199705150738.IAA17586@fir-13.liv.ac.uk> To: crust-l@vims.edu Subject: Genome sizes X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Can anybody help?? We are inetrested in constructing a genomic library from DNA of the decapod Cancer pagurus. My question is, does anybody have some idea of the size (in kb) of the genome of this animal, or anything related. I know they can be quite large in size so any es timate would be good to give us an idea just how many individual clones we would need to have a reasonable chance of fishing out genes of interest to us. Thanks in advance for any help. Sincerely, Geoff Wainwright ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:46:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: re: behavioral conditioning Please respond to Robert Huber and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From jeff Thu May 15 09:34:37 1997 Received: from kaa.kfunigraz.ac.at ([143.50.16.17]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id JAA05766 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 09:26:25 -0400 Received: from balu.kfunigraz.ac.at (balu [143.50.16.16]) by kaa.kfunigraz.ac.at (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA21135 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 15:24:31 +0200 (MDT) Received: from bzoo39.kfunigraz.ac.at (BZOO39.kfunigraz.ac.at [143.50.28.88]) by balu.kfunigraz.ac.at (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA15220 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 15:26:43 +0200 (MDT) Date: 15 May 97 15:25:23 +0200 Subject: Re: behavioural conditioning From: "robert lobsterman huber" To: crust-l@vims.edu X-Mailer: Cyberdog/2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi crust-l-ers, adrian ax: schnipp... >release in order to avoid cannibalism. They are therefore devoid of contact >with each other, predators or substrates which they encounter in the wild. >Depending on the country, European lobsters spend one month to one year in the >hatchery before they are released. I have conducted lab.trials where I have >conditioned juveniles to all of the above three and then compared their >sheltering ability with that of unconditioned animals. If anyone has carried >out similar work or has experianced possible behavioural deficits, I would like >to hear from you, i have looked at fighting behavior of lab-reared american lobsters and have found that individuals which had been separated at larval stage 4 (naive animals in terms of agonistic encounters) will exhibit wonderfully complex, escalating sequences of a range of stereotyped fighting acts. i therefore concluded that the rules underlying fighting in these wonderful critters are not contingent on learning. I have more information on this topic at: http://wwwzoo.kfunigraz.ac.at/~lobsterman/RHcrusties.html#AgonBehavior the ref for the publication is: Huber, R & EA Kravitz (1995) A quantitative study of agonistic behavior and dominance in juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus). Brain Behav. Evol. 46(2): 72-83 hope this helps, lobsterman (#4914 at the comrades marathon on june 16, 97) Robert Huber /\ Snailmail: University Graz, Dept. Zoology / \ Universitaetsplatz 2 __/____\__ A-8010 Graz, Austria |_|____|_| http://wwwzoo.kfunigraz.ac.at/cgi-bin/lobsterman.acgi | /\ | Email: robert.huber@kfunigraz.ac.at | \/ |_ Tel: Austria (316) 380-8751 (office) | _/ 380-5604 (lab) 380-5597 (secretary) |____/ Fax: Austria (316) 380-9875 __/ ___________________________________________________/ I can't see Texas from here - and Harvard Square neither ------------------------------ From: Marco Vannini Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 12:55:21 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: SPECIMENS EXCHANGE Dear Colleagues, the crab-team of the Museum of Zoology and Department of Animal Biology and genetics of the University of Florence is interested in exchanging specimes of any tropical crab species and in particular of sesarmid crabs (for instance, we urgently need some Aratus pisoni). We are ready to exchange this material with East African specimens of crabs and hermit crabs, mostly from Kenya. Quite soon large collections from Tanzania and Mozambique will also be available. Specimens from Somalia and Aldabra can be loaned. Best wishes, Marco Vannini Prof. Marco Vannini Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence, "La Specola" via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze Italy tel +39-55-2288259 fax +39-55-225325 e-mail: vannini_m@dbag.unifi.it ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 17:06:15 +0100 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: genome sizes The following text is from a recent paper : Lecher P., Defaye D., Noel P., 1995. Chromosomes and nuclear DNA of crustacea. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, vol. 27 (2): 85-114, 7 fig. I do not know if it really answers to the question in Cancer pagurus, but I hope it might help. Best regards, Pierre. Decapoda show a high range of DNA content, from 1.3 to 5.6 pg/c (without Caridea) or to 22.6 pg/c (with Caridea) (Rheinsmith et al., 1974). This last number is one of the highest in the animal kingdom. High levels are probably the results of amplification and sometimes polyploidy, but one must be critical giving such hypothesis. Among the first studies on satellite DNA's, were those made in Cancer, which comprises 90-97% of AT and was named "crab poly d (A-T)" (references in Skinner, 1977). In C. pagurus, this fraction (A-T =97%) represents 20% of total DNA. Later studies gave complementary results; for example in Gecarcinus lateralis the G-C rich satellite (G-C=67%) represents 3% of total DNA. The percentage of homology of repetitive sequences in main band DNA between several crabs is roughly from 40 to 80%. G-C rich satellite sequences are not interspersed and do not code for rRNA; they show a lower percentage of homology -(6-10% among several crabs)- so these sequences have undergone more divergence (Graham and Skinner, 1973). "In situ" hybridization studies (Musik and Skinner, 1972; Chevaillier et al., 1974) demonstrate that G-C rich satellite is preferentially localized in chromocentres, AT-rich one is dispersed through the nucleus. It would be interesting to refine this localization on metaphasic chromosomes. Sequencing satellites gave complex results, sometimes not resolved by experimental procedures; several categories were detected, from well characterized class - short homogeneous sequences (< 10 nt) repeated thousands of times - to long (> 100 nt) and heterogeneous less repeated sequences (see Skinner, 1977). Several hypothesis have been made about the behaviour of satellites : origin from non-transcribed DNA, amplification and dispersion (for more details refer to Lima de Faria, 1983). Continuous additions of repeated sequences families into the genome might explain relationships between several species of crabs. Analysis of repeated sequences aids understanding Decapod phylogeny (Vaugh and Traeger, 1975). Taking Libinia emarginata (Oxyrhyncha) as a reference, Callinectes sapidus (Brachyrhyncha) and Cancer antennarius (Cancridae) show around 20% of homology among repetitive sequences; Anomura and Palinura 11-13% and Pandalus (Caridea) 7%. There is a good correlation between the percentages of homologies among these species and the estimated times of divergence obtained from paleontological record; the divergences may be mainly due to the addition of new repeated sequence families. [ THE QUESTION WAS : We are inetrested in constructing a genomic library from DNA of the decapod Cancer pagurus. My question is, does anybody have some idea of the size (in kb) of the genome of this animal, or anything related. I know they can be quite large in size so any esimate would be good to give us an idea just how many individual clones we would need to have a reasonable chance of fishing out genes of interest to us. Thanks in advance for any help.Sincerely, Geoff Wainwright ] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Elliott Norse Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:27:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: post-doc available Der Crust-lers, If you know of anyone looking for a post-doc in marine conservation biology, please alert him or her to the following. Thanks! Elliott Norse ****************************************************************************** Elliott A. Norse, Ph.D. * MCBI is organizing the first President * Symposium on Marine Conservation Marine Conservation Biology Institute * Biology at the Annual Meeting of 15806 NE 47th Court * the Society for Conservation Redmond WA 98052-5208 USA * Biology, June 6-9 1997, at the 1 (206) 883-8914 (h&o) * University of Victoria, Victoria 1 (206) 883-3017 (fax) * British Columbia, Canada. For enorse@u.washington.edu * details, send e-mail to me. Please accept our apology for cross-postings. POST-DOC IN MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Marine Conservation Biology Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow starting Fall 1997 or shortly thereafter. This will be a one- year position with possible renewal and will be based at MCBI's Headquarters in Redmond WA USA. Salary: high 20s-low 30s. MCBI is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to advancing the science of marine conservation biology. The person who is chosen will work closely with MCBI's staff--President Elliott Norse (Headquarters), Program Director Amy Mathews-Amos (DC Office) and Program Assistant Aaron Tinker (Headquarters)--to: 1) develop emerging issues in marine conservation biology. This involves using library research, networking with colleagues, and organizing and running scientific workshops. The goal is to find scientific information relevant to under-appreciated threats to marine biodiversity or ways to protect, restore or sustainably use it, then to synthesize this information into a coherent "issue" for decision makers and the public to catalyze action; 2) help build a compelling case for establishing a federal funding mechanism for marine conservation biology research in the USA; 3) publish on marine conservation biology issues in the peer- reviewed scientific literature and in popular media; 4) serve as a spokesperson on one or more issues relevant to MCBI's mission at scientific meetings, to the news media, to government agencies or to Congress, as needed; and 5) help MCBI raise funds by writing proposals to continue this work. The successful candidate will be a very broadly trained Ph.D. or equivalent in a marine biological field such as marine ecology, biological oceanography, invertebrate zoology, seabird biology, fisheries biology, biogeography, population genetics or epidemiology. Individuals with demonstrable expertise in a broad range of disciplines, regions, taxa, tools and issues will be favored. This position requires not only strong knowledge of the marine realm and interest in conservation, but also a multidisciplinary approach, outstanding writing skills, excellent people skills and exceptional ability to work towards a shared goal as part of a close- knit team. We especially encourage inquiries by people in groups that have been under-represented in the sciences. To apply, please send a 2-page resume (NOT an exhaustive CV) and a cover letter of no more than two pages that includes names and complete contact information for 3-5 referees, or its equivalent as an e-mail message (not an encoded attachment) or fax. For those who will be attending the first Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology at the University of Victoria, Victoria BC, you are welcome to bring these materials and talk with MCBI staff. The Symposium runs from the evening of June 6 to the evening of June 9, 1997, but Elliott, Amy and Aaron plan to be at UVic starting on June 5, and will be happy to meet with candidates before the Symposium starts or, thereafter, as time allows. For information about the Symposium and to register for the SCB Annual Meeting, please visit: http://geography.geog.uvic.ca/dept/announce/scb_page.html on the World Wide Web. For information about MCBI, please visit: http://www.mcbi.org ------------------------------ From: "The I.M.B.C. Greece" Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 17:35:00 +0300 Subject: CRUST-L: New Website Apologies for the cross-postings. This will be mailed to all relevant discussion lists. The AQUALEX Multimedia Corporation (AMC) Ltd, has a new website up and running at http://www.aqualex.org This charitable company was formed in 1996 in Dublin, Ireland, with a firmly stated purpose: to further educational advances in the aquatic sciences by using and developing multimedia and other digital electronic tools. There are four main sections to the website: A PRODUCTS section, where finished products may be sampled. Demonstrations of three CD-ROMs are currently available: Aqualex, a multilingual interactive glossary of aquaculture terms; Basic Techniques in Fish Haematology; and BIAQUE, the bibliography of aquaculture/ environment interactions. EDULINK will provide: conference announcements, news and views, links to other educational sites on the WWW, and downloadable documents of interest to the education/ training needs of users The TRAINING section will in future be concerned with vocational training, or short courses. As part of the launch of the site, the AMC presents an online version of a Company Audit Training Manual designed to help young or struggling aquaculture companies to carry out a self assessment of their training needs. EDUCATION will be devoted to longer courses targeted towards the higher education sector. Background information on the EU pilot project ONEDIN (Online Delivery of Interactive Modules in Marine Science and Aquaculture) is now available. Marine science materials will be tested on the site as and when they become available. The site is still under construction, but will be developed steadily over the next few months. We welcome feedback and suggestions from users. You can mail the site administrator at lisa@imbc.gr Lisa Owen IMBC, Greece http://www.imbc.gr ------------------------------ From: jsgold@neaq.org (Jason Goldstein) Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:00:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Spiny Culture Maybe I've asked this question before, but does anyone know of any hatcheries perhaps in Florida or the Bahamas who are actively culturing species of spiny lobsters. What about Japan? Any contacts ( I do speak Japanese). Thanks in advance fellow Crusties. Jason S. Goldstein, Research Aquarist Lobster Rearing and Research Facility New England Aquarium Edgerton Research Laboratory Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110 USA - ----------------------------- phone: 617.973.5275 fax: 617.723.6207 email: jsgold@neaq.org webpage: http://www.neaq.org ------------------------------ From: Elliott Norse Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 15:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: video night at Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting Dear Friends, Bring your marine conservation videos to SCB 1997 in Victoria (see following message--sorry for cross-postings)! Elliott Norse ****************************************************************************** Elliott A. Norse, Ph.D. * MCBI is organizing the first President * Symposium on Marine Conservation Marine Conservation Biology Institute * Biology at the Annual Meeting of 15806 NE 47th Court * the Society for Conservation Redmond WA 98052-5208 USA * Biology, June 6-9 1997, at the 1 (206) 883-8914 (h&o) * University of Victoria, Victoria 1 (206) 883-3017 (fax) * British Columbia, Canada. For enorse@u.washington.edu * details, send e-mail to me. CALL FOR VIDEOS Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology June 8, 1997 A special feature of the first Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology will be Video Night. Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) invites participants in the Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (June 6-9, 1997, at the University of Victoria, British Columbia) to watch or bring videos of your research at 8PM on June 8 to David Lam Auditorium. We'll have popcorn and soft drinks for the first 100 participants. Topics of the videos might include species or ecosystems in need of protection, threats to them, methods that marine conservation biologists use to study them and similar subjects, whether from a natural or social science perpsective. We especially wish to encourage students, postdocs and young faculty members to show your best footage, but all are invited to watch or present videos. Each presentation can start with a brief introduction. Video segments of no more than 5 minutes will allow the audience to have a chance to ask a few questions of presenters. Don't miss the opportunity to get your story to a much larger audience. To ensure a slot for your footage, please contact Video Night's organizer Wendy Holland at reefnet@cerfnet.com ------------------------------ From: Karen T Lee Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 18:19:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Organizational Meeting of TCS Conservation Committee To: Any TCS member interested in conservation issues There will be a meeting in Mobile on Thursday at 5:30 (location TBA) for TCS members interested in crustacean conservation issues. The purpose of this meeting is to generate a list of TCS members interested in conservation (eg species invasions, fisheries, extinctions etc.) and to have a short brainstorming session. Ultimately we would like to form a committee of people interested in planning symposia and paper sessions at future meetings, forming liasons with other groups outside of TCS with overlapping interests, and whatever else we can come up with. If you are interested and will be in Mobile, please make plans to attend this organizational meeting. If you are interested but will not be in Mobile next week, please email me so I can add you to my list. If you know of anybody who is a TCS member but might not see this announcement, please pass it on to them. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing you in Mobile. Karen Lee ******************************************************************************* Karen T. Lee, PhD (ktlee+@pitt.edu) Department of Biology University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 15904 814-269-2912 ------------------------------ From: "Shiao Y. Wang" Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 21:36:27 -0500 Subject: CRUST-L: Meeting in Mobile Is the program for the Crustacean Society summer meeting in Mobile available somewhere on the WWW? I checked out the society web page at http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/~tcs/events.html but the last update was about a year ago. Thanks for your attention. - -- Shiao Y. Wang University of Southern Mississippi sywang@whale.st.usm.edu ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 17:44:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [hpolet@unicall.be (Hans Polet)] (fwd) Please respond to Hans Polet and not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: hpolet@unicall.be (Hans Polet) To: marbio@marinelab.sarasota.fl.us, wildnet@desoto.wxe.sk.ec.gc.ca, crust-l@vims.edu Newsgroups: sci.bio.fisheries,sci.bio.ecology,be.science,nl.wetenschap,sci.bio.misc,ukr.science Subject: Fishing gear selectivity database - please reply, fill out questionnaire Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 11:03:06 GMT Organization: Fisheries Research Station Reply-To: hpolet@unicall.be Message-ID: <337edf41.735842@news.tfi.be> X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 X-Info: Serviced by United Callers Dear colleagues, Recently a short-term EU-project has been started to make a feasibility study on the set-up and maintenance of a fishing gear selectivity database. Co-operating countries are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK and ICES (co-ordination by the Netherlands). The basic idea is that it is a pity that high amounts of selectivity data exist, in offices under a layer of dust, which will never see the daylight again. These data are of interest to many people dealing with fisheries. But before any effort (and finances) is put into setting up a database, we need as much information as possible on interested people and institutes, i.e. users and data providers. We also would like to know about the degree of detail is requested (raw data or results) and the type of database (central or not, available through WWW etc., only Europe or unrestricted). Therefore a questionnaire has been made to be distributed and for which we hope to get a high response. We are convinced that initiatives like this one can be beneficial to the management of fisheries and we hope that the outcome of the project will be positive so that the effort you put in responding to us has not been a waste of time. It is my intention to provide everyone who replied with an outline about the outcome of the project (early 1998). The questionnaire is part of this message. If you are interested you can fill it out and e-mail it back to me (hpolet@unicall.be) or send a printout to "Hans Polet, Grintweg 47, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium" (an answer sheet with the question numbers + answers is OK as well). If you don't like questionnaires any comments are welcomed. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR GEAR SELECTIVITY DATABASE USERS. 1. 1.1. Name: 1.2. Institute: 1.3. Background: Fisheries Management, Fish Stock Assessment, Fishing Gear, Technology, other. 1.4. Can you provide input to this database or do you require output ? ("I", "O" or "IO") => if "I" 2. For input providers: - -2.1. Are you a potential provider of selectivity data for this database? Y/N - -2.2. Are you authorised to provide \ disseminate this data? Y/N - -2.3. What data do you have available? -> Fill in data questionnaire - -2.4. At what level of detail: Aggregated or Raw Data? "A", "R" => If "A" 3. For Aggregated data: - -3.1. Who should have access?: 3.1.1. ICES members(Y/N); 3.1.2. FTFB(Y/N); 3.1.3. STECF(Y/N); 3.1.4. NAFO(Y/N); 3.1.5. Other named institutes; 3.1.5. Whole world unrestricted(Y/N). - -3.2. Freely available data without permission? Y/N - -3.3. Freely available after written permission received? Y/N - -3.4. Freely Available after ......... Years? - -3.5. Would you charge a fee to provide info to the database? Y/N - -3.6. Do you object to storage of these data at another location? Y/N - -3.7. Are you able to make data available from your own location? Y/N - -3.8. Are these conditions likely to change in the future? Y/N => If "R" 4. For Raw data: - -4.1. Who should have access?: 4.1.1. ICES members(Y/N); 4.1.2. FTFB(Y/N); 4.1.3. STECF(Y/N); 4.1.4. NAFO(Y/N); 4.1.5. Other named institutes; 4.1.6. Whole world unrestricted(Y/N). - -4.2. Freely available data without permission? Y/N - -4.3. Freely available after written permission received? Y/N - -4.4. Freely available after ......... Years? - -4.5. Would you charge a fee to provide info to the database? Y/N - -4.6. Do you object to storage of this data at another location? Y/N - -4.7. Are you able to make data available from your own location? Y/N - -4.8. Are these conditions likely to change in the future? Y/N - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- => if "O" 5. Output of the database: - -5.1. What form of output do you require?: (more than one choice) 5.1.1. Selection Factor (SF), Selection Range (SR), Length at 50% retention (L50) 5.1.2. Experiment level: Fleet \ area \ species level 5.1.3. More information (Haul by haul, supporting environmental information) 5.1.4. Raw data - -5.2. What are your quality requirements, concerning e.g. mesh measurement, vessel speed, experiment method? - -5.3. Do you want to know?: 5.3.1. Variances of parameters Y/N 5.3.2. Methodology used for analysis \ experiment Y/N 5.3.3. Age of data Y/N 5.3.4. Measure of "relevance" of the data to current fisheries Y/N - -5.4. What is your own experience in sharing data? 5.4.1. what problems have been encountered? 5.4.2. what type of data \ method of exchange? - -5.5. What methods would you prefer for exchange of selectivity data? - -5.6. Do you use databases of your own? 5.6.1. what type? (relational, ascii files, spreadsheets, paper) 5.6.2. what platforms \ packages? (UNIX, DOS, WINDOWS - Paradox, Dbase etc) - -5.7. Do you see any specific problems with a selectivity database concept? Y/N - -5.8. Any constructive comments on implementation \ use of such a database? Thank you, Hans Polet ______________________________________________ hpolet@unicall.be RvZ website: http://uc2.unicall.be/RvZ/index.htm Shrimp selectivity: http://uc2.unicall.be/RvZ/hansp/poster.html Fisheries Research Station Ankerstraat 1 B-8400 Oostende Belgium tel +32 (0)59 320805 fax +32 (0)59 330629 ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #70 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:48 1998 Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:34:45 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #71 crust-l-digest Saturday, 24 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 071 CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only CRUST-L: Business Meeting of TCS [none] CRUST-L: Re: CRUST-L: Re: [Fwd: Re: National Geographic TRAVELER query] CRUST-L: TCS Schedule (fwd) CRUST-L: Eriphia CRUST-L: Jaime Gomez CRUST-L: TCS 97 schedule CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? CRUST-L: acid and crayfish CRUST-L: Goy CRUST-L: terrestrial crustaceans Re: CRUST-L: acid and crayfish Re: CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? CRUST-L: NGS barnacle query (fwd) Re: CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 18:10:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only United State Marine Shrimp Farming Association Under Construction Russ Allen has over twenty years of experience in the shrimp farming business. He is in the process of organizing the United States Marine Shrimp Farming Association (USMSFA). An organizing committee has been established and the by-laws and mission statement are under development. USMSFA will promote the development of shrimp farming in the United States. Allen says: "USMSFA will represent all parties interested in farming shrimp for a profit in an environmentally friendly way." An information packet will be ready in early July 1997. To get on the mailing list for it, forward your name and address to Russell A. Allen, Seafood Systems, Inc., 3400 Meridian Road, Okemos, MI 48864 USA (phone 517-347-5537, fax 517-347-4999, email ShrimpOne@aol.com). Your email address is particulary important because USMSFA plans to conduct as much of its business as possible on the fast-moving Internet. Source (May 17, 1997): Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher, Shrimp News International, 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562, San Diego, CA 92126 USA, Phone 619-271-6354, Fax 619-271-0324, Email shrimpnews@aol.com, Web Page http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html. ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:38:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Business Meeting of TCS Please respond to the list or Betty Wenner, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff Posts from members in DIGEST mode are bouncing to me. I'll try to fix this next week. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Business Meeting of TCS To: crust:; Message-id: <01IJ1SWK7K0K0031LS@cofc.edu> Organization: College of Charleston MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII For those of you attending the summer meeting of The Crustacean Society in Mobile, the Business Meeting of the Society will be held on Thursday May 22 at 6:30. The Business Meeting was rescheduled from Saturday to allow more members and Board members to attend. This will immediately follow Karen Lee's organizing meeting of the Conservation Committee. Hope that I will see many of you in Mobile. Betty Wenner TCS President *********************************** *Dr.Elizabeth Wenner * *Marine Resources Research Instit.* *Box 12559,Charleston, SC 29422 * *(803)762-5050;FAX (803)762-5110 * *********************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:58:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to the list or to Betty Wenner, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Update of TCS Homepage To: crust:; Message-id: <01IJ27WF7XDO001FW6@cofc.edu> Organization: College of Charleston MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII The Crustacean Society Homepage can be updated by anyone from anywhere. There is an add button which allows for updates. So if you have information on upcoming meetings or just interesting information to share, feel free to update the page. I have asked Richard Modlin to add information on the Mobile meeting (agenda and list of papers) to the Homepage. Betty Wenner TCS President *********************************** *Dr.Elizabeth Wenner * *Marine Resources Research Instit.* *Box 12559,Charleston, SC 29422 * *(803)762-5050;FAX (803)762-5110 * *********************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Crusters, The home page for the Crustacean Society is: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/~tcs/ > >The Crustacean Society Homepage can be updated by anyone from anywhere.= =20 > >There is an add button which allows for updates. So if you have informat= ion=20 I just went there and there was no add button for the page. Cheers, Jeff On Tue, 20 May 1997, Jean-Charles MASSABUAU wrote: > Hello! >=20 > Could you give me the web adress of your Society? Thanks a lot, > JCM >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > >Please respond to the list or to Betty Wenner, and not to me. > >Thanks, > >Jeff > > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >Subject: Update of TCS Homepage > >To: crust:; > >Message-id: <01IJ27WF7XDO001FW6@cofc.edu> > >Organization: College of Charleston > >MIME-version: 1.0 > >Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=3DUS-ASCII > > > >The Crustacean Society Homepage can be updated by anyone from anywhere.= =20 > >There is an add button which allows for updates. So if you have informat= ion=20 > >on upcoming meetings or just interesting information to share, feel free= to=20 > >update the page. I have asked Richard Modlin to add information on the= =20 > >Mobile meeting (agenda and list of papers) to the Homepage.=20 > >Betty Wenner > >TCS President > > > > > >*********************************** > >*Dr.Elizabeth Wenner * > >*Marine Resources Research Instit.* > >*Box 12559,Charleston, SC 29422 *=20 > >*(803)762-5050;FAX (803)762-5110 * > >*********************************** > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- > Jean-Charles MASSABUAU E-Mail : massabuau@lnpc.u-bordeau= x.fr =20 > Dr d'Etat > CR CNRS=20 > = =20 > Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Physiologie Compar=E9es. = =20 > URA CNRS 1126 - Universit=E9 de Bordeaux I. Tel :+33 (0)5 5= 6 22 > 39 25=20 > Place du Dr. Peyneau - 33120 - Arcachon (France). Fax :+33 (0)5 56 = 83 > 03 50 =20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- >=20 >=20 jeff@vims.edu =20 ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields =20 (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <=3D=3D=3D=3D\^ ( ) ^/=3D=3D=3D=3D> <=3D=3D=3D=3D\^ ^/=3D=3D=3D=3D> <=3D=3D=3D=3D\ /=3D=3D=3D=3D> ()=3D=3D=3D(____)=3D=3D=3D() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 12:09:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: [Fwd: Re: National Geographic TRAVELER query] CRUSTers, Please respond to Lise Sajewski, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff ================================================================ > I am a freelance researcher assigned to work on a feature >article on Chile that will appear in the National Geographic Society's >TRAVELER magazine. It is my job to make sure the facts of the piece are >correct. At one point, the author mentions picoroco, a large-beaked >barnacle or giant barnacle. He says it is a barnacle that is an >ingredient in various Chilean fish chowders. Since I work at home and >have access only to local libraries, I haven't been able to track down >this bit information. One other NGS source mentions the picoroco and >says it is the world's only edible barnacle. My question is you is >twofold: Is there a barnacle with the common name of large-beaked >barnacle or giant barnacle and is this species found only in Chile? > > If this is not something you can comment on, do you know whom I >might contact with this question? I realize this might be a pretty >obscure matter, but I had come up with very little in my printed sources >and the Records Library had your name on file as someone who has helped >us in the past on crustaceans. I appreciate any time you can take with >this query. My e-mail address is lms@erols.com. My home fax and phone >number are the same: 703-534-9371. Might I hear from you by the end of >this week? Many thanks! Lise Sajewski ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 12:06:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: TCS Schedule (fwd) CRUSTers, Below is the TCS schedule for this week. See you soon. Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:45:22 -0700 Subject: TCS Schedule I am not sure how this is going to print. > > The Crustacean Society 1997 Summer Meeting (May 21-24, 1997) > > Wednesday, 21 May > > 4:00-8:00 Registration Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile, AL > > 5:00-8:00 Social at Adam's Mark Hotel (Beer on tap, wine, and soft drinks provide by TCS, cash bar available) > > Thursday, 22 May > > 8:00-12:00 Registration Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile, AL > > 8:00-8:30 Set up Posters for Symposium on Biodiversity of Latin American Crustaceans -- Poster Session I > > 8:30-8:45 Welcome and Introductory Comments > > George Crozier - Executive Director, Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL > > Richard F. Modlin - University of Alabama in Huntsville Kenneth L. Heck, Jr. - Dauphin Island Sea Lab > > SESSION I > > Chair: Ray Bauer, Department of Biology, University of Southwest Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA > > 8:45-9:00 Jeffries, W. B. & H. K. Voris. The size, distribution, and significance of capitular plates in pedunculate barnacles of the genus Octolasmis (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Poecilasmatidae). > > 9:00-9:15 Haney, T. A. A Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the whale-lice (Amphipoda, Cyamidae). > > 9:15-9:30 Watling, L. Functional significance of amphipod tagmata. > > 9:30-9:45 Larson, K, & G. D. F. Wilson. Aspects of the state of Tanaidomorphan taxonomy with special emphasis on the families Anarthruridae, Paratanaidae, Typhlotanaidae and Leptognathiinae. > > 9:45-10:00 Gerken, S. & L. Watling. Oceanographic relationships of the Cumacea from the Faroe Islands. > > 10:00-10:15 Felgenhauer, B., D. Felder & L. Abele. Gross anatomical and ltrastructural features of the cephalon in the remipede crustacean Speleonectes tulumensis. > > 10:30 Break > > SESSION II > > Chair: Guido Pereira, Instituto de Zoologia Tropical. UCV, Caracas, Venezuela. > > 11:00-11:15 Stromberg, J-O. Behavioural adaptations and their consequences concerning in krill (Euphausiacea). > > 11:15-11:30 Moorad, Jacob and Simovich, Marie. Demographic simulations of anostracan populations in highly ephemeral habitats. > > 11:30-11:45 Pereira, G. & M. Reaka. The evolutionary history and radiation of a major group of freshwater, estuarine and marine shrimps (Palaemonidae). > > 11:45-12:00 Strasser, K. M. & D. L. Felder. Settlement cues in the Gulf of Mexico population of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). > > 12:00-12:15 Shields, J. D. Aspects of the biology of Hematodinium perezi a parasitic dinoflagellate from the blue crab. > > 12:15-12:30 Harvey, A. W. Phylogenetic relationships of the sand crabs, Genus Emerita. > > 12:30 Lunch > > 1:30-5:30 Registration, Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile, AL > > 1:30-2:30 TCS Board Meeting > > SESSION III: Biodiversity of Latin American Crustaceans > > Chair: Elva Escobar Briones, Benthic Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science and Limnology, UNAM, Mexico D.F., Mexico > > 2:30-2:45 Cumberlidge, N. A preliminary comparison of the distribution patterns of freshwater crabs in Africa and the Neotropics. > > 2:45-3:00 Blanco-Rambla, J. P. Taxonomy and biological aspects of the Thalassinidean fauna from the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela. > > 3:00-3:15 Negreiros-Fransozo, M. L., A. Fransozo & F. L. Mantelatto. Marine brachyurans from southwest Atlantic: adult and larval forms. > > 3:15-3:30 Soto, L. A. Decapod crustacea assemblages as ecological tools to define ecosystem boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico. > > 3:30-3:45 Hendrickx, M. E. Advances in the study of the macro-crustaceans of the pacific coast of Mexico. > > 3:45-4:00 Alvarez, F. & J. L. Villalobos. State of knowledge of the Mexican freshwater decapods. > > 4:00 Break > > 4:00-5:30 POSTER SESSION I: Biodiversity of Latin American Crustacean > > 5:30-6:00 Remove posters displayed for Session I > > 5:30-6:30 Crustacean Society Conservation Committee, Organizational Meeting > > Friday, 23 May > > 8:00-12:00 Registration, Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile, AL > 8:00-12:00 Set up posters for Poster Session II; The Crustacean Society Regular Poster Session. > > SESSION IV: Symposium in Honor of Dr. Austin Williams > > Chair: Ray Manning, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA > > 8:00-8:30 Manning, Ray & Darryl Felder, Introduction and Biography of Austin Williams > > 8:30-8:45 Wenner, E. & D. Knott. Transport of postlarval penaeid shrimp: Influence of environment on behavior. > > 8:45-9:00 Dittel, A. I., C. E. Epifanio, L. Cifuentes & D. L. Kirchman. Carbon and nitrogen sources for shrimp postlarvae in tropical mangrove systems. > > 9:00-9:15 Staton, J. L. & D. L. Felder. A graphical approach to gene-flow analysis: linear regression of genetic distance across geographic range in five decapod species from the Gulf of Mexico. > > 9:15-9:30 Spears, T. & L. Abele. Branchiopod phylogeny: evidence from 18S rDNA. > > 9:30-9:45 Bauer, R. T. Experimental testing of gill cleaning mechanisms n the crawfish, Procambarus clarkii. > > 9:45-10:00 McDermott, J. J. Reproduction in the western Pacific brachyuran, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, a species now established along the Atlantic coast of the United States. > > 10:00 Break > > SESSION V: Williams Symposium - Continued > > Chair: Joel Martin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA > > 10:30-10:45 Marsh, N. B. & G. A. Bishop. Lower Part of burrow maze of Callichirus major, St. Catherines Island, GA. > > 10:45-11:00 Nates, S. & D. L. Felder. Relative growth, sexual maturation and early life history in the mudshrimp genus Lepidophthalmus (Thalassinidea: Callianassidae). > > 11:00-11:15 Camp, D. K. & R. E. Matheson. Response of resident crustaceans to changes in seagrass habitat in Florida Bay. > > 11:15-11:30 Gross, P. S. & R. E. Knowlton. The effect of eyestalk ablation on larval growth in the snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis Say. > > 11:30-11:45 Barnwell, F. H. Daily and tidal rhythms of locomotor activity in fiddler crabs (genus Uca) from diurnal tidal marshes at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. > > 11:45-12:00 Elva Escobar. Decapod crustacea of the continental shelf infauna in the Gulf of Mexico. > > 12:00 Lunch > > SESSION VI: Williams Symposium - Continued > > 1:00-5:00 Registration, Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile, AL > > Chair: Darryl Felder, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA > > 1:30-1:45 Sankarankutty, C., A. C. Ferreira-Roma, & R. B. Manning. The status of the Brazilian population of the pinnotherid crab Zaops ostreum (Crustacea, Decapoda). > > 1:45-2:00 Soto, L. & E. Escobar. Trends of decapod crustacean diversity across the continental slope of the SW Gulf of Mexico. > > 2:00-2:15 Heard, R. W. & R. B. Manning. Austinixa, a new genus of pinnotherid crab from the Americas (Crustacea, Decapoda). > > 2:15-2:30 Boschi, E. E. Number of species and distribution of decapod crustacean in the littoral of the American continent. > > 2:30-2:45 Dowds, R. E. Morphology of zoea larvae of four Pinnixa species (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) from the U.S. east coast and their seasonal occurrence in a North Carolina estuary. > > 2:45-3:00 Hendrickx, M. E. The genus Munida Leach (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) in the eastern tropical Pacific. > > SESSION VII: Williams Symposium - Continued > > Chair: Richard Modlin, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA > > 3:15-3:30 Felder, D. L. & R. B. Manning. Associations, adaptations and diversity in commensal alpheoid shrimp of the genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965. > > 3:30-3:45 Lemaitre, R. Revisiting Tylaspis anomala Henderson, 1885 (Decapoda, Parapaguridae), with comments on its relationships and evolutionary significance. > > 3:45-4:00 Cadien, D. & J. Martin. A strange new genus and species of commensal atylopsine amphipod associated with king crabs (Paralithodes) off the coast of Southern California. > > 4:00-4:15 Campos, E. A new genus of Pinnotheridae for the Pacific oyster crab Pinnotheres angelicus Lockington, 1877 (Crustacea, Brachyura). > > 4:15-4:30 Abele, L. G. & T. Spears. Issues and answers in the molecular phylogeny of the crustacea. > > Conclusion of Williams Symposium > > 5:00-5:30 Transportation departs Adam's Mark Hotel for Activities (Sea Food Fiesta, Auction, Tour of Sea Lab, Music) at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. > > 11:00-12:00 Transportation departs Dauphin Island Sea Lab for the Adam's Mark Hotel, Mobile. > > Saturday, 24 May > > 9:30-11:00 POSTER SESSION II > > 11:00-12:00 TCS Business Meeting > > 12:00-....... Field trips to Dauphin Island. Transportation from Mobile to Dauphin Island needs to be personally arranged. > > 1:00-3:00 First collecting trip aboard the R/V Verrill. The research vessel will take 20-25 individuals comfortably. 3:00-5:00 Second collecting trip aboard the R/V Verrill for those that did not go on the first trip. > > Tours to shoreline collecting areas will be available between and after vessel trips for those that want to participate. ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:23:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Eriphia Please respond to Peter Hogarth and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 05:24:49 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from ["Peter J. Hogarth" ] >From jeff Wed May 21 05:24:42 1997 Received: from lendal.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.21]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id FAA09738 for ; Wed, 21 May 1997 05:24:39 -0400 Received: from mailer.york.ac.uk by lendal.york.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Wed, 21 May 1997 10:19:03 +0100 Received: from biolpc142.york.ac.uk by mailer.york.ac.uk via SMTP (950511.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH526/940406.SGI) for id KAA07140; Wed, 21 May 1997 10:20:03 +0100 Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:21:49 PDT From: "Peter J. Hogarth" Subject: Eriphia laevimanus To: crust-l@vims.edu Message-ID: Priority: Normal Read-Receipt-To: "Peter J. Hogarth" Delivery-Receipt-To: "Peter J. Hogarth" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Can anyone confirm (or otherwise) that Eriphia laevimanus (Guerin) is identical with Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder 1803? Many thanks Peter Hogarth _________________________________________________________ Dr Peter J. Hogarth Department of Biology University of York P.O. Box 373 York YO1 5YW U.K. tel 01904 432817 fax 01904 432860 email pjh4@york.ac.uk _________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 11:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Jaime Gomez Crusters, If any of you are currently in contact with Jaime Gomez, at CICIMAR, La Paz, please have him contact me. Thanks, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 11:23:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: TCS 97 schedule Crusters, I've taken the liberty of putting the TCS 97 meeting schedule on my web site. If you want to take a peek, the address is: http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/tcs97.htm Gotta catch my flight. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: JHemdal@AOL.COM Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 10:28:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? All: A commercial fisher brought us a mitten crab, (Eriocheir sinensis) which he caught in his net in western Lake Erie. We have not been able to get it to feed. I'm beginning to wonder if this species is a filter feeder, or if it some how gathers food from a sand or mud substrate. Any ideas on how to maintain this species in captivity? Please Email your response.... Sincerely, Jay Hemdal Toledo Zoo Aquarium ------------------------------ From: rjapajus@alpha2.curtin.edu.au (Japo Jussila) Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:45:34 +0800 (WST) Subject: CRUST-L: acid and crayfish MOI EVERYONE, we have been trapping very acid (ph 3-4) abandoned mining pits here in western australia. i was quite sure that we won't find any crayfish there. to our amazement we have been able to catch gilgies, cherax quinquecarinatus (every size class), and marron, cherax tenuimanus (only large size) from these water bodies. crayfish had paper thin shells, as is obvious. gilgies are obviously reproducing there, marron on the other hand seem to be stocked. i was wondering if any of the list members have experience on wild crayfish populations under extreme acidity? otherwise thins are under control. my best craywishes Japo Jussila Aquatic Science Research Unit Curtin University Perth, Western Australia tel 61 (08) 9336 6081 phax 61 (08) 9336 6082 'Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado' Che Guevara ------------------------------ From: Steve Spotte Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:36:54 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Goy Hello Does anybody know Joseph Goy's e-mail address? Thank you. Stephen Spotte Marine Sciences & Technology Center The University of Connecticut at Avery Point Groton CT 06340-6097 USA [860] 572-0202 - tel [860] 572-7700 - fax ------------------------------ From: Thomas trott Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: terrestrial crustaceans Dear colleagues, I am intersted in the biology and ecology of semi- and terrestrial crustaceans, specifically feeding behavior and chemoreception. I have worked mainly with the Ocypodidae, namely Ocypode quadrata, O. gaudichaudii, and Uca minax. I am interested in gettin g into contact with others having similar interests, including systematics. Please contact me if you are interested in starting a correspondence. Thanks, Tom ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 07:07:00 +1000 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: acid and crayfish At 01:45 PM 5/23/97 +0800, you wrote: >we have been trapping very acid (ph 3-4) abandoned mining pits here in >western australia. ... > i was wondering if any of the list members have experience on wild >crayfish populations under extreme acidity? otherwise thins are under >control. my best craywishes Apparently some malacostracans can tolerate quite acid waters. I collected _Eophreatoicus_ spp. (Isopoda, Phreatoicidea) from Kakadu springs (NT) that had similarly low pH values. Some springs and streams with these isopods were flowing from mines. If you come across any amphipod-like isopods, please let me know. The friartucks that I get from WA are *very* interesting. Peace, Buz Wilson ------------------------------ From: Zhao JianHong Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 11:56:00 +0800 (SST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? Hi Jay, Great interesting for your information. So far as I know, the Lake Erie is shared between US and Canada, am I right. Your finding may be the first case of a mitten find in that area. Could you send me a picture of the crab with a reference ruler. The species is an omnivora, eating on water grass, wheat, corn, small dead fish, tubifex worm, snails and so on. It feeds at dust and down, a nocturnality, When hungry, eats at daytime. It needs to get used to aquarium before it resumes to eat after caught from wild. Sometimes, they die before they get used to aquarium condition. Hope you get it to feed, J. Y. Guo (Crustacean biologist, Eriocheir sinensis specialist) E-mail: sbsguojy@leonis.nus.sg On Thu, 22 May 1997 JHemdal@AOL.COM wrote: > All: > > A commercial fisher brought us a mitten crab, (Eriocheir sinensis) which he > caught in his net in western Lake Erie. We have not been able to get it to > feed. I'm beginning to wonder if this species is a filter feeder, or if it > some how gathers food from a sand or mud substrate. Any ideas on how to > maintain this species in captivity? > > Please Email your response.... > > Sincerely, > > Jay Hemdal > Toledo Zoo Aquarium > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 16:44:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: NGS barnacle query (fwd) Crusters, CRUST-L works! - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 20:41:54 -0400 From: Lise Sajewski To: jeff@vims.edu Subject: NGS barnacle query Dear Jeff, Thank you so much for posting my question on the Chilean barnacle. I've received a tremendous response! 16 e-mails from 5 continents! These people are so generous with their time and information. I now know everything I need about the barnacle in question. I truly appreciate your help. Thanks again, Lise Sajewski ------------------------------ From: Gregory Jensen Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 14:33:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Chinese mitten crab care? According to Cohen and Carlton (Pacific Science vol. 51:1-11; 1997) Eriocheir was first reported from the Great Lakes in 1965, and there have been 9 or 10 reported sightings in the last 2 decades, mostly from western Lake Erie. They indicated that the salinity is not high enough for the animals to successfully reproduce there. Greg Jensen University of Washington On Sat, 24 May 1997, Zhao JianHong wrote: > Hi Jay, Great interesting for your information. So far as I know, the Lake > Erie is shared between US and Canada, am I right. Your finding may be the > first case of a mitten find in that area. Could you send me a picture of > the crab with a reference ruler. The species is an omnivora, eating on > water grass, wheat, corn, small dead fish, tubifex worm, snails and so on. > It feeds at dust and down, a nocturnality, When hungry, eats at daytime. > > It needs to get used to aquarium before it resumes to eat after caught > from wild. Sometimes, they die before they get used to aquarium > condition. > > Hope you get it to feed, > > J. Y. Guo (Crustacean biologist, Eriocheir sinensis specialist) > E-mail: sbsguojy@leonis.nus.sg > > On Thu, 22 May 1997 JHemdal@AOL.COM wrote: > > > All: > > > > A commercial fisher brought us a mitten crab, (Eriocheir sinensis) which he > > caught in his net in western Lake Erie. We have not been able to get it to > > feed. I'm beginning to wonder if this species is a filter feeder, or if it > > some how gathers food from a sand or mud substrate. Any ideas on how to > > maintain this species in captivity? > > > > Please Email your response.... > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jay Hemdal > > Toledo Zoo Aquarium > > > > > > ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #71 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:56 1998 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:51:05 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #73 crust-l-digest Tuesday, 3 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 073 CRUST-L: Graduate assistantship - crayfish ecology CRUST-L: P.delagoae request for info CRUST-L: largest crab species CRUST-L: Re:largest crab species CRUST-L: Pere Abello - E-mail address CRUST-L: Pere Abello''s email adress Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species CRUST-L: lobsters in aquaria CRUST-L: Admin vacation Re: CRUST-L: lobsters in aquaria CRUST-L: N. Knowlton address CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab CRUST-L: largest crabs in the world Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab CRUST-L: crust-l: giant crab (fwd) CRUST-L: [ABNET:332] 6th International Tasmanian Aquaculture Exchange (fwd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan Magoulick" Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:31:08 CST6CDT Subject: CRUST-L: Graduate assistantship - crayfish ecology I seek a highly motivated individual to fill a M.S. graduate assistantship at the University of Central Arkansas. The project will examine the distribution and ecology of the endangered Mammoth Spring crayfish. Individuals with interests in predation risk and habitat selection are encouraged to apply. The project will involve substantial field work in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas and Missouri. Previous research experience (undergraduate or professional) and knowledge of crayfish would be considered an advantage. Graduate stipends will be $9,000 per year. Tuition waiver will be dependent on student credentials. The assistantship will be available in June, but it could be filled as late as Fall 1997. For information about the UCA Department of Biology please visit our web page at: http://www2.uca.edu/biology/bio_hp/ Interested individuals should apply or contact me by June 20. Submit a cover letter and resume, or for more information contact: Dr. Dan Magoulick Assistant Professor of Biology Department of Biology University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5930 501-450-5914 FAX danm@cc1.uca.edu http://www2.uca.edu/biology/magoulick/ ------------------------------ From: "Dave Schoeman" Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:06:09 SAT-2 Subject: CRUST-L: P.delagoae request for info Hi CRUST-Lers and FISH-E's (apologies for cross-posts). A colleague of mine asked me to post this: Is a directed trap-fishery for deep-water rock lobster Palinurus delagoae off South Africa feasible? It is, and has been for quite a while, off Mozambique, but here in the south, experimental permits were granted scarcely three years ago. Research got in there right away with annual surveys to determine distribution, benchmark abundances and initial catch rate declines. Is this new in developing rock lobster fisheries? The normal trend is that science waits until a fishery has been going for a while before embarking on research, surveys etc., often resulting in the initial fishing down phase not being recorded properly. I am particularly interested in this development phase of rock lobster fisheries. How was it treated in your neighbourhood fishery? - - Johan Dave Schoeman Sea Fisheries Research Institute Private Bag X2 Rogge Bay 8012 Cape Town, South Africa Phone: (021) 4023127 ------------------------------ From: Daniel.Latrouite@IFREMER.FR (Daniel LATROUITE) Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 11:21:45 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: largest crab species Bonjour I have been asked what crab species is the largest in the world.=20 I think it muist be Paralithodes camtschatica or, more probably, Pseudocarcinus gigas. Any other candidate ? My information are=20 - - maximum LENGTH =3D 215 mm for P. camschatica, 280 for P. gigas - - Max weight =3D ??? for P. camschatica, 6.0 kg (female) 14.5kg (male) for= P. gigas Thanks for any complement. =20 Daniel LATROUITE =20 IFREMER Centre de Brest =20 Direction des Ressources Vivantes =20 D=E9partement des Ressources Halieutiques=20 BP 70 - 29280 Plouzan=E9 Cedex - France =20 Tel : 98 22 43 69 =20 Fax : 98 22 46 53 ou 98 22 45 47 =20 e-Mail : dlatroui@ifremer.fr =20 ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:58:42 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Re:largest crab species Reply-To: Daniel.Latrouite@IFREMER.FR (Daniel LATROUITE) Bonjour, I have been asked what crab species is the largest in the world. I think it must be Paralithodes camtschatica or, more probably, Pseudocarcinus gigas. Any other candidate ? My information are - - maximum LENGTH = 215 mm for P. camschatica, 280 for P. gigas - - Max weight =??? for P. camschatica, 6.0 kg (female) 14.5kg (male) for P. gigas Thanks for any complement. Daniel LATROUITE Dans le traite de Zoologie, P.P. Grasse, Masson ed., 1996, article de Theodore MONOD & Lucien LAUBIER, "Les Crustaces dans la biosphere", pp. 91-166, on trouve (p.92) les lignes suivantes : Decapodes Reptantia : Astacidea, 50 cm et 3,6-4 kg (Astacopsis gouldi, ecrevisse de Tasmanie); 65 cm et jusqu'a 20 kg (Homarus americanus) (cf. Wolff, 1978); Palinura, 60 cm (Jasus verreauxi); Anomura, 1,30 m d'envergure chez Paralithodes camtschatica; Brachyura, 40 cm de large et 14 kg (Pseudocarcinus gigas); 1,20 m d'envergure (Cyrtomaia spp.); 2,50 m a 3,50 m d'envergure (Macrocheira kaempferi, avec carapace large de 45 cm). Peut-etre y a-t-il aussi des donnees dans le livre "Guiness" des records ? Bien cordialement, Pierre. ------------------------------ From: Lynne Sneddon <9506043s@UDCF.GLA.AC.UK> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 17:40:32 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Pere Abello - E-mail address Does anyone know the e-mail address of Dr. Pere Abello who has worked on crustacean aggression. The last postal address that I can find is Institut de ciences del Mar, Barcelona but Dr Abello is not listed on the net pages. I am most grateful. Lynne U. Sneddon ------------------------------ From: costa@ALF.UAC.PT (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 06:13:51 -0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Pere Abello''s email adress Hi! This is Pere Abello''s email adress: pere@icm.csic.es Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) ------------------------------ From: Tom Heeren Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 09:53:36 -0700 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species Daniel LATROUITE wrote: > > Bonjour > I have been asked what crab species is the largest in the world. > I think it muist be Paralithodes camtschatica or, more probably, > Pseudocarcinus gigas. Any other candidate ? > My information are > - maximum LENGTH = 215 mm for P. camschatica, 280 for P. gigas > - Max weight = ??? for P. camschatica, 6.0 kg (female) 14.5kg (male) for P. > gigas Hi Daniel, If my information is correct I beleive P. gigas is the largest crab (relative body weight and cheliped size) in the world. I have seen an exoskeleton of a male which weighed at least 15kg. I have examined a male which was 7.5kg in weight. For more information on the Giant Crab direct yourself to my web page from which you can access my Giant Crab page. Regards, - -- Tom Heeren Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology \\\/----<= Monash University, Victoria, Australia [>{|||||||x: E-Mail: thee1@student.monash.edu.au ///\----<= http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6796/ ------------------------------ From: rjapajus@alpha2.curtin.edu.au (Japo Jussila) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 08:50:13 +0800 (WST) Subject: CRUST-L: lobsters in aquaria MOI YOU THERE, my adventures in the world crustacean biology continues. i have placed western rock lobsters in an aquaria (50*50*130cm) in perfect seawater, several hides, recirculating, temperature 20C, biofilters and protein skimmers. they seem to be a bit restless and aggressive. has anyone of you any experience in holding these beautiful animals (i was told not to call them animals by a wholesaler!) in captivity, what are the tricks to make them feel as comfortable as possible. my best craywishes Japo Jussila Aquatic Science Research Unit Curtin University Perth, Western Australia tel 61 (08) 9336 6081 phax 61 (08) 9336 6082 'Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado' Che Guevara ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Admin vacation Crusters, and Pathols, I'm out for the next two weeks. I'll check in periodically for maintenance, so don't worry if some administrative details go unchecked for a few days. Crusters, Pseudocarcinus gigas is indeed a beast. The Sydney Aquarium had a small one that was easily as big as your computer monitor. Scylla serrata has been reported to reach 6 kg. I've spoken with a fisherman who gave an unconfirmed report of Loxorhynchus grandis going to 13 lbs (~6 kg), making it a second to Cyrtomaia (sp?). The fisherman is a crabber known for his veracity. He said it pulled his regulator out during the grapple. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Shane Ahyong Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:00:05 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: lobsters in aquaria Japo, I don't have experience with the western rock lobster, but I have kept Jasus verreauxi, Panulirus ornatus, P. versicolor and several others in the genus. I've used similar setups to what you've described, but have always had best results using large protein skimmers. Biofilters, by their very nature, promote eutrophic water conditions which seem to be detrimental in the long run. The specimens I have kept have usually survived well and moulted normally. All specimens I have kept, however, were kept singly, and this may be why you are having some difficulty, especially in tanks of the size you are using. You didn't mention lighting conditions, but my experience is that animals were more active under subdued lighting conditions ie 1 or 2 Biolux fluoro's or the like. Cheers, Shane Ahyong Shane Ahyong Dept of Marine Invertebrates Australian Museum 6 College St Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA s.ahyong@unsw.edu.au On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Japo Jussila wrote: > MOI YOU THERE, > my adventures in the world crustacean biology continues. i have placed > western rock lobsters in an aquaria (50*50*130cm) in perfect seawater, > several hides, recirculating, temperature 20C, biofilters and protein > skimmers. they seem to be a bit restless and aggressive. has anyone of you > any experience in holding these beautiful animals (i was told not to call > them animals by a wholesaler!) in captivity, what are the tricks to make > them feel as comfortable as possible. my best craywishes > > > > Japo Jussila > Aquatic Science Research Unit > Curtin University > Perth, Western Australia > > tel 61 (08) 9336 6081 > phax 61 (08) 9336 6082 > > 'Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado' > Che Guevara > > ------------------------------ From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Tue, 03 Jun 97 09:58:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: N. Knowlton address Can anyone provide me with an e-mail address for Nancy Knowlton, Smithso= nian=20 Res.Inst., Panama? All help appreciated, and please do just answer to me. Thanks. Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:45:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Please respond to the list. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: Caleb Gardner Subject: Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species The guiness book of records lists the largest crab as the Japanese Stilt crab Macrocheira kaempheri (this spelling is probably off) at 18.6 kg. The giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas reaches at least 14 kg but may get a lot bigger. I know of a holding (export) facility which has recorded crabs up to 17 kg but these were just exported and I couldn't confirm their size. Giant crabs are fished with rock lobster pots and there are legal restrictions on the size of the neck, so large animals may be excluded. There is some exploratory fishing underway using modified, large -neck pots pots and we hope to catch some monsters. There are some good stories from commercial fishers of enormous giant crabs hanging onto the outside of pots, but falling off just as the pot was drawn from the water. But for the moment, the only reliable record is far less than the stilt crab. Caleb Gardner Taroona Marine Research Laboratories Tasmania, Australia PO Box 192B Hobart 7001. Ph (03) 62277277 Fax (03) 62278035 ------------------------------ From: "Gustavo Alejandro Lovrich" Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 13:41:36 ARG Subject: CRUST-L: largest crabs in the world Hi crusters! Please, take into account that males of Lithodes santolla (=L. antarcticus) may attain 7.3 kg and 186 mm of carapace length. It's not the largest one, but it may be included in the contest. Chau! Gustavo Dr. Gustavo A. Lovrich Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) CC 92 - (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ARGENTINA Tel: ++54-901-22310, 22314, 22278 34558 (H) FAX: ++54-901-30644 http://www.hq.satlink.com/ushuaia/cadic/ lovrich@satlink.com ------------------------------ From: Jeff Levinton Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 13:19:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Guinness Book of Records aside, does anyone know what Pseudocarcinus gigas does with its large chela? Is it sexually dimorphic? Is there a handedness to the chela? Jeff Levinton Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York Stony Brook NY 11794-5245 tel 516 632 8602 fax 516 632 7626 On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Jeffrey Shields wrote: > Please respond to the list. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > X-Sender: cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU > From: Caleb Gardner > Subject: Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species > > The guiness book of records lists the largest crab as the Japanese Stilt > crab Macrocheira kaempheri (this spelling is probably off) at 18.6 kg. The > giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas reaches at least 14 kg but may get a lot > bigger. I know of a holding (export) facility which has recorded crabs up > to 17 kg but these were just exported and I couldn't confirm their size. > Giant crabs are fished with rock lobster pots and there are legal > restrictions on the size of the neck, so large animals may be excluded. > There is some exploratory fishing underway using modified, large -neck pots > pots and we hope to catch some monsters. There are some good stories from > commercial fishers of enormous giant crabs hanging onto the outside of pots, > but falling off just as the pot was drawn from the water. But for the > moment, the only reliable record is far less than the stilt crab. > Caleb Gardner > Taroona Marine Research Laboratories > Tasmania, Australia > PO Box 192B Hobart 7001. > Ph (03) 62277277 Fax (03) 62278035 > > > ------------------------------ From: Tom Heeren Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 07:21:50 -0700 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Jeff Levinton wrote: > > Guinness Book of Records aside, does anyone know what Pseudocarcinus > gigas does with its large chela? Is it sexually dimorphic? Is there a > handedness to the chela? Hi Jeff, Having studied the morphology and function of the feeding appendages of the Giant Crab (P. gigas) I feel I can answer this one. The chelipeds of both males and females are dimorphic with the right cheliped being larger than the left. This is more prominent in the males were the right cheliped becomes very large indeed and is virtually useless for feeding. It is used instead as a weapon during territorial disputes and holding the female close to the male during copulation. Images of these structures can be found at: http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/deeb/postgrad/crab.htm Regards, - -- Tom Heeren Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology \\\/----<= Monash University, Victoria, Australia [>{|||||||x: E-Mail: thee1@student.monash.edu.au ///\----<= http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6796/ ------------------------------ From: "Dr.C.L.McLay" Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 09:14:09 +1200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab Go to http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/deeb/postgrad/crab.htm There is a nice presentation of Tom Heeren's research on the Australian Giant crab. I think he says the large chelae are for holding females and for settling "territorial" disputes with other males. Colin McLay. > Guinness Book of Records aside, does anyone know what Pseudocarcinus > gigas does with its large chela? Is it sexually dimorphic? Is there a > handedness to the chela? > > Jeff Levinton > Department of Ecology and Evolution > State University of New York > Stony Brook NY 11794-5245 > > tel 516 632 8602 > fax 516 632 7626 > > On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Jeffrey Shields wrote: > > > Please respond to the list. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > X-Sender: cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au > > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU > > From: Caleb Gardner > > Subject: Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species > > > > The guiness book of records lists the largest crab as the Japanese Stilt > > crab Macrocheira kaempheri (this spelling is probably off) at 18.6 kg. The > > giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas reaches at least 14 kg but may get a lot > > bigger. I know of a holding (export) facility which has recorded crabs up > > to 17 kg but these were just exported and I couldn't confirm their size. > > Giant crabs are fished with rock lobster pots and there are legal > > restrictions on the size of the neck, so large animals may be excluded. > > There is some exploratory fishing underway using modified, large -neck pots > > pots and we hope to catch some monsters. There are some good stories from > > commercial fishers of enormous giant crabs hanging onto the outside of pots, > > but falling off just as the pot was drawn from the water. But for the > > moment, the only reliable record is far less than the stilt crab. > > Caleb Gardner > > Taroona Marine Research Laboratories > > Tasmania, Australia > > PO Box 192B Hobart 7001. > > Ph (03) 62277277 Fax (03) 62278035 > > > > > > > Dr Colin McLay Zoology Department Canterbury University PB 4800, Christchurch New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 364 2887 FAX: +64 3 364 2024 email: c.mclay@zool.canterbury.ac.nz WWW Home Page: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/zool/cm.htm ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:48:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: giant crab (fwd) To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU From: Caleb Gardner Subject: Re: CRUST-L: crust-l: re: giant crab The large chela of the male giant crab is a sexually dimorphic character and begins to become larger than that of the female at about 3 kg. Most males are right handed although about 5% are left handed. I've found no difference in ratio of the carapace length to chela length between right and left handed crabs, so left handed males are unlikely to be the result of regeneration. The large claw is certainly functional for crushing food (see Tom Heeren's web page, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6796/ ) and is incredibly strong. They also seem to use them for brawling, at least in the confinement of tanks. I've had large males (around 10 kg) fight in tanks on a few occasions and now keep them isolated. They tend to lock chelae and then lift each other up which can look quite acrobatic. On one occasion we discovered the fighting too late and all that was left was one unscathed male and assorted dismembered pieces of two others. At 13:19 3/06/97 -0400, you wrote: >Guinness Book of Records aside, does anyone know what Pseudocarcinus >gigas does with its large chela? Is it sexually dimorphic? Is there a >handedness to the chela? > >Jeff Levinton >Department of Ecology and Evolution >State University of New York >Stony Brook NY 11794-5245 > >tel 516 632 8602 >fax 516 632 7626 > >On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Jeffrey Shields wrote: > >> Please respond to the list. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> X-Sender: cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au >> X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >> From: Caleb Gardner >> Subject: Re: CRUST-L: largest crab species >> >> The guiness book of records lists the largest crab as the Japanese Stilt >> crab Macrocheira kaempheri (this spelling is probably off) at 18.6 kg. The >> giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas reaches at least 14 kg but may get a lot >> bigger. I know of a holding (export) facility which has recorded crabs up >> to 17 kg but these were just exported and I couldn't confirm their size. >> Giant crabs are fished with rock lobster pots and there are legal >> restrictions on the size of the neck, so large animals may be excluded. >> There is some exploratory fishing underway using modified, large -neck pots >> pots and we hope to catch some monsters. There are some good stories from >> commercial fishers of enormous giant crabs hanging onto the outside of pots, >> but falling off just as the pot was drawn from the water. But for the >> moment, the only reliable record is far less than the stilt crab. >> Caleb Gardner >> Taroona Marine Research Laboratories >> Tasmania, Australia >> PO Box 192B Hobart 7001. >> Ph (03) 62277277 Fax (03) 62278035 >> >> >> > > Caleb Gardner Taroona Marine Research Laboratories Tasmania, Australia PO Box 192B Hobart 7001. Ph (03) 62277277 Fax (03) 62278035 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:49:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: [ABNET:332] 6th International Tasmanian Aquaculture Exchange (fwd) Sorry for the cross post, but I thought some of you might find this interesting. Cheers, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 01:47:53 +0200 From: Tom Lewis To: jeff@vims.edu Subject: [ABNET:332] 6th International Tasmanian Aquaculture Exchange Greetings from Sunny Tasmania!! A short update on the 6th International Tasmanian Aquaculture Exchange, to be held in Hobart, Tasmania from 25-28 July 1997 (inclusive) The provisional timetable is all but finalised, and has filled out to offer a program of real and topical interest to all sectors of the Aquaculture industry. The Registration Brochure has been sent out recently. If you have not recieved one soon, and would like the chance to attend this Biennial Industry Exchange, then please contact Karen Adams at Mures Conference Management on any of the following numbers: email: phone: +61 (0)3 6234 1424 fax: +61 (0)3 6234 4464 As I've had a few technical difficulties updating our web page for the past 5-6 weeks, here's a brief summary of planned events. 1) Two days of presentations (Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th) from 12 Invited speakers and 25 Proferred papers Main themes for presentations: Strategic Planning- International and Australian perspectives Innovators and Innovations Forum Diet Development Environmental Rights and Responsibilities Quarantine and Disease New Species Ungrouped (including genetics, biofoulimg, pearl culture, inland aquaculture) 2) Exchange Question and Answer Forum (questions on notice with a Panel of Invited Speakers at the end of the presentation sessions) 3) 30+ Exhibitors 4) Technical showcase for exhibitors who wish to make more "formal" presentations 5) Workshops (Friday 25th and Monday 28th) New Technologies from the Aquaculture Co-operative Research Centre Quality Assurance in the Seafood Industry Australian Coastal Aquaculture Development: An agreed environmental framework Rock Lobster Culture - Development of a National Research Strategy 6) Field Trips (Monday 28th) Rock Lobster and Seahorse Holding Facilities (Key Centre for Aquaculture, Launceston) Port Huon - Salmon Farms from on board the "Southern Contessa" Tasmanian Oyster Technology and Methods 7) Social The times in between these sessions are often vital for following up speakers with particular questions, and for making contact with old and new colleagues and business contacts. As such we have allowed plenty of time for morning and afternoon tea breaks, lunches and other "mixers", including: Welcome Function at Wrest Point Convention centre at 6:00 PM on Friday 25th Conference Dinner at Huon Quay on Saturday 26th Exchange Farewell (following the Q&A Forum) on Sunday 27th Please feel frre to contact either Karen Adams (contact details above) or myself if you have any questions regarding the Exchange. I look forward to seeing you in Hobart at the end of July Kind regards Tom Lewis Convenor Tom Lewis **please note new p.o. box and phone numbers* - ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Department of Agricultural Science University of Tasmania GPO Box 252-54 HOBART, Tasmania 7001 AUSTRALIA phone (03) 6226 2776 fax (03) 6226 2642 int'l (+61 3) etc _--_|\ / \ \ _---_ / \*/ (* makes sense when viewed in Times New Roman 9) ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #73 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:09:06 1998 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 03:12:42 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #74 crust-l-digest Thursday, 12 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 074 CRUST-L: freshwater crabs? Re: CRUST-L: freshwater crabs? CRUST-L: Freshwater crabs CRUST-L: Looking for addresses for Birgus researchers... CRUST-L: "Jabi" freshwater shrimp [none] Re: CRUST-L: "Jabi" freshwater shrimp CRUST-L: Australian Giant Crab Page CRUST-L: Thanks for all the freshwater crab info CRUST-L: enquiry on Astacus CRUST-L: Yabby Re: CRUST-L: enquiry on Astacus [none] CRUST-L: spawning biomass CRUST-L: crust-l: [P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au] (fwd) CRUST-L: crust-l: malacostraca taxonomy [none] CRUST-L: Searching for Dr. Euclydes Santos CRUST-L: Dr. Euclydes Santos e-mail CRUST-L: Alloniscus perconvexus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rebecca Hendrix (BIO)" Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 23:39:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: freshwater crabs? In a conversation the other day, a friend and I tried to think of a freshwater crab. We are both aware that there are crabs which are successful in brackish water, but neither of us know of any which live in a freshwater habitat. Looking through other resources has not yet provided any information. Does anyone know of crabs which live in freshwater habitats? Thanks in advance for any information. Rebecca A. Hendrix Hendrix@chuma.cas.usf.edu ------------------------------ From: Amir Sagi Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:41:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: freshwater crabs? Hi The freshwater crab Potamon potamios is a very successful species down here. - ------------- On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Rebecca Hendrix (BIO) wrote: > In a conversation the other day, a friend and I tried to think of a > freshwater crab. We are both aware that there are crabs which are > successful in brackish water, but neither of us know of any which live in > a freshwater habitat. Looking through other resources has not yet > provided any information. Does anyone know of crabs which live in > freshwater habitats? Thanks in advance for any information. > > Rebecca A. Hendrix > Hendrix@chuma.cas.usf.edu - ------------ Yours Amir ***************************************************** Dr. Amir Sagi Office: 972 7 6461364 Department of Life Sciences Lab: 972 7 6472668 Ben-Gurion University Fax: 972 7 6472890 P.O.Box 653 Beer Sheva 84105 Israel ***************************************************** ------------------------------ From: "Murat Ozbek" Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:11:21 +2 TUR Subject: CRUST-L: Freshwater crabs Dear Rebecca, I am a Research Assistant at the Fishery Faculty of Ege University. My Msc subject is the Systematic of Freshwater Malacostraca Species collected from the Western Part of Turkiye. So, I found some crab specimens live in Freshwater. They are belonging to the genus Potamon. If you want, you can find more information in G. Pretzmann's and Bott's papers. At now, I can't remember the names of them, but if you want I can sent the names of papers. Greetings from TURKIYE! :-) Murat OZBEK e-mail:ozbek@sufak.ege.edu.tr ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 20:41:39 -1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Looking for addresses for Birgus researchers... Hello all, I'm looking for e-mail and snail mail addresses for three people (below) who have published work on Birgus latro. Thanks ahead of time for your attention. I.W. Brown D.R. Fielder W.J. Fletcher Mahalo, Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html ------------------------------ From: Johan Vandenberghe Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 13:26:09 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: "Jabi" freshwater shrimp Hello, I am looking for the scientific name of "Jabi" (or something like this) freshwater shrimp from Austalia. Is this a tropical species? Who can provide me more information about it? Thanks in advance! Johan Vandenberghe Johan Vandenberghe Lab for Microbiology K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Gent Belgium Tel: 32-9-264 5249 Fax: 32-9-264 5092 ------------------------------ From: Christine Sullivan Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 08:34:18 -0700 Subject: [none] Hello to all, I am an environmental biology student studying at UC San Diego and I'm looking for any recent literature regarding the behavior of Pagurus samuelis. I'm conducting an experiment dealing with the effects of environmental variation on these little critters and I'm having trouble finding any recent work on this particular species. If anyone out there has any references that might aid me in my study or is possibly studying this species themselves, any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chris ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 17:26:34 +0100 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: "Jabi" freshwater shrimp >Hello, >I am looking for the scientific name of "Jabi" (or something like this) >freshwater shrimp from Austalia. Is this a tropical species? Who can >provide me more information about it? >Thanks in advance! >Johan Vandenberghe >Lab for Microbiology >K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 >9000 Gent >Belgium >Tel: 32-9-264 5249 >Fax: 32-9-264 5092 Il s'agit sans doute du "Yabby" = Cherax destructor, une ecrevisse ------------------------------ From: Tom Heeren Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:37:51 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Australian Giant Crab Page Fellow Crustaceanists! Following the advice of many crust-l readers I have improved my web site with respect to the giant crab. All the mouthparts are correct now (how embarising!). Please direct your browser to; http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/deeb/postgrad/crab.htm All the graphic files have been improved and the drawings are now transparent .gif files! Enjoy, - -- Tom Heeren Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology \\\/----<= Monash University, Victoria, Australia [>{|||||||x: E-Mail: thee1@student.monash.edu.au ///\----<= http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6796/ ------------------------------ From: "Rebecca Hendrix (BIO)" Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:15:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Thanks for all the freshwater crab info Wow - Thanks to all who provided me with information on freshwater crabs. I was thrilled to be find out there was so much information out there. Rebecca A. Hendrix University of South Florida - Biology Hendrix@chuma.cas.usf.edu ------------------------------ From: "MAYFIELD, S, STEVE, MYFSTE001" Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:22:30 SAST-2 Subject: CRUST-L: enquiry on Astacus greetings to the list can anyone please tell me the habitat (marine or fresh water) of Astacus astacus? many thanks steve mayfield ------------------------------ From: Johan Vandenberghe Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:08:10 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Yabby Thanks to all people who provided me the information about the yabby crayfish! Johan Vandenberghe Johan Vandenberghe Lab for Microbiology K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Gent Belgium Tel: 32-9-264 5249 Fax: 32-9-264 5092 ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:57:20 +0100 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: enquiry on Astacus >greetings to the list >can anyone please tell me the habitat (marine or fresh water) of >Astacus astacus? >many thanks >steve mayfield * Freshwater only. Astacus astacus (or "noble crayfish") lives in clean well oxygenated fresh-waters (or more exactly try to survive in many places actually). Its main (original?) distribution area is roughly central Europe in between 43-63oN and 10-35oE. Its distribution in France is spots scattered from N-East to South-West. It is found near the banks of lakes, rivers, small streams where it hides between the stones, holes or roots of trees. Other crayfish such as Astacus leptodactylus or Procambarus clarkii may be found in brackish waters. As far as I know, no Astacidea are found in plain sea-water. Best regards, Pierre. Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 ------------------------------ From: Christine Sullivan Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 08:26:34 -0700 Subject: [none] Thanks to all of you for your helpful comments regarding my studies on Pagurus samuelis. They were very insightful and much appreciated! Christina Sulllivan Intern - Marine Biology Lab Metro Wastewater Dept. City of San Diego FXS@MW HARBOR.SANNET.GOV ------------------------------ From: sfrusher@dpi.tas.gov.au (Stewart Frusher) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:41:04 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: spawning biomass Dear Colleagues, It is frequently mentioned (verbally) that current egg production should not fall to less than 25% of the virgin egg production. Does anyone know where this came from and if so is there a reference? I am working on a rock lobster fishery and would appreciate any comments people have on an appropriate percentage or the concept of comparing current egg production to virgin (unharvested population) egg production. Cheers Stewart - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart Frusher Ph: (03) 6227 7277 Program Leader - Rock Lobster Fax:(03) 6227 8035 Research and Assessment Branch Marine Research Laboratories Email: sfrusher@dpi.tas.gov.au Crayfish Point, Taroona Tasmania, Australia, 7053 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 21:41:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: [P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au] (fwd) Please respond to the list and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 03:55:30 -0400 From: P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au Date: Fri, 06 Jun 97 17:43:14 +1100 To: CRUST-L@vims.edu Subject: CRISIS AT NATAL MUSEUM X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v1.28 Hello to all on Crust-l, While the message below appears to have a mollusc emphasis, it is really still pertinent to the broader taxonomic community and highlights the gulf in funding between those who talk about biodiversity and those who do the basic work! Perhaps there are some on the list who might like to respond in the way suggested. Peter Davie Senior Curator, Crustacea Queensland Museum - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following message is forwarded to you by P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au (listed as the From user of this message). The original sender (see the header, below) was "dick.kilburn" and has been set as the "Reply-To" field of this message. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO ALL MALACOLOGISTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TAXONOMY/BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH The survival of the Natal Museum as a research organisation is under serious threat, and the support of overseas colleagues is desperately needed. For several decades the Natal Museum has played a small but significant role in the study of world molluscan faunas. Many researchers around the world have made use of our collection, as it contains the most representative and extensive samples of southern African and Mozambican molluscs in existence, and is particularly rich in material dredged on the continental shelf and upper slope. It is worldwide in scope and is by far the largest mollusc collection on both the African continent and the entire Indian Ocean rim (our molluscan type collection alone contains 2 633 lots). Apart from providing loans to other workers and acting as the national centre of malacological expertise, over the past 30 years the Department of Mollusca has published 91 taxonomic papers and one book (Kilburn & Rippey 1982). Current projects include a guide to the non-marine molluscs of eastern South Africa, which will be followed by an identification manual on marine molluscs. A detailed, annotated catalogue of the S.A. marine molluscan fauna is also currently under preparation. At a global level we appear to be among the relatively few surviving institutes still actively undertaking taxonomic research on their molluscan faunas. The Natal Museum has until now been funded as a national (state) museum. Political restructuring of South African museums has decreed that only two museums will remain nationally funded, leaving the entire eastern part of the country without a national museum. It is planned to devolve the Natal Museum to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial authorities, where it will fall under the Department of Education and Culture. All personnel involved in drafting this plan have exclusive Arts and Culture backgrounds (see the journal "Nature" vol. 377 p. 5, Sept.1995), and have no understanding of the research carried out by museum natural scientists or its significance, and show no interest in its perpetuation. In fact this action displays total disregard for the aims of our Biodiversity Green Paper of 1996 (now at the White Paper stage), which officially expresses concern at the existing threats to taxonomic collections in South Africa. Thus, no inquiry as to the nature or significance of the Natal Museum collections has been made prior to the decision and we have never been allowed to participate in the policy-formulation process. Since the portfolio of Science & Technology, and currently developing biodiversity initiatives are to be retained as national responsibilities, reducing the Natal Museum to a provincial level will isolate its scientists from their spheres of relevance to these. Worse still, within provincial structures there is no provision for, nor obligation towards, scientific collections or research, and there is no certainty whatsoever that these will continue to be funded. Ironically, Drinkrow et al 1994 (S.A. J. Science 90: 477) showed that per-capita output of scientific papers by Natal Museum zoologists EQUALS that of one of the two institutes destined to remain national, and EXCEEDS that of the other! Already KwaZulu-Natal - the poorest and most densely populated province - is underfunded, and during 1997 it cut its allocation to the running costs of the provincial museum service budget (devoted to running small town museums) by over 51%, and the provincial library services by an even greater amount! Provincial education is already the equivalent of US$100,000,000 in the red! Research initiatives at the Natal Museum, already financially strapped, will not long survive the inevitable funding cuts. Although its staff would attempt to keep it going, with no funding for literature, research and publication (the "Annals of the Natal Museum" would not be supported), the future for malacology at the Natal Museum is bleak. We plead with anyone who has ever used or might one day need our collections or other facilities, who has read a paper in which they are cited, or who has the foresight to appreciate the consequences of the irretrievable loss, to send messages of protest to our government bodies, appealing for the collections of the Natal Museum to be recognised as both a national and an international resource, which merits funding from the highest government level, and should under no circumstances be side- lined to provincial custody. Please send your protest in the form of an e-mail message to the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (012 - 325 2768). However, we would be further indebted if you would also FAX copies of your message addressed to: (1) the South African Embassy in your country (we list their fax numbers below), (2) the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria, South Africa (012 - 3222 682), and (3) the Office of the State President, Pretoria, South Africa (012 - 323 8246) [the latter two do not possess e-mail]. We (perhaps naively) feel that the downward movement, even of the same message, through different levels of the government hierarchy might assist in drawing attention to its contents, as we fear that the officials directly concerned will attempt to ignore them until it is too late (the bill may be rushed through parliament in August or September). Apart from the above information, points that can be made are: (1) South Africa has ratified its signature to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its government consequently has a responsibility towards the implementation of the commitments associated with this. This is acknowledged in the draft White Paper on Biodiversity currently under final review by a South African parliamentary committee. This White Paper admits (we quote from the Biodiversity Green Paper on which the White Paper is based) that (a) "Taxonomy.... is the core... knowledge base upon which all discussion of biodiversity rests" [p. 49], but (b) "There is however a dire shortage of suitably trained people" and "South Africa's museums.... are facing serious funding problems which threaten existing collections and the future of their professional staff" [p. 50]. The S. A. Government further undertakes [p. 50] to "Maintain or enhance the capacity of museums and other institutions which undertake biodiversity surveys, and which classify, describe and which store collected specimens"! (2) The proposed provincialisation of the Natal Museum directly opposes the spirit and aims of this parliamentary document. The Natal Museum is the only institute in South Africa able to carry out inventory and other taxonomic/systematic work on major groups such as Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Diptera and Myriapoda. Side-lining the Natal Museum as a unwanted provincial responsibility will run completely counter to such ideals. Please give our plight a few moments of your time. Yours sincerely, Dick Kilburn Dai Herbert FAX NUMBERS FOR S. AFRICAN EMBASSIES/CONSULATES/HIGH COMMISSIONS: U.S.A. Washington (Embassy): 202 986 5712 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: Canberra (High Commission): 6 273 3543 BELGIUM: Brussels (Embassy): 2 285 4487 CANADA: Ottawa, Ontario (High Commission): 613 7411 639 DENMARK: Copenhagen (Embassy): 31 18 4006 FRANCE: Paris (Embassy): 1 45 55 4146 GERMANY: Bonn (Embassy): 228 36 2971 HONG KONG: (Consulate General): 2890 1975 INDONESIA: Jakarta (Embassy): 21 574 0661 ITALY: Rome (Embassy): 6 85254 300/301 JAPAN: Tokyo (Embassy): 3 3265 1108 NETHERLANDS: The Hague (Embassy): 070 346 0669 NORWAY: Oslo (Embassy): 22 44 3975 PORTUGAL: Lisbon (Embassy): 1 353 5713 SPAIN: Madrid (Embassy): 1 577 7414 SWEDEN: Stockholm (Embassy): 8 660 7136 SWITZERLAND: Berne (Embassy): 22 849 5432 UNITED KINGDOM: London (High Commission): 451 7283. - ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr R. N. Kilburn Natal Museum P/Bag 9070 Pietermaritzburg 3200 SOUTH AFRICA. tel: 0331-451404/5 fax: 0331-450561 - ----------------------------------------------------- -- End of forwarded message - ----------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 21:56:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: malacostraca taxonomy Please respond to Murat Ozbek and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Murat Ozbek" Organization: Ege University To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:13:36 +2 TUR Subject: Malacostracan taxonomy Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.21) Message-ID: <20A34E4B8C@sufak.ege.edu.tr> Hi Crust-lers, Is there anybody who can help me to find the latest papers about the Taxonomy of Malacostraca and how can I get them? Any suggestions are welcome! Greetings from TURKIYE! :-) Murat OZBEK Ege University Fishery Faculty Hydrobiology Section 35100- Bornova-Izmir- TURKIYE ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 21:59:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to the address below, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff Somewhere W of Oklahoma City.... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: Amy Edwards Subject: museum needs shells & crabs for exhibit Cc: Charles Sturm I have forwarded this request to the crust-l list, as the museum is also looking for crabs (see the bottom of the request). I thought someone on this list might be able to help them find the crustaceans, which the members of the conch-l list have been unable to do. Please reply to John Rawlins, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology . Amy >Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 22:12:59 -0400 >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List >Sender: Conchologists of America List >From: Charles Sturm >Subject: museum needs shells >To: Multiple recipients of list CONCH-L > >The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is developing a Hall of Native >Americans. There are several seashells that they would like to >incorporate into the exhibits. If anyone has specimens of these shells >that they could donated, that would be great. If any dealers that are >following conch-l have them for purchase, please let us know. The shells >that are needed are: >Clinocardium nuttalli.....basket oir Nuttall"s cockle >Mytilus edulis......common blue mussel >Haliotis kamtschatkana...japanese abalone >Ostrea lurida..........pacific oyster >Mytilus californiensis....california mussel >Katharina tunicata.....common chiton >Cryptochiton stelleri...large cryptochiton >Hinnites multirugosa or giganteus....giant rock scallop >Saxidomus gigantea...butter clam >Tresus capax......horse clam >Tresus nuttalli.....pacific gaper clam >Protothaca staminea....pacific little neck clam > >Also if anyone has or knows of a source for the following it would be >helpful > >Cancer magister.....dungeness crab >Paralithodes camtschatica....king or spider crab >Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.....sea urchin. > >If you have any of these specimens, or know where we can obtain them, >please e-mail John Rawlins, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology... >rawlinsj@clpgh.org > >Thanks to all for your help. > >Charlie Sturm >Research Assoc., CMNH >csturmjr@pitt.edu > Amy Edwards, Program Coordinator ------ aedwards@museum.nhm.uga.edu Museum of Natural History -------- phone (706) 542-4137 University of Georgia -------- FAX 706-542-3920 Athens, GA 30602-1882 -------- http://service.uga.edu/natmus/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------- "A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, can never go back to its original dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:17:23 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Searching for Dr. Euclydes Santos I would like to contact Dr. Euclydes A. Santos regarding his paper in the latest issue of Physiological Zoology- Dr. Santos, if you are out there, please respond. In case he does not read this memo, I would appreciate it if someone could let me know how to reach reach him. (It seems to me he is a regular contributor to Crust-L, but I was unable to locate his email address among the list subscribers). Thanks in advance, Chuck Booth - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 ------------------------------ From: "flores" Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 15:45:53 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Dr. Euclydes Santos e-mail Hi Chuck: I''ve got two different e-mail addresses of Dr. Santos, but I don't know if they are still valid. Here they are: 1. dcfeucly@bf.furg.bitnet 2. dcfeucly@cpd.furg.br Good luck. Regards Augusto A. V. Flores ------------------------------ From: DAVID MORRITT Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:09:09 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Alloniscus perconvexus Hello crusties! Please could somebody let me know the authority for Alloniscus perconvexus, a North American isopod. Many thanks in advance. Dave Morritt Dr D. Morritt, Dept Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #74 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:09:14 1998 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 04:44:28 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #75 crust-l-digest Wednesday, 18 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 075 CRUST-L: PERSONAL CRUST-L: Hibernation and/or aestivation in crayfish CRUST-L: Crangon CRUST-L: burrowing crayfish CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again CRUST-L: Jim Thomas? CRUST-L: Jim Thomas' E-mail Addresses CRUST-L: AJ Bruce's Address CRUST-L: lobster anatomy CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments CRUST-L: Back in action CRUST-L: Andreas Heuch ] (fwd) Re: CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments CRUST-L: Fw: http://email-partner.whowhere.com/excite/name.codsrch?name=&org=&match=exact&brand=exemail Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again Re: CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marco Vannini Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:02:52 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: PERSONAL dear Colleagues, I am sorry for invading this scientific area with a private question. Is there anybody interested in spending a few days in Florence, from ABOUT July 15th to ABOUT August 15th ? My home (3 bedrooms) is quite close to the center of the city (you can walk or else use any of our 3 bikes) and it will be free during that period. As payment, we could perhaps consider the idea that, next year, Vannini's family may come and stay in your place for a while. A few obligations: in our little garden there is a variable number of hungry cats to be regularly fed and a few plants trying to survive the hot Florence summer; they all will count just on you. A huge collection of Matteo's videotapes is available if you have some kids with you. Matteo is only 4 years old and if you have kids of about that age they probably will not object the funny way Donald Duck is speaking. Sorry for this personal communication. Next ones will be more concentrated on our beloved crustaceans ! Marco Marco Vannini via del Ghirlandaio 64 Firenze 50121 - ITALY ++39 55 678675 Prof. Marco Vannini Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence, "La Specola" via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze Italy tel +39-55-2288259 fax +39-55-225325 e-mail: vannini_m@dbag.unifi.it ------------------------------ From: Tom McRae Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:47:56 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Hibernation and/or aestivation in crayfish Hello Crust-Lers. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is currently studying (or knows of anyone who is) the physiology of hibernation in crayfish or any crustacean species. It is "common knowledge" that _Cherax destructor_ can survive over a year underground in dried-up water holes, but getting any data or references on the subject is almost impossible. Regards to all, Tom. Tom McRae Aquatic Science and Natural Resources Management Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus P O Box 423, Warrnambool, Vic. 3280 Australia. Ph: + 61 (0)3 55 633 461 Fax: + 61 (0)3 55 633 462 E-mail: mcraet@deakin.edu.au ------------------------------ From: mrmbrow@state.me.us (Michael Brown) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 07:21:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crangon I am looking for information concerning Crangon crangon found in Europe vs. Crangon septemspinosa found in the western Atlantic. Through conversations I have had with Dolf Boddeke he stated that these species are conspecific. What are the most obvious differences between these to species (behavior, morphology, life history)? Michael E. Brown Maine Dept. of Marine Resources West Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04575 Tel. 207 633-9500 Fax 207 633-9579 ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:53:06 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: burrowing crayfish I don't know much about burrowing C. destructor, but many crayfish can carry out aerial respiration; if the burrows retain a bit of water to wet their gills periodically, they might be happy for extended periods. You might check out the February '95 issue of American Zoologist (vol. 35, no. 1), which contains papers from a symposium on crayfish physiology; papers by Reiber and by Huner and Lindqvist deal with adaptations to hypoxia and contain numerous references to Cherax destructor and its physiology. Chuck Booth - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:46:11 -0500 Subject: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans A question I've been worring about for awhile: Talitrid amphipods, crabs, and probably several other crustaceans are known to inhabit rain forest canopies. How did they get there originally? In the flooding forests of the Amazon, it's not hard to imagine how the crustaceans got into the canopy, but in other forests, such as New Guinea or Tasmania (am I remembering right there Alastair?), the forests don't flood. Or did they hitch a ride on birds? If they migrated up the trees, then there should be species known from lower down on the trees, or on the forest floor. But in tropical rain forests the forest floor is a poor place to live. Temperate rain forests such as the northwest US and west coast of Canada have a richer floor fauna, and I assume Tasmania does, so the floor could be a source of canopy crustaceans in such forests, but is it? And that still leaves the question of how did they get to be canopy dwellers? More generally, how closely does the canopy fauna correspond to the forest floor fauna, if at all? (I'm referring to the little guys that live in leaf litter and such--the interesting critters, not boring things like birds and mammals.) Phil } Sic Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes { Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: alastair.richardson@ZOO.UTAS.EDU.AU Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:53:45 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans Phil Oshel worries: >A question I've been worring about for awhile: > >Talitrid amphipods, crabs, and probably several other crustaceans are known >to inhabit rain forest canopies. How did they get there originally? > >In the flooding forests of the Amazon, it's not hard to imagine how the >crustaceans got into the canopy, but in other forests, such as New Guinea >or Tasmania (am I remembering right there Alastair?), the forests don't >flood. Can't speak for New Guinea, but our forest don't flood much, away from floodplains. But talitrids don't like to be water-logged, so even saturation of the litter may stimulate them to climb. >Or did they hitch a ride on birds? > >If they migrated up the trees, then there should be species known from >lower down on the trees, or on the forest floor. But in tropical rain >forests the forest floor is a poor place to live. Temperate rain forests >such as the northwest US and west coast of Canada have a richer floor >fauna, and I assume Tasmania does, so the floor could be a source of canopy >crustaceans in such forests, but is it? And that still leaves the question >of how did they get to be canopy dwellers? Our arboreal species are congeneric with litter-dwelling species, and indeed there are litter-dwellers that forage on trees at night, so the source of these arboreal crustaceans, at least, is no real mystery. Alastair Richardson Phone (work): (03) 6226 2593, home: (03) 6229 5224 FAX: (03) 6226 2745. International replace 03 with 6103 Zoology, Uni. of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-05, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 WWW: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/zoology/richardson.html ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:06:40 -0500 Subject: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again My original post seems to have been unclear, so I'm trying an addition: The question is not "how do individuals get up trees", but how forest-floor or, for crustaceans, freshwater (or saltwater) species *evolve* to live in treetops, *and* get there in the first place. Alastair's response: >Our arboreal species are congeneric with litter-dwelling species, and >indeed there are litter-dwellers that forage on trees at night, so the >source of these arboreal crustaceans, at least, is no real mystery. I do find this surprising. How big are the litter-dwellers that are foraging in the trees? To be clear, you're referring to talitrids, yes? It seems a major trek for a half or one centimeter (or smaller) amphipod to clamber up and a down a 10 or what? 30? meter tree each night. Especially the way they like to hop--why don't they miss, and hop off the tree? (Maybe they do to come down--it'd be safer.) Phil } Sic Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes { Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: alastair.richardson@ZOO.UTAS.EDU.AU Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 10:21:12 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again >From Phil Oshel: >My original post seems to have been unclear, so I'm trying an addition: > >The question is not "how do individuals get up trees", but how forest-floor >or, for crustaceans, freshwater (or saltwater) species *evolve* to live in >treetops, *and* get there in the first place. In temperate rainforest the epiphytic growth and the twisted growth of the trees, plus lots of fallen trees and standing dead ones, means that the animals would hardly know that they had left the litter and were on their way to the canopy. It's no great _change_ of habitat, if all that they are doing is colonising epiphytic mosses or above-ground litter accumulations. If the litter is densely populated (and it is) then those isolated litter pockets above ground would be an exploitable refuge. Perhaps the key evolutionary change would be the switching-off of dispersal, rather like species living on islands, or mountain tops. The litter species that we have observed on eucalypt trunks may be feeding right there, on epiphytic algae, or they may just be exploring. It's not clear to me whether any talitrids live a life in the canopy proper. Roger Kitching has collected them regularly in canopy fogging samples from rainforest all along the eastern seaboard of Australia, but they could still be living in litter up there. > >Alastair's response: >>Our arboreal species are congeneric with litter-dwelling species, and >>indeed there are litter-dwellers that forage on trees at night, so the >>source of these arboreal crustaceans, at least, is no real mystery. > >I do find this surprising. How big are the litter-dwellers that are >foraging in the trees? To be clear, you're referring to talitrids, yes? It >seems a major trek for a half or one centimeter (or smaller) amphipod to >clamber up and a down a 10 or what? 30? meter tree each night. Especially >the way they like to hop--why don't they miss, and hop off the tree? (Maybe >they do to come down--it'd be safer.) They are up to 15mm, and it might be true that the Austrotroides spp that are the most arboreal are at the larger end of the size range of our terrestrial talitrids. I don't think the distances involved are a problem. These animals don't hop unless disturbed, and their walking is quite efficient (they would give the average woodlouse a run for its money). Some species seem to make a living out of dispersal, and it is common to find that they have colonised material on concrete or paved driveways many metres from the nearest litter refuge. And I suppose coming _down_ is no problem! Alastair Richardson Phone (work): (03) 6226 2593, home: (03) 6229 5224 FAX: (03) 6226 2745. International replace 03 with 6103 Zoology, Uni. of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-05, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 WWW: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/zoology/richardson.html ------------------------------ From: Emmett Duffy Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:31:57 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Jim Thomas? Hello, Jim Thomas, are you out there? Or can anyone else forward his email address to me? Thanks, Emmett _________________________________________________________________________ J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 School of Marine Science & VIMS FAX: 804-684-7293 The College of William and Mary Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 http://www.vims.edu/bio/mobee/mobee.htm FedEx address: VIMS, Rte 1208, Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 "The mental powers of the Crustacea are probably higher than might have been expected." Charles Darwin 1871 _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Chip Biernbaum Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:00:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Jim Thomas' E-mail Addresses Emmett, The e-mail address for Jim Thomas in Washington is JDTHOMAS@SIVM.SI.EDU. I also have one for him when he has been in Florida: thomasjd@ocean.nova.edu. Chip Biernbaum Charles K. (Chip) Biernbaum Grice Marine Biological Laboratory College of Charleston 205 Ft. Johnson Charleston, SC 29412 803-406-4010 (FAX: 803-406-4001) e-mail: biernbaumc@cofc.edu ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 03:04:21 -1000 Subject: CRUST-L: AJ Bruce's Address Dear Crusters, My apologies for yet another address request. A Japanese colleague would like a current address, e-mail or otherwise, for Dr. Bruce. My last communique's with him indicated he retired and would spend much time in France. Mahalo, Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:48:21 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: lobster anatomy Dear Crusters: Can someone direct me to a reference on the anatomy of the musculature of the lobster, Homarus? In particular, I am looking for a detailed description (nomenclature, origin, insertion, etc) of the muscles of the cephalothorax that operate the pereiopods. Surely there must be a lobster equivalent of Pearson's description of Cancer (LMBC Memoirs, 1908) or Cochran's account of Callinectes muscles (Smithsonian Misc. Coll.1935)? Thanks in advance... Chuck Booth - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 ------------------------------ From: Kevin.Li@METROKC.GOV Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:13:08 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments I'm seeking information on the NE Pacific leptostracan Nebalia pugettensis, regarding its motility; I've observed it swimming very well in captivity, and wondered if a van veen sediment grab can quantitatively sample this species. I was also curious about its affinity for anaerobic sediments, noticing that N. bipes is ecologically grouped with Capitella capitata in a very recent paper on using biotic indices for measuring community pertubations in the Bay of Brest in France. I'm a bit rusty on the literature on these indices, has Nebalia been long documented as a genus that thrives in organic muck as well as Capitella? Are they relatively sedentary bottom dwellers, or do they get up into the water column? Kevin Li King County Environmental Lab (206) 684-2344 322 W. Ewing St. (206) 684-2395 fax Seattle, WA 98119-1507 USA kevin.li@metrokc.gov Check out our web page! http://waterquality.metrokc.gov/waterres/lakes/index.htm ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:02:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Back in action Crusters, I see that the list was pretty stable during my absence. I'm visiting Bodega Marine Lab over the summer, and with a little luck there will be few hiccups with this list. I generally receive a few (un)subscribe messages every week. To unsubscribe send UNSUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the body of the message to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To subscribe send SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. Enjoyed the recent discussion on tree-dwelling crustaceans, crayfish, Nebalia, etc. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:10:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Andreas Heuch ] (fwd) Please respond to Peter Heuch and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 04:46:05 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [Peter Andreas Heuch ] >From jeff Tue Jun 17 04:45:58 1997 Received: from samson.veths.no (samson.veths.no [158.36.103.10]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id EAA04741 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 04:45:57 -0400 Received: from nr449.vetinst.no ([132.150.45.193]) by samson.veths.no (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA17150 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:45:52 +0200 (METDST) Received: by nr449.vetinst.no with Microsoft Mail id <01BC7B0B.C5A346C0@nr449.vetinst.no>; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:46:55 +-200 Message-ID: <01BC7B0B.C5A346C0@nr449.vetinst.no> From: Peter Andreas Heuch To: "'CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU'" Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:46:53 +-200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello fellow crustlers Norwegian authorities have recently received applications for the import = of resting eggs of Triops (Notostraca) from the USA. The eggs are just = like Artemia, they come in boxes like a powder. Does anyone know which = species you have in the USA, which species that is sold like this, and = the characteristics of its natural habitat? Could it establish itself in = Norway? We have Triops cancriformis Bosc. in the southern part of the = country, but I don't know what's its northern limit.=20 Thanks for your help! Peter Peter Andreas Heuch National Veterinary Institute Fish Health Section PO Box 8156 Dep., N-0033 Oslo Norway Peter.A.Heuch(vetinst.no=20 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:26:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments Crusters, I have an interest in Nebalia but for a different reason. There is an obscure parasitic ellobiopsid (Rhizobiopsis) that has been reported from Nebialia bipes. I have only one record of the parasite, the original description on a host from the White Sea. The original description was from an obscure Russian (Khazikistan?) journal that was reprinted in French in the 1920s. Obscure parasites in obscure journals.... If any of you are sorting through your collections of Nebalia and happen across a fungus-like infection of the carapace, please set the host aside and contact me. Cheers, Jeff On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 Kevin.Li@METROKC.GOV wrote: > I'm seeking information on the NE Pacific leptostracan Nebalia > pugettensis, regarding its motility; I've observed it swimming very well > in captivity, and wondered if a van veen sediment grab can > quantitatively sample this species. I was also curious about its > affinity for anaerobic sediments, noticing that N. bipes is ecologically > grouped with Capitella capitata in a very recent paper on using biotic > indices for measuring community pertubations in the Bay of Brest in > France. I'm a bit rusty on the literature on these indices, has Nebalia > been long documented as a genus that thrives in organic muck as well as > Capitella? Are they relatively sedentary bottom dwellers, or do they get > up into the water column? > > > Kevin Li > King County Environmental Lab (206) 684-2344 > 322 W. Ewing St. (206) 684-2395 fax > Seattle, WA 98119-1507 > USA > > kevin.li@metrokc.gov > > Check out our web page! > http://waterquality.metrokc.gov/waterres/lakes/index.htm > jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: "John & Jane O'Brien" Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:54:40 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Fw: http://email-partner.whowhere.com/excite/name.codsrch?name=&org=&match=exact&brand=exemail This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC7B47.87301120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Crusters, I don't know if attachments are allowed or not on this group so forgive me if not! This is a useful engine for searching addresses of people on the net, and I thought I'd forward it here as people quite often ask for addresses. Hope it's of use to someone. Jane - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC7B47.87301120 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="WhoWhere Results.url" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: WhoWhere Results (Internet Shortcut) Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="WhoWhere Results.url" [InternetShortcut] URL=3Dhttp://email-partner.whowhere.com/excite/name.codsrch?name=3D&org=3D= &match=3Dexact&brand=3Dexemail - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC7B47.87301120-- ------------------------------ From: alastair.richardson@ZOO.UTAS.EDU.AU Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:42:19 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: treetop crustaceans again I wrote: >>It's no great _change_ of habitat, if all that they are >>doing is colonising epiphytic mosses or above-ground litter accumulations. And then Phil Oshel replied: >The air movement and sunlight in the canopy doesn't create a drier habitat? >I realize that sounds like a silly question, since there are mosses, >standing water in bromeliads, etc., in the canopy, and we're talking mostly >rain forests, but it's not. The canopy has good winds and direct sunlight, >neither of which the forest floor has, so unless the critters aren't >actually making it all the way up into the canopy, they should, I think, be >in a different environment. Unless [again] they are carefully selecting >microhabitats that replicate the forest floor? > >This last couldn't be detected by fogging--has any climbed up and sampled >the various treetop habitats? Not here, that I know of. Of course it's a far cry from what falls down after fogging to what the animals are actually >doing< up there. I would guess from the collections that we have made only a few metres above ground that the taltitrids are selecting habitats as much like the ground litter as they can find. >>If the litter is densely populated (and it is) then those isolated litter >>pockets above ground would be an exploitable refuge. Perhaps the key >>evolutionary change would be the switching-off of dispersal, rather like >>species living on islands, or mountain tops. >> >Is the litter densely populated in those forests with poor soils, such as >tropical rain forests? How similar is the canopy fauna to litter fauna in >such forests? The abundance of talitrids in tropical litter seems to be much lower than in our temperate forests (and thinking about it, their density in temperate rainforest here is much less than in wet eucalypt forest). I know nothing about the litter/canopy similaries in tropical forest, but Roger Kitching probably does. Kitching, R. L., Bergelson, J. M., Lowman, M. D., McIntyre, S. and Carruthers, G. 1993. The biodiversity of arthropods from Australian rainforest canopies: general introduction, methods, sites and ordinal results. Australian Journal of Ecology. 18: 181-191. PS Is anyone else interested in this discussion, or should Phil & I continue privately? Alastair Richardson Phone (work): (03) 6226 2593, home: (03) 6229 5224 FAX: (03) 6226 2745. International replace 03 with 6103 Zoology, Uni. of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-05, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 WWW: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/zoology/richardson.html ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:40:27 +1000 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) / swimming / anaerobic sediments At 09:13 AM 6/17/97 -0700, Kevin.Li@METROKC.GOV wrote: >I'm seeking information on the NE Pacific leptostracan Nebalia >pugettensis, regarding its motility; I've observed it swimming very well >in captivity, and wondered if a van veen sediment grab can >quantitatively sample this species. I was also curious about its >affinity for anaerobic sediments, noticing that N. bipes is ecologically >grouped with Capitella capitata in a very recent paper on using biotic >indices for measuring community pertubations in the Bay of Brest in >France. I'm a bit rusty on the literature on these indices, has Nebalia >been long documented as a genus that thrives in organic muck as well as >Capitella? Are they relatively sedentary bottom dwellers, or do they get >up into the water column? Using Nebalia as a biological index of pollution is dubious because most people cannot identify Nebalia to species. This situation is improving with the description of more species of Nebalia (see one of the refs below) and a revision of the family due in the near future (right, Genefour?). The other reason that using Nebalia as an index is dubious is that some species like organic enrichment, but congenors living in the same environment may hate it, which is why identification to species is highly important. Check out these references by Eric Vetter: they are real eyeopeners! Vetter,EW (1994): Hotspots of benthic production. Nature 372(3 November), 47. Martin,JW; Vetter,EW; Cash-Clark,CE (1996): Description, external morphology, and natural history observations of _Nebalia hessleri_, new species (Phyllocarida: Leptostraca), from southern California, with a key to the extant families and genera of the Leptostraca. J. Crustacean Biol. 16(2), 347-372. Vetter,EW (1996): Life-history patterns of two Southern Californian _Nebalia_ species (Crustacea: Leptostraca): the failure of form to predict function. Mar. Biol. 127(1), 131-141. There is another paper somewhere describing the other species N. daytoni (cute, huh?), but I don't have it in my database. These species were called N pugettensis before Eric figured out they were something different. Food for thought, eh? Buz Wilson P.S. Check out my web page - I've got a new genus of friartuck from the Kimberley (tropical Western Australia) living in my lab. Centre for Evolutionary Research & Div. Invertebrate Zoology 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA tel: 61-2-9320-6287 fax: 61-2-9320-6050 EMAIL: buzw@amsg.Austmus.gov.au buz@mail.usyd.edu.au Website: http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~buz ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #75 **************************** From jdshields@ucdavis.eduFri Mar 13 11:09:26 1998 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:04:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Shields To: jeff@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #76 (fwd) crust-l-digest Friday, 27 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 076 CRUST-L: Nebalia daytoni reference CRUST-L: Citation needed Re: CRUST-L: Citation needed CRUST-L: Kooichi Konishi's e-mail CRUST-L: freshwater invasions CRUST-L: AJ Bruce CRUST-L: Decapod Course. CRUST-L: Crust-L: forward RE: CRUST-L: freshwater invasions (fwd) CRUST-L: crust-l (fwd) CRUST-L: Unsubcribe CRUST-L: Argentinean carcinologists CRUST-L: Citation needed CRUST-L: Re: marbio: Research in Singapore and Hong Kong CRUST-L: treetop crusties "summary" (longish) CRUST-L: Crust-L: Branchipod chemoreception ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dean Pasko Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:23:40 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Nebalia daytoni reference Buzz Wilson wrote "There is another paper somewhere describing the other species N. daytoni (cute, huh?), but I don't have it in my database. These species were called N pugettensis before Eric figured out they were something different." The reference in question is: Vetter, E.W. 1996. _Nebalia daytoni_ n. sp. a leptostracan from southern California (Phyllocarida). Crustaceana 69 (3):379-386. Hope it helps complete the picture. Cheers, Dean Dean Pasko City of San Diego, Marine Biology Lab 4918 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 101 San Diego, CA 92106 Ph (619) 692-4900 Fax: (619) 692-4902 email: dip@mwharbor.sannet.gov ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:18:33 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Citation needed - -Hi Crusties! I need to know the author for the hermit crab -Pagurus kulkarnii-, which occurs in the Indian Ocean. Mnay thanks! John Markham =09 jmarkham@seasurf.com -=20 =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 ------------------------------ From: aharvey@AMNH.ORG (Alan Harvey) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:38:50 -0500 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Citation needed John, It's Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli 1962. I'm not sure I have the full citation handy, but I can get it if you need it. Cheers, Alan - ------------------------------------ Alan W. Harvey (aharvey@amnh.org) Assistant Curator of Invertebrates American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5638; fax (212) 769-5783 http://research.amnh.org/~aharvey ------------------------------ From: zaklan@bms.bc.ca (Stefanie Zaklan) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:32:56 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Kooichi Konishi's e-mail Hello, Does anyone have Dr. Konishi's e-mail address? thanks, stef ************************************************************** Stefanie Zaklan e-mail: >zaklan@bms.bc.ca< Bamfield Marine Station phone: (250) 728-3301 Bamfield, B.C. fax: (250) 728-3452 V0R IB0 Canada *************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Carol Eunmi Lee Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: freshwater invasions I am getting papers together for a review paper, and would like to know of any references you might have on the colonization of freshwater by saltwater species. I am focusing on relatively recent colonization events, for which the radiation into freshwater has occurred within closely related groups (within a family, genus, or species). I prefer studies that include phylogenetic information (based on morphology, DNA, or allozymes) or physiological information, but would be happy to learn of any examples you may know of. Cheers, Carol Carol Eunmi Lee School of Oceanography Box 357940 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7940 H (206) 527-2678 O (206) 543-7620 L (206) 616-1570 ------------------------------ From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Fri, 20 Jun 97 11:10:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: AJ Bruce I have been asked to make the following information generally available = to=20 all Crust-L subscribers: A.J Bruce can be contacted via the Queensland Musuem, P.O. Box: 3300 Sou= th=20 Brisbane, Q 4010, Australia, on matters to do with tropical Caridea. The e-mail address is: Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 ------------------------------ From: Les Watling Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 14:19:11 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Decapod Course. Greetings crusties. This is a short note to let everyone know that there is still some room in the course "Biology of the Decapoda" to be taught at the University of Maine's Darling Marine Center by Brian Kensley, Trisha Spears, and myself from 21 July to 1 August. Taxonomy, external morphology (including setal structure and classification), internal morphology (and a little physiology), and phylogeny from both molecular and morphological perspectives will be dealt with. Further details regarding housing and fees can be obtained from the Darling Marine Center's web site (http://server.dmc.maine.edu) or from Tim Miller (e-mail: temiller@maine.maine.edu). Best, Les. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Les Watling Professor of Oceanography Darling Marine Center University of Maine Walpole ME 04573 USA Ph: 207-563-3146 ext 248 FAX: 207-563-3119 or 207-563-3146,,,,,,,,272 *************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:05:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-L: forward Please respond to Eric Eldred, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:51:27 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Admin request >From jeff Thu Jun 19 21:51:23 1997 Received: from maildeliver0.tiac.net (maildeliver0.tiac.net [199.0.65.19]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id VAA05810 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:51:20 -0400 Received: from zork.tiac.net (zork.tiac.net [199.0.65.2]) by maildeliver0.tiac.net (8.8.0/8.8) with ESMTP id VAA16424 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:51:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eldred.tiac.net (eldred.tiac.net [204.215.137.40]) by zork.tiac.net (8.8.2/8.6.6.Beta9) with SMTP id VAA08604 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970619215035.007f9370@tiac.net> X-Sender: eldred@tiac.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:50:37 -0400 To: CRUST-L@vims.edu From: Eric Eldred Subject: Huxley's 'Crayfish' Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" My first post to this list: please be tolerant! I'm not a professional crustacean or spineless expert, just a computer geek who enjoys reading books and some natural history and science. I want to try to enlist your help with my current project: putting T. H. Huxley's book, 'The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology' (1879) online. I've scanned the first chapter and made a glossary and the figures. Can you look at it and tell me if this might be at all usable for undergraduate zoology introduction? Can you see the figures? Does it take a reasonable length of time to download the graphics? Have I made any technical mistakes? Can you contribute any notes to the text, perhaps to update some information out-of-date? See the book at http://www.tiac.net/users/eldred/thh/c1.html and please email me at eldred@tiac.net (not to this list!) with comments, suggestions, or hate mail. Thanks for your time! (Once I finish this project, I'll donate it to anyone who wants to use it--I don't plan to let anyone sell it.) - -- "Eric" Eric Eldred mailto:eldred@tiac.net no fax tel:+1 603 434 7746 x1 USPS:50 E Derry Rd #21, E Derry NH USA 03041-0021 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:10:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: CRUST-L: freshwater invasions (fwd) Please respond to the list and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 97 11:21:00 DST From: H?eg, Jens T {CAL} To: owner-crust-l Subject: RE: CRUST-L: freshwater invasions ---------- From: owner-crust-l[SMTP:owner-crust-l@vims.edu] Sent: 19. juni 1997 23:40 To: Evolution Directory Cc: Crustacean List; marbio; Adrian Spidle Subject: CRUST-L: freshwater invasions I am getting papers together for a review paper, and would like to know = =20 of any references you might have on the colonization of freshwater by saltwater species. I am focusing on relatively recent colonization events, for which the radiation into freshwater has occurred within closely related groups (within a family, genus, or species). I prefer studies that include phylogenetic information (based on morphology, DNA, or allozymes) or physiological information, but would be happy to learn = =20 of any examples you may know of. Dear CAROL=1B =1B I have worked a lot with Cirripedia. As you know they are exclusively marine. That is, with a few interesting exceptions. The parasitic Cirripedia (Rhizocephala) are parasites on other Crustacea, mostly decapoda. Almost all of the 250 odd rhizos are also marine and have marine pelagic larvae as do ordinary barnacles. However, a few rhizos parasitize freshwater or even semiterrestrial crabs and at least for the freshwater species the larvae must necessarily also disperse through fresh water as the hosts never come near the marine environment.=1B =1B I did a little study back in 1990:=1B Andersen ML; Bohn M; H=F8eg JT; Jensen PG. 1990. Cyprid ultrastructure and adult morphology in Ptychascus barnwelli new species, and P. glaber (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala), parasites on semiterrestrial crabs. J. Crustacean Biol. 10: 20-28.=1B -which deals with these problems and also reviews the literature. Unfortunately, the phylogeny of the family of rhizos entailed (sacculinidae) is still at the stage where we have c. 200 species almost all in one genus. I am working actively with this problem but is still nowhere near a phylogeny.=1B Hope this might be of at least some interest.=1B =1B =1B All the best=1B =1B =1B Jens=1B =1B Cheers, Carol Carol Eunmi Lee School of Oceanography Box 357940 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7940 H (206) 527-2678 O (206) 543-7620 L (206) 616-1570 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:29:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l (fwd) Please respond to Lou D'Ambramo, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:11:31 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from ["Lou D'Abramo" ] >From jeff Mon Jun 23 12:11:18 1997 Received: from Ra.MsState.Edu (root@Ra.MsState.Edu [130.18.80.10]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id MAA26775 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:11:16 -0400 Received: from CFR.MsState.Edu (CFR.MsState.Edu [130.18.168.20]) by Ra.MsState.Edu (8.8.5/7.0m-FWP-MsState) with ESMTP id LAA08061; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:11:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from CFR_PECAN/MAILQUEUE by CFR.MsState.Edu (Mercury 1.21); 23 Jun 97 11:11:17 GMT+6 Received: from MAILQUEUE by CFR_PECAN (Mercury 1.21); 23 Jun 97 11:11:14 GMT+6 From: "Lou D'Abramo" Organization: Mississippi State University To: CRUST-L@vims.edu, SHELLFISH@kenyon.edu, livesea-mg@seagrant.orst.edu, aqua-L@killick.ifmt.nf.ca, aquacontacts@reeusda.gov Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:11:06 CST6CDT Subject: Position annoucement CC: JHARGREAVES@CFR.MsState.Edu X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Lou D'Abramo" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) Message-ID: <12D15AA77F6@CFR.MsState.Edu> Please post. Sorry for that unintelligible original posting. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Graduate Research Assistant leading to M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology withemphasis in Aquaculture. AVAILABLE: 1 August 1997 3 separate assistantships DESCRIPTION: The available assistantships involve research in (1) hybrid striped bass culture (JAH), (2) larval fish and crustacean nutrition and culture (LRD), and (3) management strategies for non-forage based pond culture of thered swamp crayfish (LRD). QUALIFICATIONS: (1) B.S. in fisheries, aquatic ecology, zoology or related field; (2) Minimum 3.00 QPA; (3) Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score must be provided. STIPEND: $10,000/yr (plus tuition costs) GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSION: Contact the Office of Admissions, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, 601-325-7400 for application requirements and materials. Send a letter of intent and resume to: Dr. H. Randall Robinette, Head Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Box 9690 MS State, MS 39762 Refer inquiries to : Dr. John A. Hargreaves (JAH) Dr. Louis R. D Abramo (LRD) Telephone: (601) 325-0629 Telephone: (601) 325-7492 FAX: (601) 325-8726 FAX: (601) 325-8726 Internet: jhargreaves@cfr.msstate.edu ldabramo@cfr.msstate.edu MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER ------------------------------ From: "Mr Mark I. Murray" Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:01:30 +0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Unsubcribe Unsubcribe Crust-L ------------------------------ From: "Gustavo A. Lovrich" Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 14:45:24 ARG Subject: CRUST-L: Argentinean carcinologists This is a message to Argentinean carcinologists around the world and (or) people working on Crustacea in Argentina. Eduardo Spivak and me are compiling all the articles (primary, but very specially secundary and citable reports) appeared in 1996, dealing with Crustacea distributed in Argentina OR those published by Argentinean carcinologists elsewhere. Please send me a message with the citation of the articles you know.. Muchas gracias, Gustavo Dr. Gustavo A. Lovrich Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) CC 92 - (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ARGENTINA Tel: ++54-901-22310, 22314, 22278 34558 (H) FAX: ++54-901-30644 http://www.hq.satlink.com/ushuaia/cadic/ lovrich@satlink.com ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:34:40 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Citation needed Hello crusty people! I am trying to locate a complete bibliographic citation, of which I have only a part. I don't need the paper, just the complete reference, so I can refer to it. It is: Stebbing, T. R. R. , 1920. Annals of the South African Museum, Vol. 17. (including p. 258) What I need: the title of the article and the pages on which it occurs. Many thanks! John Markham jmarkham@seasurf.com - --=20 =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 ------------------------------ From: costa@ALF.UAC.PT (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 15:32:22 -0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: marbio: Research in Singapore and Hong Kong At 8:58 AM 97/06/20 -0700, Charles R. Paulson PhD wrote: >Dear Marbio List, > I will be travelling to Singapore and Hong Kong in late >July/early August. I'd like to connect with and visit people doing >marine science in either location. Can anyone make a suggestion? >Please respond to cpaulson@u.arizona.edu >Thanks, >Chuck Paulson >-- you could try Dr Brian Morton at Hong Kong University. Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:47:47 -0500 Subject: CRUST-L: treetop crusties "summary" (longish) Crusters, I was asked to post a summary of replies to the list, but since there weren't that many replies, I'm posting the lot. Interesting information here, but I still think this is a problem in need of heavily funded research--maybe we can get the UN to set up a WCO (World Crustacean Organization). Phil >Talitrid amphipods, crabs, and probably several other crustaceans are known >to inhabit rain forest canopies. How did they get there originally? > >In the flooding forests of the Amazon, it's not hard to imagine how the >crustaceans got into the canopy, but in other forests, such as New Guinea >or Tasmania (am I remembering right there Alastair?), the forests don't >flood. >My original post seems to have been unclear, so I'm trying an addition: > >The question is not "how do individuals get up trees", but how forest-floor >or, for crustaceans, freshwater (or saltwater) species *evolve* to live in >treetops, *and* get there in the first place. Can't speak for New Guinea, but our forest don't flood much, away from floodplains. But talitrids don't like to be water-logged, so even saturation of the litter may stimulate them to climb. >Or did they hitch a ride on birds? > >If they migrated up the trees, then there should be species known from >lower down on the trees, or on the forest floor. But in tropical rain >forests the forest floor is a poor place to live. Temperate rain forests >such as the northwest US and west coast of Canada have a richer floor >fauna, and I assume Tasmania does, so the floor could be a source of canopy >crustaceans in such forests, but is it? And that still leaves the question >of how did they get to be canopy dwellers? Our arboreal species are congeneric with litter-dwelling species, and indeed there are litter-dwellers that forage on trees at night, so the source of these arboreal crustaceans, at least, is no real mystery. In temperate rainforest the epiphytic growth and the twisted growth of the trees, plus lots of fallen trees and standing dead ones, means that the animals would hardly know that they had left the litter and were on their way to the canopy. It's no great _change_ of habitat, if all that they are doing is colonising epiphytic mosses or above-ground litter accumulations. If the litter is densely populated (and it is) then those isolated litter pockets above ground would be an exploitable refuge. Perhaps the key evolutionary change would be the switching-off of dispersal, rather like species living on islands, or mountain tops. The litter species that we have observed on eucalypt trunks may be feeding right there, on epiphytic algae, or they may just be exploring. It's not clear to me whether any talitrids live a life in the canopy proper. Roger Kitching has collected them regularly in canopy fogging samples from rainforest all along the eastern seaboard of Australia, but they could still be living in litter up there. > >Alastair's response: >>Our arboreal species are congeneric with litter-dwelling species, and >>indeed there are litter-dwellers that forage on trees at night, so the >>source of these arboreal crustaceans, at least, is no real mystery. > >I do find this surprising. How big are the litter-dwellers that are >foraging in the trees? To be clear, you're referring to talitrids, yes? It >seems a major trek for a half or one centimeter (or smaller) amphipod to >clamber up and a down a 10 or what? 30? meter tree each night. Especially >the way they like to hop--why don't they miss, and hop off the tree? (Maybe >they do to come down--it'd be safer.) They are up to 15mm, and it might be true that the Austrotroides spp that are the most arboreal are at the larger end of the size range of our terrestrial talitrids. I don't think the distances involved are a problem. These animals don't hop unless disturbed, and their walking is quite efficient (they would give the average woodlouse a run for its money). Some species seem to make a living out of dispersal, and it is common to find that they have colonised material on concrete or paved driveways many metres from the nearest litter refuge. And I suppose coming _down_ is no problem! I wrote: >>It's no great _change_ of habitat, if all that they are >>doing is colonising epiphytic mosses or above-ground litter accumulations. And then Phil Oshel replied: >The air movement and sunlight in the canopy doesn't create a drier habitat? >I realize that sounds like a silly question, since there are mosses, >standing water in bromeliads, etc., in the canopy, and we're talking mostly >rain forests, but it's not. The canopy has good winds and direct sunlight, >neither of which the forest floor has, so unless the critters aren't >actually making it all the way up into the canopy, they should, I think, be >in a different environment. Unless [again] they are carefully selecting >microhabitats that replicate the forest floor? > >This last couldn't be detected by fogging--has any climbed up and sampled >the various treetop habitats? Not here, that I know of. Of course it's a far cry from what falls down after fogging to what the animals are actually >doing< up there. I would guess from the collections that we have made only a few metres above ground that the taltitrids are selecting habitats as much like the ground litter as they can find. >>If the litter is densely populated (and it is) then those isolated litter >>pockets above ground would be an exploitable refuge. Perhaps the key >>evolutionary change would be the switching-off of dispersal, rather like >>species living on islands, or mountain tops. >> >Is the litter densely populated in those forests with poor soils, such as >tropical rain forests? How similar is the canopy fauna to litter fauna in >such forests? The abundance of talitrids in tropical litter seems to be much lower than in our temperate forests (and thinking about it, their density in temperate rainforest here is much less than in wet eucalypt forest). I know nothing about the litter/canopy similaries in tropical forest, but Roger Kitching probably does. Kitching, R. L., Bergelson, J. M., Lowman, M. D., McIntyre, S. and Carruthers, G. 1993. The biodiversity of arthropods from Australian rainforest canopies: general introduction, methods, sites and ordinal results. Australian Journal of Ecology. 18: 181-191. Alastair Richardson Phone (work): (03) 6226 2593, home: (03) 6229 5224 FAX: (03) 6226 2745. International replace 03 with 6103 Zoology, Uni. of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-05, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 WWW: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/zoology/richardson.html I realise that you and Alistair are mostly concerned with amphipods and their adaptations to treetop living, but have you considered other crustaceans (brachyurans in particular). There is some work published about the arboreal abilities of some grapsids (sesarmids, I believe) in coastal forest or even mangrove communities in the Caribbean and East Africa. I am working from memory here and so I do not have these papers on me, but try looking for some work by Marco Vannini (I think) in Kenya where he looked at foraging of arboreal grapsids and, I think it involved several species with differing lengths of forays up trees to browse? Also Rudolf Diesel and some of his students (Martina Shuh, I think) looked at bromeliad crabs (sesarmids again I think?) and their relatives in tropical forests in the Caribbean somewhere. Sorry I can't be more specific. If you really want the refs. I could dredge out my oldest files and the dusty corners of my memory for you. Hope this info. is of interest. Cheers Chris Dr Christopher Tudge Crustacean Laboratory Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford, Vic. 3067 Australia Ph: +61 03 9284 0236 Fax: +61 03 9416 0475 ctudge@mov.vic.gov.au A German named Rudolf Diesel has done some really nice work on maternal care of young by a FW crab which uses the water in bromeliad leaf axils as brooding chambers. Not only do the female crabz clean out leaf debris from these small pools (50 ml?), but they add snail shells, which buffers the pH! They also feed their young insects and show tha only known maternal care of young in decapods. I'm sure you'll want to e-mail him, but I don't have an address. Contact Donna Walcott via her husband, Tom (tom_wolcott@ncsu.edu), for info on land crab biology in mangrove areas. With regard to your question of how the crabz get up the trees in the rain forest, I'd bet on climbing (c.f., Birgus latro) rather than by riding birds. Cheers =:^) ********************************************************* Prof. Chuck Holliday e-mail: hollidac@lafayette.edu Department of Biology phone: 610.250.5461 Lafayette College FAX: 610.250.6557 Easton, PA 18042-1778 U.S.A. Web page: http://www.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/CWHpage.html I have never heard about Talitrid on rain forest canopies and I am quite sure that no crabs live there. Only some isopods do. The few crabs living on tree canopy are some Sesarminae (Grapsidae) mangrove crabs (which have simply learned how to climb the mangrove trees they found in their environment) and a species of Sesarminae from Jamaica whose evolution from seawater to freshwater can be nicely traced (it inhabits the water trapped among the Bromeliacee leaves). A quite recent book by Richard Hartnoll ("Land Crabs") is quite rich of news about land and tree crabs. Best wishes, Marco Marco Vannini I recall reading that there are talitrids in the leaf litter of eucalyptis groves around San Francisco, that must have been imported with the trees (from Australia?). I've tried to find them myself on brief visits to California, but no luck. I hope you cc: a summary of your replies on Crust-L. - -Craig Dr. Craig P. Staude Friday Harbor Laboratories University of Washington staude@fhl.washington.edu 620 University Rd. phone (360) 378-2165 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA fax (206) 543-1273 } Sic Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes { Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 12:07:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-L: Branchipod chemoreception Please respond to ttrott@bio.bu.edu, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - --------------------Forwarded message---------------- >From jeff Fri Jun 27 13:40:51 1997 Received: from bio.bu.edu (ttrott@BIO.BU.EDU [128.197.80.4]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id NAA20821 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 13:40:51 -0400 Received: (from ttrott@localhost) by bio.bu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5/(BU-S-01/27/97-fc1)) id NAA11266 for crust-l@vims.edu; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 13:40:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas trott Message-Id: <199706271740.NAA11266@bio.bu.edu> Subject: Branchiopod chemoreception To: crust-l@vims.edu Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 13:40:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Dear Collegues, Can anyone suggest references on the chemosensory abilities of branchiopod crustaceans? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom ********************************************************************** Dr. Thomas J. Trott Boston University Marine Program Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 work:508-289-7145 fax:508-289-7295 email:ttrott@bio.bu.edu ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #76 **************************** From jdshields@ucdavis.eduFri Mar 13 11:09:33 1998 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:04:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Shields To: jeff@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #77 (fwd) jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 23:53:11 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply-To: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #77 crust-l-digest Tuesday, 8 July 1997 Volume 01 : Number 077 CRUST-L: crust-l: fwd CRUST-L: crust-l (fwd) CRUST-L: Crust-l: Re: Algal List (fwd) CRUST-L: Seeking Dr. Gale A. Bishop CRUST-L: papers wanted CRUST-L: REFERENCES WANTED CRUST-L: email address Dr. Gale A. Bishop CRUST-L: Postdoctoral fellowships CRUST-L: looking for Synalpheus spcimens CRUST-L: crust-l: isopod (fwd) CRUST-L: Diamysis CRUST-L: Crustacean Society [none] CRUST-L: Plagusia depressa CRUST-L: Re: looking for Synalpheus spcimens [Formalin/DNA] Re: CRUST-L: Plagusia depressa CRUST-L: plankton netting CRUST-L: address sought CRUST-L: Crust-L: Sandy Bruce's email - correction (fwd) CRUST-L: Whither Xanthidae? Re: CRUST-L: Whither Xanthidae? CRUST-L: Re: CRUST-L MESSAGES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:01:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: fwd Pleae respond to the address below and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 00:26:26 -0400 From: kkapir@posidon.ncmr.ariadne-t.gr X-Sender: kkapir@posidon.ncmr.ariadne-t.gr X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: iamslic@ucsd.edu, crust-l@vims.edu, deepsea@net.bio.net Subject: Need for help Dear friends, I try to find the following articles. Can anyone to help me? Eliassen J.E., Falk-Petersen I.B., 1985. Reproductive biology of the roughhead grenadier (Macrourous berglax Lacepede) (Pisces Gadiformes) from the continental slope of northern Norway. Sarsia 70, 59-67 Gordon J.D.M., 1979. Seasonal reproduction in deep sea fishes. In Cyclic Phenomena in Marine Plants and Animals (Naylor E. - Hartnoll R. G., eds), pp. 223-229 West G., 1990. Methods of assessing ovarian development in fishes: a review. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41, 199-222 Bergstad O. A., 1995. Age determination of deep water fishes: experiences, status and challenges for the future. In Deep Water Fisheries of the North Atlantic Oceanic Slope (Hopper A.G. eds), pp. 267-283 Haedrich R. L. & Merrett N. R., 1992. Production/biomass ratios, size frequencies and biomass spectra in deep sea demersal fish. In Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Cycle (Rowe G. T. & Patiente V., eds), pp. 157-182 Marshall N. B., 1965. Systematic and biological studies of the macrourid fishes (Anacanthini-Teleostii). Deep-Sea Research 12, 299-322. Merrett N. R & Marshall N. B., 1981. Observations on the ecology of deep sea bottom-living fishes collected off northwest Africa. Progress in Oceanography 9, 185-244 Savvatimsky P. I., 1971. Determination of the age of grenadiers (Order Macrouriformes). Journal of Ichthyology, 11, 397-403 Thanks in advance KAPIRIS KOSTAS NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 16604 HELLENIKON - ATHENS - GREECE TEL: +1-21-9822557 FAX: +1-21-9811713 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l (fwd) Please respond to the address below and not to me. Thanks, Jeff Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:19:14 +0200 X-Sender: kkapir@posidon.ncmr.ariadne-t.gr X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: iamslic@ucsd.edu, crust-l@vims.edu, deepsea@net.bio.net Subject: Need for help Dear friends, I am looking for the following article. Could you please help me? Bruton M. N. 1990. The ecological significance of alternative life-history styles. In: Alternative life-history styles of animals (Bruton, M. N. ed.), pp.503-553. Dordrecht: Kluwer Thank you very much for your consideration. Kostas Kapiris ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 15:44:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-l: Re: Algal List (fwd) Please respond to Ng Ngan Kee at the address below and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 09:49:55 +0800 (SST) From: Ng Ngan Kee To: Jeffrey Shields Subject: Re: Algal List (fwd) Dear Dr. Shield, Thank you very much for your reply. I would be very grateful if you could forward my request (see Below) to the Crust-List. Thank you. Sincerely, Ngan Kee NG Dear Dr. Shields & all Crusties, Sorry about the cross posting. I am working on the larval development of the Eriocheir sinensis and now I am looking for this algae Nannochloropsis, which has been recommended by one of the visiting scientist to our lab. that this algae is good for the larval growth. I would be very grateful if you would let me know whether if there is an Algal-List (something like the Crust-List) that I can post to or anyone who can help me with my request. Thank you very much Yours sincerely, Miss Ngan Kee NG, email: sbsngnk@leonis.nus.sg School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260. Tel: 65 772 7836 Fax: 65 779 2486 ------------------------------ From: mcarthur@ONYX.SI.EDU (Dr. Andrew G. McArthur) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 13:05:16 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Seeking Dr. Gale A. Bishop Colleagues, Does anyone have the email address of Dr. Gale A. Bishop, Georgia Southern College? Much thanks. Andrew McArthur - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Andrew G. McArthur, Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, U.S.A. Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ From: cboyko@AMNH.ORG (Christopher B. Boyko) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 16:59:22 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: papers wanted Dear Crusters, I have been looking for the following three papers for some time through "normal channels" but have had no luck in finding them. If anyone can supply copies of any of these to me, I will be eternally grateful (well, I will at least owe you one). Thanks very much. Ferrer Alado, J. 1914. Artes de pesca en Mahon. Mahon. 71 pp. Brunet, J. and J. Vicente. 1992. Troballa d'un crustaci decapode rar a la Mediterrania. Butlleti del Centre d'Estudis de la Natura del Barcelones-Nord 2(2): 168-170. Rodriguez Femenias, J.J. 1887. Adiciones a la Fauna balear. Segunda recopilacion. Imprenta Fabregas Mao. Christopher B. Boyko Department of Invertebrates American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th St. New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5717 Fax: (212) 769-5783 ------------------------------ From: "Miss. J. Vorsatz" Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:49:07 GMT+0200 Subject: CRUST-L: REFERENCES WANTED Dear Members If anyone has any references pertaining to the embryonic development of Callianassa sp., I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward it to me. Regards, (Miss) Jeanne Vorsatz M.Sc University of Port Elizabeth ------------------------------ From: Robert Wasmer Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 10:36:03 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: email address Dr. Gale A. Bishop Andrew, Dr. Gale A. Bishop's email address, as given to registrants and participants at recent summer meeting of the Crustacean Society, is: gabishop@gsums2.cc.GaSou.edu Robert Wasmer Biology Department Columbia Union College Takoma Park, MD 20912 ------------------------------ From: "Brian Victor Leonard" Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:49:24 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Postdoctoral fellowships Re Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at RMIT A number of competitive postdoctoral fellowships are being offered by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, in July 1997. Applicants must have submitted a PhD thesis, and preferably received a result, and the fellowships are restricted to new PhD's (within the last 5 years). Applicants will need a substantial publication record to be successful. The research carried out in the Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology is extensive, and includes a small aquaculture component. The aquaculture research here has focussed on freshwater crayfish (Cherax destructor), with studies on induction of and hormone control of reproduction, farm management practices, and nutrition. Recent work also includes polyculture of silver perch and freshwater crayfish, and value-adding and product development of freshwater crayfish. Applicants must submit a written application, including details of their proposed fields of study and the relevance of their proposed research, as well as official transcripts of their academic career, and three referees' reports by the due date. Because of the competitive nature of the fellowships, it is critical that all publications, conference presentations, etc. are listed. Applicants are advised to discuss their proposed research field and application with the Head of Department (Professor Peter Coloe), and to include information to that effect in their applications. The salary is Australian $38,092 to $40,889 pa for two years. Removal and travel expenses will be met by the University, and the posting comes with an annual research support allowance of $3000. Unfortunately, I will be in Singapore in early July, and will be unable to assist in any applications. However, interested people can contact the RMIT Research & Development section for further information email research@rmit.edu.au fax 61 3 9466 9980 Brian Leonard Senior Lecturer in Ecology / Aquaculture Dept Applied Biology & Biotechnology Box 2476V GPO Melbourne Vic 3001 Australia Phone (03)9660 3189 Fax (03) 9662 3421 Country code 61 ------------------------------ From: Emmett Duffy Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:19:58 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: looking for Synalpheus spcimens Greetings all, We are exploring the possibility of a phylogenetic analysis of the sponge-dwelling shrimps in the genus Synalpheus, gambarelloides group (Decapoda: Alpheidae). We have a fairly good collection of the West Atlantic taxa but would very much appreciate any assistance in obtaining specimens of those species provisionally included in the group that occur outside this area. These are: * Synalpheus gambarelloides Nardo, 1847 (Mediterranean) * Synalpheus parfaiti Coutiere, 1898 (West Africa) * Synalpheus crosnieri Banner and Banner, 1983 (Madagascar) * Synalpheus spongicola Banner and Banner, 1981 (Red Sea) * Synalpheus haddoni Coutiere, 1900 (Coral Sea) We are especially interested in ALCOHOL-PRESERVED specimens (i.e., not exposed to formalin) suitable for DNA analysis. We would be very grateful to anyone who would be able to provide specimens of these taxa. We would be happy to cover shipping costs, and/or to provide specimens from our area in exchange. Thanks very much! Emmett Duffy Ruben Rios-Gonzalez _________________________________________________________________________ J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 School of Marine Science & VIMS FAX: 804-684-7293 The College of William and Mary Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 http://www.vims.edu/bio/mobee/mobee.htm FedEx address: VIMS, Rte 1208, Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 "The mental powers of the Crustacea are probably higher than might have been expected." Charles Darwin 1871 _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 08:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: isopod (fwd) Please respond to Andreas Leistidow and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Andreas Leistikow" Organization: Fak. Biologie, Uni Bielefeld To: crust-l@vims.edu Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 08:44:51 GMT+0100 Subject: papers request Reply-To: Leiste@biologie.uni-bielefeld.de Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) Message-Id: <9208258A@bombina.biologie.uni-bielefeld.de> Fellow crustaceophiles, I was searching for some articles on terrestrial isopods in vain, so my last hope is that anyone out there possesses copies of these papers. I would greatly appreciate if one could help me out with a copy of Dollfus, A. 1890. Isopodes terrestres du "Challenger". Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes scientifiques de Paris. 12: 63-70 and plates Chilton, Ch. 1929. Fauna of the Batu Caves, Selangor. Part VII. Journal of the Federate Malay States Museum. 14: 338 Thank you in advance for all the troubles ! Andreas - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Leistikow Universitaet Bielefeld Fakultaet fuer Biologie Abteilung fuer Morphologie und Systematik der Tiere Morgenbreede 45 D-33615 BIELEFELD / Germany e-mail: leiste@biologie.uni-bielefeld.de ------------------------------ From: "Murat Ozbek" Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 10:03:01 +2 TUR Subject: CRUST-L: Diamysis Dear Crusters, I have been looking for the paper(s) about Morphology and Ecology of Mysid Diamysis bahirensis for some time, but I couldn't find any paper. So, could anybody send me the name or copy of related paper(s). Many thanks! Greetings from TURKIYE Murat Ozbek Ege University Faculty of Fisheries Section of Hydrobiology 35100- Bornova/ IZMIR/ TURKIYE ------------------------------ From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 08:47:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crustacean Society TO:Jeffrey Shields or anyone else who knows? Please provide mailing address for The Crustacean Society Ed Benedikt rbenedik@gwi..net ------------------------------ From: owner-crust-l Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 01:45:11 -0400 Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: Karel Wouters Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 11:48:55 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Plagusia depressa Dear colleagues, For an ecological study of Cape Verde littoral animals, a colleague of mine would like to know what the food requirements of Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775)(Grapsidae) are. Is the species carnivore, herbivore...? Who can help me with this? Any publication on this matter? Thank you very much. Karel - --------------------------------------------------------------- Karel WOUTERS Telephone : + 32.2.62.74.336 Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut FAX (new): + 32.2.62.74.141 voor Natuurwetenschappen + 32.2.62.74.113 Department of Invertebrates Vautierstraat 29 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium e-mail : kwouters@kbinirsnb.be Note: new fax-numbers! - --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: sfrance@oeb.harvard.edu (Scott C. France) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:45:43 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: looking for Synalpheus spcimens [Formalin/DNA] >We are especially interested in ALCOHOL-PRESERVED specimens (i.e., not >exposed to formalin) suitable for DNA analysis. We would be very grateful to >anyone who would be able to provide specimens of these taxa. We would be >happy to cover shipping costs, and/or to provide specimens from our area in >exchange. Thanks very much! While I agree that frozen and ethanol-preserved tissues are most desirable for genetic studies, I just wanted to point out that in their absence, all hope is not lost. Archived specimens are usable in many cases. See France and Kocher (1996) [DNA sequencing of formalin-fixed crustaceans from archival research collections. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech. 5:304-313.] if you can't get ethanol-preserved tissues and want to try formalin-fixed stuff. Cheers, Scott France ******************************************** Scott C. France sfrance@oeb.harvard.edu Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology The Biological Laboratories, Room 371 Harvard University 16 Divinity Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 496-8667 FAX: (617) 495-1958 http://tilapia.unh.edu/WWWPages/france.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ From: costa@ALF.UAC.PT (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:01:28 -0200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Plagusia depressa At 11:48 AM 97/07/07 +0200, Karel Wouters wrote: >Dear colleagues, > >For an ecological study of Cape Verde littoral animals, a colleague of mine >would like to know what the food requirements of Plagusia depressa >(Fabricius, 1775)(Grapsidae) are. Is the species carnivore, herbivore...? >Who can help me with this? Any publication on this matter? Thank you very much. >Karel > It is a herbivore species. I don't know about any specific publication but general books on crabs usually refer to this species. It usually lives in the infralitoral and upper subtidal levels.It also occurs in Azores and Madeira. Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) ------------------------------ From: Robert MacMillan Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 14:50:02 -0400 (AST) Subject: CRUST-L: plankton netting Hi All, Is anyone familiar with a Canadian supplier of plankton netting (approx. 60 microns)? Thanks in advance. Robert. Robert J. MacMillan Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island Canada e-mail RMACMILLAN@upei.ca ------------------------------ From: Keli Kringel Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:44:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: address sought Hello. I am seeking a current e-mail address for R.D. Kathman, author of a certain key to mysids. I have tried a few leads with no luck so far. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Keli Kringel UW School of Oceanography ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:28:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-L: Sandy Bruce's email - correction (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au Date: Mon, 07 Jul 97 10:12:28 +1100 To: CRUST-L@vims.edu In-Reply-To: <33AAAA5E@AKI.KU.DK> Subject: Address for AJ Bruce X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v1.28 To all Crust-L subscribers: The message that was posted on 20 June giving Sandy Bruce's email address to all who might be interested, was incorrect: The correct e-mail address is: A.Bruce@mailbox.uq.edu.au - ---------------------------------------------------- P.J.F. Davie Senior Curator, Crustacea Queensland Museum P.O. Box 3300 South Brisbane. QLD 4101 Australia Ph: 61.7.38407719 Fax: 61.7.38461226 Email: P.Davie@mailbox.uq.edu.au - ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 19:42:15 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Whither Xanthidae? Hello All! In trying to keep my records of host animals up to date, I have discovered that some revisions in the Brachyura have eluded me. I have a list of genera belonging to the Xanthidae (sensu antiquo), whose proper current placements I do not know, because I have failed to keep up with the details of the splitting of that family. Specifically, I need to know that proper familial (and subfamilial, if appropriate) placement of: Actaea Carpilodes Carpilius Chlorodopsis Dacryopilumnus Domecia Eriphia Glabropilumnus Hexapanopeus Micropanope Panopeus Paraliomera Phymodius Pilumnus Rhithropanopeus Trapezia Xanthias Xantho Also, I have a mystery genus. To which decapod family does Sadayoshia belong? Many thanks! John Markham jmarkham@seasurf.com - --=20 =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Whither Xanthidae? CRUSTers, I'm interested in this question, too, and probably for similar reasons to John; i.e., hosts. Has there been a recent revision of the Xanthidae that includes breaking them into the Pilumnidae, Trapeziidae, etc? Serene's work is what I've used for identifications, but it's inclusive, as all of the below genera would be in the Xanthidae. Pointers? Cheers, Jeff > =09In trying to keep my records of host animals up to date, I have > discovered that some revisions in the Brachyura have eluded me. I have a > list of genera belonging to the Xanthidae (sensu antiquo), whose proper > current placements I do not know, because I have failed to keep up with > the details of the splitting of that family. Specifically, I need to > know that proper familial (and subfamilial, if appropriate) placement > of: >=20 > =09Actaea > =09Carpilodes > =09Carpilius > =09Chlorodopsis > =09Dacryopilumnus > =09Domecia > =09Eriphia > =09Glabropilumnus > =09Hexapanopeus > =09Micropanope > =09Panopeus > =09Paraliomera > =09Phymodius > =09Pilumnus > =09Rhithropanopeus > =09Trapezia > =09Xanthias > =09Xantho >=20 > =09Also, I have a mystery genus. To which decapod family does Sadayoshia > belong? >=20 > =09=09=09=09=09Many thanks! >=20 >=20 > =09=09=09=09=09John Markham >=20 > =09=09=09=09=09jmarkham@seasurf.com >=20 > --=20 > =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 >=20 jeff@vims.edu =20 ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields =20 (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <=3D=3D=3D=3D\^ ( ) ^/=3D=3D=3D=3D> <=3D=3D=3D=3D\^ ^/=3D=3D=3D=3D> <=3D=3D=3D=3D\ /=3D=3D=3D=3D> ()=3D=3D=3D(____)=3D=3D=3D() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: CRUST-L MESSAGES CRUSTers, I'm still picking up a few problems with forwarding, especially from some of the European and Australian universities. In most cases the problem lies with the recent change in a list parameter. As a simple anti-spam device, one now has to be member to post to the list. What that means is that if your address is subtly different from the one used by the majordomo software, your message will bounce to me. I'm still working on fixing this. It involves setting the mungedomain switch in the software. Time constraints have made it difficult for me to attempt the fix as I want to be sure I'm around if it doesn't work properly. [I'm away for the summer, and extremely busy with a new project.] Here's an example: my previous address was jeff@back.vims.edu. It's now jeff@vims.edu. Mail from the former address will (and has) bounced from the list. The mungedomain switch should fix this such that the .vims portion is used for forwarding. Several of you have had "seamless" changes to your email addresses; these aren't always so seamless. There are two other solutions: (1) if, and only if, you're experiencing forwarding problems, unsubscribe from the list by sending UNSUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU, then resubscribe by sending SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. If you're in doubt you can send WHO CRUST-L to the same address to see how your address appears. (2) The other solution would be for me to change the list back such that "non-members" can post to the list. So far I've countered about 9-10 spams over the last 4 months. That's a tolerable level for a list this size. I'm open to suggestions re changing the parameters. Lastly, I receive a number of "cannot send message" and "transient failures" statements everyday. I generally ignore these as they will typically resolve to the receiver's address in a few hours or days. If you post to the list and receive a message header like the above, you can generally ignore it. I've been forwarding virtually all bounces I receive that're related to Crustacea, so if you're messages aren't getting through, try sending a message to me at jeff@vims.edu. Cheers, Jeff List Administrator - -------------------------------------------------------------------- > sorry to disturb you with this list stuff, but I get the feeling that > not every message - send to Crust-L at CRUST-L@vims.edu - gets > distributed without your help. Very often collegues ask me what is > wrong (?). I don't know, but may be you know: is crust-l@vims.edu > still the right address? What can be done, that it is NOT always you > who has to forward hundrets of messages to the list, i.e. to ALL > members? ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #77 **************************** From jdshields@ucdavis.eduFri Mar 13 11:09:58 1998 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:04:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Shields To: jeff@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #78 (fwd) jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 20:01:30 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply-To: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #78 crust-l-digest Sunday, 13 July 1997 Volume 01 : Number 078 CRUST-L: Hermit crabs CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs Re: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs CRUST-L: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A_CRUST=2DL=3A_=7Fgregarious_Hermit_crabs?= CRUST-L: GREGARIOUS HERMIT CRABS CRUST-L: postdoc position Re: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs Re: CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs Re: CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs CRUST-L: Re: Hermit crabs [none] [none] CRUST-L: Change of specimens CRUST-L: crust-l: forward CRUST-L: Hermit Aggregations CRUST-L: Test (delete) CRUST-L: crust-l: fwd CRUST-L: Sexing hermits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nsg@ll.iac.es Date: Wed, 9 Jul 97 11:41:59 GMT Subject: CRUST-L: Hermit crabs Hello to the list. We are a group of undergraduate students performing a study of the small intertidal hermit crab Clibanaris aequabilis, which, as far as we know, is endemic to the Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira, Salvajes, Cabo Verde and Canary Islands). We are searching for information specially related to the ecology and behaviour of this crab (or similar species), particulary regarding the following topics: 1) Is there any known reason for the gregarism observed in this crab? 2) What predators does it have? 3) Is there any potential human exploitation? 4) Can it be used as a bioindicator of anything? 5) Any other interesting subject related to its ecology and behaviour Can anyone out there provide any information about these questions? We have found nearly zero information in our university's library. Any help would be highly appreciated. Best regards, Nicolas Sosa University of La Laguna Canary Islands - Spain Tel: 34 22 60 53 21 Fax: 34 22 60 52 10 email: nsg@iac.es ------------------------------ From: Magnus Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 16:57:02 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs I was interested to read of gregarious behaviour in another species of hermit crab. I noticed the same behaviour in a small Jamaican species found in Thalassia beds of St Anns Bay where at low tide you could often find thousands of crabs piled up in 10-15cm water. Do the aggregations facilitate shell swapping, is it something to do with reproduction or is there another reason? + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. see : 'http:/indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/~gat/eghome_directory/egres/html' email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<==>-----\/// [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] ///\----<==>-----/\\\ ------------------------------ From: aharvey@AMNH.ORG (Alan Harvey) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:34:54 -0500 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs Here are a few papers that discuss clustering in hermit crabs, mostly in the genus Clibanarius (Magnus, your species sounds like C. tricolor, or perhaps C. antillensis. Are these mostly dark reddish brown, or can you see blue, pale and reddish bands and spots on the legs and claws?). Frankly (see the last paper), I don't think anyone's come up with a compelling explanation. Cheers, Alan Reese, E. S. 1969. Behavioral adaptations of intertidal hermit crabs. journal Am. Zool. 9: 343-355. Snyder-Conn, E. K. 1980. Tidal clustering and dispersal of the hermit crab `Clibanarius `digueti. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 7: 135 - 154. Snyder-Conn, E. K.1981. The adaptive significance of clustering in the hermit crab `Clibanarius `digueti. Mar. Biol. 8: 43 - 53. Gherardi, F.; Vannini, M. 1989. Field observations on activity and clustering in two intertidal hermit crabs, `Clibanarius `virescens and `Calcinus `laevimanus (Decapoda, Anomura) Mar. Behav. Physiol.14: 145 - 159. Gherardi, F.; Vannini, M.1993. Hermit crabs in a mangrove swamp: proximate and ultimate factors in the clustering of `Clibanarius `laevimanus. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 168: 167-187. Harvey, A. W. 1996. Delayed metamorphosis in Florida hermit crabs: multiple cues and constraints (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae and Diogenidae) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 141: 27-36. - ------------------------------------ Alan W. Harvey (aharvey@amnh.org) Assistant Curator of Invertebrates American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5638; fax (212) 769-5783 http://research.amnh.org/~aharvey ------------------------------ From: Kevin.Li@METROKC.GOV Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 09:39:57 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A_CRUST=2DL=3A_=7Fgregarious_Hermit_crabs?= I recall seeing a dense crowd of many hundreds of terrestrial hermit crabs on Isla del Cisne (Honduras) in the Caribbean, a crowd so thick that I could actually hear them and record their scuffling on a tape recorder. I assumed it was associated with reproduction. This was in November of 1979, hundreds of yards from shore, and directed toward the beach. Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry of a few weeks ago regarding Nebalia! Kevin Li King County Environmental Lab 322 W. Ewing St. Seattle, WA 98119-1507 (206) 684-2344 (206) 684-2395 fax kevin.li@metrokc.gov Check out our lakes web page! http://waterquality.metrokc.gov/waterres/lakes/index.htm >---------- >From: Magnus[SMTP:]mlj2@LEICESTER.AC.UK >Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 8:57 AM >To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Subject: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs > >I was interested to read of gregarious behaviour in another species of >hermit >crab. I noticed the same behaviour in a small Jamaican species found >in >Thalassia beds of St Anns Bay where at low tide you could often find >thousands >of crabs piled up in 10-15cm water. > >Do the aggregations facilitate shell swapping, is it something to do >with >reproduction or is there another reason? > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, >University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. >see : 'http:/indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/~gat/eghome_directory/egres/html' > >email : mlj2@le.ac.UK >Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<==>-----\/// > [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] > ///\----<==>-----/\\\ > > > ------------------------------ From: Marco Vannini Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 20:05:21 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: GREGARIOUS HERMIT CRABS Dear Colleagues, we recently had a message from Nicolas Sosa, University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain, asking information about gregarious hermit crabs. I gave him some information but then I have remembered that there is something very strange about the hermit crabs we have been studying in East Africa, which always have puzzled me and Francesca Gherardi, other then their clustering behaviour. In January 1988, we observed, at low tide, in Mida Creek (Kenya), on some Rhizophora roots, a few big clusters of Clibanarius laevimanus, a little know species. Clusters were made by 500-5000 animals. In November 1988 we were there again taking pictures, sampling and making experiments (especially on the hermit homing behaviour). A year later, the clusters disappeared and have never been observed any more, in different periods of the year such as March, with NE monsoon, May (heavy rain, SE monsoon), July, September, October, November, (little rain, SE monsoon), untill today. In 1988 the clusters were common all over the Rhizophora belt (only on the exposed fringe facing the lagoon) on the tree roots (perhaps one big cluster every 10-20 meters) and also on the rocky-muddy platform, 10-20 mt away from the mangroves. Since November 1988 the only thing we can see, after a strenuous search, are just a few specimens, widely scattered and mixed with the young of the other hermit species for such environment, Clibanarius longitarsus. The latter has always been very common and is still there at our (and your) disposition. Last march, visiting another Creek (Gazi Bay, Souther Kenya), our friend R. K. Ruwa, found a few trees (Sonneratia alba) whose roots were litteraly covered by clusters of perhaps 3-4000 hermits. Ruwa has been working for ages in that place, is a crustacean specialist (and a damn good observer) : he had never seen such a show before and surely not in that place. Does all that stuff tell you something ? have you have ever recorded such a "dramatic" variation in species density (and behaviour) ? Sorry for the silly problem, Marco Prof. Marco Vannini Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence, "La Specola" via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze Italy tel +39-55-2288259 fax +39-55-225325 e-mail: vannini_m@dbag.unifi.it ------------------------------ From: Keith Crandall Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 13:00:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: CRUST-L: postdoc position Post Doctoral Position in Molecular Systematics Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Description: I have an NSF funded postdoctoral position for two or more years in crayfish molecular systematics. We will sequence nuclear and mitochondrial DNA to establish phylogenetic relationships among a subgenus of Appalachian crayfish. The phylogeny will then be used to examine the evolution of habitat diversity within the group. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Biology, Zoology, Genetics, or Evolutionary Biology. Evidence of research productivity as defined by publications (either published or in press). Experience in crayfish systematics (yeah, right!) is not necessary. Salary: $28,000 + benefits/year. Appointment: begins in September; qualified applicants will be considered as applications are received. Application: (e-mail applications are encouraged: keith_crandall@byu.edu) Send a letter of application, brief description of previous research experience and current interests, curriculum vitae, and names (complete with addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses) of three references to: Dr. Keith A. Crandall 574 Widtsoe Building Department of Zoology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602-5255 USA ========================= Dr. Keith A. Crandall 574 Widtsoe Building Department of Zoology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602-5255 phone: (801) 378-3495 FAX: (801) 378-7423 keith_crandall@byu.edu ========================= ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 11:37:05 -1000 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: gregarious Hermit crabs On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Magnus wrote: > > I was interested to read of gregarious behaviour in another species of hermit > crab. I noticed the same behaviour in a small Jamaican species found in > Thalassia beds of St Anns Bay where at low tide you could often find thousands > of crabs piled up in 10-15cm water. > > Do the aggregations facilitate shell swapping, is it something to do with > reproduction or is there another reason? I think this behavior has been observed in several species. At least 2 intertidal species here can be seen engaging in this. As for the reasons, I believe both shell swapping and social interaction have been suggested in the past. If you think about it, aggregation is a fanatastic behavior that allows researchers access to tons of subjects for behavioral or other research. - -Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html ------------------------------ From: "Shiao Y. Wang" Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 17:31:52 -0500 Subject: CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs > > I was interested to read of gregarious behaviour in another species of hermit > > crab. I noticed the same behaviour in a small Jamaican species found in > > Thalassia beds of St Anns Bay where at low tide you could often find thousands > > of crabs piled up in 10-15cm water. > > > > Do the aggregations facilitate shell swapping, is it something to do with > > reproduction or is there another reason? How long do these piles persist? Reminds me of pods of juvenile king crabs that get balled up. Is anti-predation a possible reason? - -- Shiao Y. Wang University of Southern Mississippi sywang@whale.st.usm.edu ------------------------------ From: Magnus Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 0:15:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs > > I was interested to read of gregarious behaviour in another species of hermit > > crab. I noticed the same behaviour in a small Jamaican species found in > > Thalassia beds of St Anns Bay where at low tide you could often find thousands > > of crabs piled up in 10-15cm water. > > > > Do the aggregations facilitate shell swapping, is it something to do with > > reproduction or is there another reason? How long do these piles persist? Reminds me of pods of juvenile king crabs that get balled up. Is anti-predation a possible reason? I was in Jamaica for a year and regularly led field trips, along the same route, through Thalassia beds close to a mangrove swamp. I only noticed the piles once but they persisted for at least a couple of days. In the area I found them I reckon there was probably a clump every 10m or so. It could be some form of response to predation I suppose, but surely by piling up together they are almost advertising their presence. I sampled one clump, expecting to find a lump of rotting fish or something at the bottom but there wasn't. When I released the clump in an aquarium they promptly dispersed and started doing normal hermit-crab type things like squabbling over shells, escaping and blocking the circulation system. Personally I favour some sort of reproductive story but I'm not even sure how hermit crabs mate. If it involves getting undressed, perhaps being in an aggregation of randy conspecifics offers some protection and gives a chance of getting back into a shell - might explain why this species is so small? (small size would be favoured when there is a chance you are going to lose your shell) How big is the African species? + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. see : 'http:/indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/~gat/eghome_directory/egres/html' email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<==>-----\/// [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] ///\----<==>-----/\\\ ------------------------------ From: "Donald R. Kobayashi" Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 13:53:24 -1000 (HST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Gregarious hermit crabs On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Magnus wrote: > > .... might explain why this species is so small? (small > size would be favoured when there is a chance you are going to lose your > shell) ... > This is a very interesting hypothesis, could you elaborate on this a bit, since I can't seem to pinpoint an obvious advantage... Do you mean that there are generally more small shells than large shells or are you implying an easier-to-hide type of strategy? I would expect there to be predatory pressure at any size class. Don ================================================================== Donald R. Kobayashi, Fishery Biologist & EEI Systems Administrator Ecosystem & Environment Investigation, NMFS/NOAA Honolulu Lab 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu HI 96822-2396 Voice:808-943-1242 FAX:808-943-1290 (dkobayas@honlab.nmfs.hawaii.edu) ------------------------------ From: nsg@ll.iac.es Date: Fri, 11 Jul 97 14:46:51 GMT Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Hermit crabs Marco Vannini wrote: >We believe that the hermits gregarious behaviour is mostly due to the >necessity for such animals to keep themselves close to the wide "shell >exchange market" that thw whole cluster represents for them. A single >animal >who finds a new suitable empty shell (usually a little larger than the one >it alread has), following the death of a mollusc or of another hermit, will >immediately adopt it, abandoning the old shell which, in turn, will be >immediately used by somebody else. The final process is a cascade process >and all the animals smaller than the first who started the chain, will take >profit from the initial isolated event. The cascade process works well only >if all animals remain close to each ot Dear Marco, Thank you for your quick response. Your explanation for gregarism sounds quite logical. I have already found a lot of information about shell exchange in hermits (Hazlett, various) but I wonder how frequent it is in nature because I have never been able to observe it, except once when I offered a good sheel to a hermit living in a damaged one -he accepted my shell inmediately. In other experiencies, the hermits didn't pay much attention to empty shells introduced in the tide pools. In my study area I have also observed that agregated animals differ very little in size, with only one or two really big individuals in each group. So, maybe you could make some comments about my observations and the shell exchange cascade. Do you also know if rests of hermits have been found in the stomachs of shore birds or fish. Does anybody use hermits (without shell) as baits for fishing in Italy or other regions? Thank you very much for your attention. I look forward for your response. Have a nice summer! Nicolas Sosa Universidad de La Laguna Canary Islands - Spain Tel: 34 22 60 53 21 Fax: 34 22 60 52 10 email: nsg@iac.es ------------------------------ From: "CRISTIAN W. CACERES" Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:09:08 -0500 Subject: [none] anybody have information about the stress response of crabs? ___________________________________ CRISTIAN W. CACERES M FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTISIMA CONCEPCION CASILLA 297, CONCEPCION, CHILE FAX 56-41 -482506 E-MAIL ccaceres@david.ucsc.cl _____________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "CRISTIAN W. CACERES" Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:12:47 -0500 Subject: [none] > >anybody have information about the stress response of crabs? ___________________________________ CRISTIAN W. CACERES M FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTISIMA CONCEPCION CASILLA 297, CONCEPCION, CHILE FAX 56-41 -482506 E-MAIL ccaceres@david.ucsc.cl _____________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Paulo Young Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:17:52 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Change of specimens >Dear Crusters > >I am Curator of the Collection of Crustacea of the "Museu Nacional" from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We have a large collection of Brazilian crustacean but the collection is poor in samples from foreign regions. The studies developed in the museum are directed for taxonomy of the cirripeds, amphipods and copepods. In the purpose of enlarging our reference collection we propose the changing of specimens. We can provide species of most of groups of Brazilian Crustacea and nowadays, we are interest in receiving species of Cirripedia and Amphipoda, identified or not. >If there are researchers interested in changing samples I will have a great pleasure in doing the change. >Sincerely >Paulo S. Young >Museu Nacional./UFRJ >20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil >email: psyoung@omega.lncc.br > > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:13:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: forward Please respond to Andrew Hirst and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Hirst Subject: In search of... Dear Crusters Does anyone have the e-mail address of Laurence Hutchings (Sea Fisheries Research Institute, South Africa)? I would be most grateful if someone could help. Thanks in advance. Andrew Hirst ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:19:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Hermit Aggregations CRUSTers, Re the hermit crab aggregations: for evidence that aggregations of Cancer crabs may be associated with their mating systems a la Emlen & Oring (1977), see Orensanz and Galluci (1988. J. Crust. Biol. 8: 187- , and refs therein). Three different "mating systems" were observed for different species of Cancer. One involved crabs piling up with males on the periphery and females and a few large males in the center. I'm not familiar with hermit crab aggregations but are they arranged similarly? Invertebrate sex lives can be so much fun. Cheers, Jeff ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 09:33:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Test (delete) CRUSTers, Test 1: I'm testing the mungedomain switch. Don't be surprised if things go awry. :-) Jeff ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 09:29:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: fwd Please respond to Wulf Kobusch and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Wulf Kobusch" To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:07:37 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: Literature on Diamysis bahirensis Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) Dear Murat, you asked for literature on Diamysis bahirensis (G.O. Sars, 1877) May be this list is of some help for you: ALMEIDA PRADO-POR, M. S. & POR, F. D. (1981): Diamysis from the brackish river Nahal Taninim in Israel, and ist associated fauna. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Medit., 27 (4): 181-182. BACESCU, M. (1941): Les Mysidaces des eaux mediterraneennes de la France (specialment de Banyuls) et des eaux de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique (Monaco) 795: 2-46. BACESCU, M. (1954): Crustacea, Mysidacea. Fauna Rep. Pop. Romine 4, 3: 1-126. GORDAN, J. (1957): A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 283-393. (for Diamysis see p 349) HOLMQUIST, CHARLOTTE (1972): Mysidacea. In: Elster, J. H.; Ohle, W. (Eds): Die Binnengewaesser. Band XXVI: Das Zooplankton der Binnengewaesser (1. Teil). E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Naegele u. Obermiller), Stuttgart: 247-256. MAUCHLINE, J.; MURANO, M. (1977): World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. Reprinted from the Journal of the Tokio University of Fisheries Vol. 64 No. 1 SARS, G. O. (1877): Nye Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Invertebratfauna I. Middelhavets Mysider. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab (Udgivet af Sophus Lie, Worm Mueller og G. Sars), Kristiana 2: 10-119. (Description of Diamysis bahirensis as Mysis bahirensis; for Diamysis see pp 27-30 & plts 7-8) TATTERSALL, W. M. (1927): XI. Report on the Crustacea Mysidacea. In: Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 22: 191. KATAGAN, T. (1985): Mysidacea et cumaces des cotes Egeennes de Turquie. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Medit., 29 (5): 288. You can also try to find literature on Diamysis bahirensis by using this synonym: Euxinomysis mecznikovi Best regards Wulf Signature as follows: *********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Lehrstuhl fuer Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 / 776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone: +49/(0)234-700-5577 or -4563 fax: +49/(0)234-7094-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de *********************************************************** ------------------------------ From: "Tudge, Christopher" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:02:38 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Sexing hermits Dear Jeff and Crusters, Sexing hermit clusters is a lot more difficult (and time consuming) than sexing aggregations of brachyurans. It takes a lot of patience or sweat to get a hermit to emerge enough to get a look at its ventral surface and therefore its gonopore arrangement. As you know we have had the "how do you get a hermit out of it's shell unharmed" discussion several times on Crust-L. I can imagine that in the field, sexing aggregations of hermits quickly and without undue disturbance to their arrangement, is a difficult procedure. I don't know of any papers dealing with the sexes of individuals in hermit crab clusters and would be interested in knowing of any. Cheers Chris Dr Christopher Tudge Crustacean Laboratory Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford, Vic. 3067 Australia Ph: +61 3 9284 0236 Fax: +61 3 9416 0475 ctudge@mov.vic.gov.au "Every sperm is sacred....every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed in your neighbourhood" ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #78 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:10:17 1998 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:45:07 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #79 crust-l-digest Thursday, 21 August 1997 Volume 01 : Number 079 [none] CRUST-L: e-mail [none] CRUST-L: Rosenthal e-mail CRUST-L: Crust-L: (fwd) CRUST-L: test message CRUST-L: test message CRUST-L: The Global Aquaculture Alliance Wants You CRUST-L: crust-l CRUST-L: Lysmata larvae CRUST-L: Systematics course CRUST-L: Epicarid Isopods CRUST-L: Attention C Schubart and J Cuesta CRUST-L: rock lobster primers CRUST-L: New magazine on-line CRUST-L: shrimp yields CRUST-L: Solidobalanus fallax CRUST-L: Reply to Rachel Grant CRUST-L: Crust-L:MOOR" ] (fwd) CRUST-L: Crust-l: Help for Upogebia CRUST-L: Thanks for all the info CRUST-L: Request for refs CRUST-L: crust-l: Composition of haemolymph (fwd) CRUST-L: Thurston CRUST-L: Fresh water king crab? CRUST-L: Trapezia Re: CRUST-L: Fresh water king crab? CRUST-L: More: FW "king crab" CRUST-L: Revamp - comments welcomed Re: CRUST-L: Trapezia (fwd) [none] CRUST-L: crust-l: enric saiz CRUST-L: List Admin CRUST-L: Test - delete CRUST-L: urine CRUST-L: Panulirid incontinence Re: CRUST-L: Panulirid incontinence CRUST-L: oxygen conversions CRUST-L: virus alert Re: CRUST-L: virus alert HOAXES!!!! DO NOT FORWARD THESE "ALERTS!" CRUST-L: South African Museum Re: CRUST-L: virus alert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: claes.thulin@mailbox.swipnet.se (Claes Thulin) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 09:11:50 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [none] end sub ------------------------------ From: "dept inv.zoology" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 97 11:29:51 +0400 Subject: CRUST-L: e-mail Dear All, I am looking for e-mail address of Dr. J. Hooper. He leaves in Australia and studies marine sponges. Thank you in advance. Slava - --- (Slava) Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Dept. Invertebrate Zoology Biology Faculty, Moscow State University, 119 899 Moscow, Russia E-MAIL: ivanenko@1.inv.bio.msu.ru *******[ fax: 7-(095)-292-65-11 Box N.8079, FOR COPEPODA ]******** ------------------------------ From: Endhay Kusnendar Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:44:35 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [none] Unscribe Endhay Kusnendar - --------------------------------------- mkusnend@eduserv2.rug.ac.be Laboratory of Aquaculture & ARC University of Ghent - Belgium Telp. +32-9-2643754; Fax. +32-9-2644193 ------------------------------ From: Marco Vannini Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 15:58:10 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Rosenthal e-mail I am looking for the e-mail address or fax number of Prof. H. Rosenthal Fischereibiologische Abteilung Institut fur Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel does anybody know it? Thanks, Marco Prof. Marco Vannini Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence, "La Specola" via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze Italy tel +39-55-2288259 fax +39-55-225325 e-mail: vannini_m@dbag.unifi.it ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 08:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-L: (fwd) Please respond to Wayne Hosking and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Wayne Hosking" To: Subject: Bringing a hermit out of it's shell Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:10:19 +0800 I have observed a hermit leaving it's shell in an aquarium suffering from a steadily rising temperature during a heat wave, only to return as the water was cooled with sea-water ice. Wayne Hosking Geraldton Fishermen's Co-operative PO Box 23, Geraldton 6531 T: (099) 211 022 F: (099) 218 019 e: brolos@midwest.com.au ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:15:31 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: test message Hello Crustaceophiles! Sorry for disturbing you with this test message, but if Jeff now has fixed the bug, I can take part in the discusssions in Crust-l, i.e. there is no need for Jeff to forward my e-mails again and again. Very best wishes to all of you Wulf ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:17:09 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: test message Hello Crustaceophiles! Sorry for disturbing you with this test message, but if Jeff now has fixed the bug, I can take part in the discusssions in Crust-l, i.e. there is no need for Jeff to forward my e-mails again and again. Very best wishes to all of you Wulf Signature as follows: *********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Lehrstuhl fuer Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 / 776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone: +49/(0)234-700-5577 or -4563 fax: +49/(0)234-7094-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de *********************************************************** ------------------------------ From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:39:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: The Global Aquaculture Alliance Wants You The Global Aquaculture Alliance Wants You Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor and publisher at Shrimp News International. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), a new trade association that promotes aquaculture products and encourages environmentally friendly fish and shellfish farming, has released an attractive information packet which contains "a special invitation" for Founding Members. It also contains: * The mission statement and by-laws * A background article on the history and purpose of GAA * A list of companies that have pledged to become Founding Members * A description of NGO activities that threaten the future of aquaculture * A budget for the first year Preliminary Budget for the First Year A budget of $500,000 has been set for the first year: * Founding Activities (incorporation, seal, trademark) $40,000 * Code of Practices (consultants, legal fees) $50,000 * Communications and Education (news and information) $130,000 * Fund raising (travel, brochures, communications) $30,000 * Management (staff, office, travel) $250,000 Founding Members GAA is raising funds for its first year of operations through a one-time category of membership called Founding Member. The fee is $10,000. Benefits include: * Lifetime use of the title Founding Member of the Global Aquaculture Alliance * Setting policy during first year * Listed on the GAA letterhead for the first year * Names listed on all GAA publications for the first year * A plaque More than 20 companies and producers associations have pledged to become Founding Members. They are: * Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster), Orlando, FL, USA * Granjas Marinas San Bernardo, S.A. de C.V., Choluteca, Honduras * Ralston Purina International, St. Louis, MO, USA * Maritech, S.A. de C.V., Sonora, Mexico * The Deli Group, Coral Gables, FL, USA * A Gexpront, Guatemala * Sahlman Seafoods, Nicaragua * Canaipes, Mazatlan, Mexico * Productora Semillal, S.A., Chinandega, Nicaragua * CENIACUA, Cartagena, Colombia * ANDA, Managua, Nicaragua * Ocean Garden Products, Inc., Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico * Brazilian Shrimp Growers Association, Goianinha, Brazil * Shrimp News International, San Diego, CA, USA * Rich Sea-Pak Corporation, St. Simons Island, GA, USA * Con Agra Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA * Burris Mill & Feed, Inc., Franklinton, LA, USA * Starich, Inc., AL, USA and Belize * Bluepoints Company, Ecuador * Zeigler Bros., Inc., Gardners, PA * Camera Nacional de Aquacultura, Guayaquil, Ecuador * Empacadora Champmar, S.A., Guayaquil, Ecuador If you are interested in becoming a founding member, contact Lee Weddig, Global Aquaculture Alliance, National Fisheries Institute, 1901 North Ft. Myer Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209, USA (phone 703-524-8880, fax 703-524-4619, email office@nfi.org). The Next Step The first Founding Members have ratified the by-laws and elected an interim board of directors which will serve until the first annual membership meeting, tentatively scheduled for October 29-30, 1997. At that meeting, a board of directors and officers will be elected. It is expected that initial work will involve the formulation of an industry-based code for responsible aquaculture and a seal of approval evidencing compliance with the code. Background The idea for the GAA can be traced to George Lockwood, who, in 1981, as president of the World Aquaculture Society, first proposed the concept. Fifteen years later, George Chamberlain, director of aquaculture at Ralston Purina International, jumped on the idea. Chamberlain organized GAA's first meeting in February 1997, and he will serve as its president during the formation period. At the first meeting, 56 people from 12 countries got together and laid the groundwork for GAA. They selected an organizing committee of ten people to do the preliminary work, and representatives from twelve countries were named to coordinate development in their home countries. Then, in March 1997, the organizing committee met to set the stage for a second meeting, which was held in conjunction with the Fourth Symposium on Aquaculture in Central America (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 1997). At that meeting, the new association adopted its name and defined its goals, structure, membership plans and a preliminary budget. More than 20 companies pledged funds to get the GAA started. In a news release on May 30, 1997, GAA announced that Lee Weddig, executive vice president of the National Fisheries Institute for the past thirty years, will serve as the GAA's acting secretary/executive director until full-time management and permanent offices are brought on board, and, for the remainder of 1997, NFI will provide office space for GAA. Information: Lee Weddig, Acting Secretary/Executive Director, Global Aquaculture Alliance, National Fisheries Institute, 1901 North Ft. Myer Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209 USA, Phone 703-524-8880, Fax 703-524-4619, Email office@nfi.org. July 14, 1997 Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 USA Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html ------------------------------ From: Robin Lee Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:52:49 +1000 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l Greetings, I am interested in obtaining information on the slipper lobster, Thenus orientalis. Any information that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanyou for your help in advance. Robin Lee ------------------------------ From: WICKSTEN@BIO.TAMU.EDU Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:35:39 -0600 Subject: CRUST-L: Lysmata larvae Fellow Crusters: Can anyone recommend a good reference that shows the larval stages of any species of Lysmata (Caridea: Hippolytidae)? Thanks. Mary Wicksten, Texas A&m University ------------------------------ From: BRUSCAR@COFC.EDU (Rick Brusca) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:27:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Systematics course Dear Colleagues, I am developing a new Biological Systematics course for the University of Charleston's graduate curriculum and will teach it for the fist time this Fall (1997). I would like to know where else in the English-speaking world such a course is offered. Do any of YOU teach a course in Systematics? Cheers, Rick ============================================ ***** NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBERS ***** Dr. Richard C. Brusca Director, Marine Biology Graduate Program University of Charleston Grice Marine Biology Laboratory 205 Ft. Johnson Charleston, SC 29412 Tel. 803 406-4003 FAX 803 406-4001 Grice Marine Lab: http://www.cofc.edu/~grice/grice.htm Brusca's NSF-PEET Project Home Page (Isopods): http://www.cofc.edu/~bruscar/FRONTEND.htm ============================================ ------------------------------ From: JSAPB Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:45:07 -0800 Subject: CRUST-L: Epicarid Isopods Dear Crust-Lers, I am looking for recent information on the Bopyrid isopod Pseudione giardi (or the genus Pseudodione in general). The sources I have access to make no reference to this species having eyes. We have a male and female pair from the pagurid Pagurus hirsuitisculus, and both have distinct eyes. There is, of course, the possibility that I have misidentified the genus. The specimens were collected near Juneau, Alaska by Jonathan Warrenchuk. Also, I was wondering if anyone knew the range of the hyper-parasitic Isopod Liriopsis pygmaea. Thanks in advance, Aaron ------------------------------ From: Brent Newman zool Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:55:00 +0000 (SAST) Subject: CRUST-L: Attention C Schubart and J Cuesta Members Please excuse me for disturbing you all but I am trying to get hold of Christoph Schubart and Jose Cuesta. If you are out there please get hold of me. Regards Brent ------------------------------ From: "MAYFIELD, S, STEVE, MYFSTE001" Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:13:06 SAST-2 Subject: CRUST-L: rock lobster primers hi all is anyone aware of a microsatellite list or even better, primers available for rock lobster genetic work? many thanks steve ------------------------------ From: Revista AquaTIC Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:13:23 Subject: CRUST-L: New magazine on-line Excuse me for crossing mailing. Also, sorry for use spanish in this communication, it is about a new magazine on-line about aquaculture in spanish. The URL is http://AquaTIC.unizar.es. 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Nuestra intenci=F3n es que el primer numero de la revista aparezca durante el mes de Octubre, para lo cual contamos con vuestra colaboraci=F3n y vuestras sugerencias. Os agradecemos vuestra atenci=F3n de antemano. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ********************************************* Revista AquaTIC Jose Luis Muzquiz. Director. Ignacio de Blas. Redactor. Fac. Veterinaria. Univ. Zaragoza c/ Miguel Servet 177 50.013 Zaragoza Tel.: 976 76 15 69 / 976 76 10 00 Ext 4110 Fax: 976 76 16 12 ********************************************* ------------------------------ From: "Gustavo A. Lovrich" Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1987 16:58:50 ARG Subject: CRUST-L: shrimp yields Hi crusters! I'd appreciate to know percentage meat yield of small shrimps or similar critters (less of 100 g fresh weight) to compare to that of Munida, a galatheid "crab". Many thanks! Gustavo Dr. Gustavo A. Lovrich Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) CC 92 - (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ARGENTINA Tel: ++54-901-22310, 22314, 22278 34558 (H) FAX: ++54-901-30644 http://www.hq.satlink.com/ushuaia/cadic/ lovrich@satlink.com ------------------------------ From: "MARES JOHAN" Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 13:01:32 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Solidobalanus fallax Hello, During early April 1997, the African barnacle Solidobalanus fallax was found on the French Atlantic coast. The species was abundant on lobsterpots in the harbour of Piriac. Two specimens were also found on the beach of Piriac : an empty one on a valve of Spisula solida and a live one was growing on a specimen of the red algue Calliblepharis ciliata washed ashore. In addition the species was also found on parts of a lobsterpot washed ashore in the neigbourhood of the isle of Noirmoutier. Earlier, the same species was also present on floating objects washed up on the Belgian coast (November 26th 1996 and 3th and 8th March 1997). Judging from the accompaning fauna, the objects were clearly of a southerly origin. As all these specimens were empty, an exact determination was at first difficult. It was not until the finding of the fresh French specimens and with the help of an article by Southward (1995) that an exact determination was possible. Southward discribes the first findings of Solidobalanus fallax off the Plymouth coast. It seems that Solidobalanus fallax is yet a fairly recent immigrant in this region. For instance, the species has never been reported before on floating objects with a southerly origin, along the Belgian coast. I'm very much interested in similar sightings and more information about this species. Francis Kerckhof De Strandwerkgroep. The organisation for marine biology in Belgium url : http://www.ping.be/~pin11375 e-mail : Johan.Mares@ping.be ------------------------------ From: "Tudge, Christopher" Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:58:06 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Reply to Rachel Grant I tried to get thru to Rachel as well, and my attempts (3) came straight back to me. Is there anyone on the list from AIMS or JCU who could contact her and let her know that we are trying to answer her query? Chris Dr Christopher Tudge Crustacean Laboratory Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford, Vic. 3067 Australia Ph: +61 3 9284 0236 Fax: +61 3 9416 0475 ctudge@mov.vic.gov.au "Every sperm is sacred....every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed in your neighbourhood" ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:27:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-L:MOOR" ] (fwd) Please respond to Irene Moor, or the list, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "MS I DE MOOR" Organization: Rhodes University South Africa To: crust-l@vims.edu Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:13:38 GMT+0200 Subject: (Fwd) crayfish introductions Dear fellow decapod enthusiasts, Re: DESPERATE CALL FOR INFORMATION. My colleague, Martin Hill, passed on a lot of very useful information to me which he had received in response to his message, asking for information about Cherax destructor. This has been extremely helpful because I am currently working on a consultancy to assess the potential impact of a number of species of Cherax (C. destructor, C. quadricarinatus and C. tenuimanus) as well as Procambarus clarkii, should they be imported into South Africa. Although a thorough search of the literature has been conducted, a a number of VERY important questions still remain, and in this context I would appreciate any comments on the following: 1. Does the presence of Cherax spp have any impact on the water quality? A number of publications have discussed the way in which yabby and marron both favour turbid waters. But are there any records of a deterioration of water quality (including an increase in turbidity) as a result of the presence of crayfish, particularly as a result of burrowing activity? 2. Are there any records of the plague fungus Aphanomyces astaci infecting other decapods besides crayfish? I am particularly concerned about the possibility of infection of freshwater crabs. 3. There appear to be no records in the literature of trematode infections of Australian crayfish, but both P. clarkii and a number of freshwater crabs have been recorded as intermediate hosts for a number of trematods (Digenea), some of which infect mammals (including man). Are these lack of records a result of the real situation (i.e. there aren't any such parasites on Cherax spp.) or is it possibly merely a reflection of the fact that more research effort has been spent in studying American species? I would appreciate the opinion of crayfish experts on this question. I am sure that you all appreciate the fact that these questions are very important , in order to make an informed assessment on the possible impact of the proposed importations. I think I have sufficient information on other issues such as burrow construction, general biology and tolerance limits, but these issues remain. I would appreciate your response on these questions. Regards, Irene de Moor JLB Smith Institute for Ichthyology, Pvt Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140. E-mail: amid@warthog.ru.ac.za ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:25:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crust-l: Help for Upogebia Please respond to Brent Newman and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brent Newman zool To: crust-l@vims.edu Subject: Help needed re Upogebia spp Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Fellow members I realise that this is not the correct forum for such a request but after having exhausted all other possible avenues, I am trying the list as a last resort. I am desperately trying to locate copies of the following publications. If any person can assist in my obtaining them I would be extremly grateful. The publications are: 1. Dolgopolskaya, M.A. 1969. Larvae of Decapods: Macrura and Anomura. Akademia Nauk Ukranskoi SSR, 1-536 (In Russian) Please note that I am only interested in the section of this publication that deals with the larval description of Upogebia pusilla. 2. Menon, M.K. 1933. The life history of four species of Decapod Crustacea from Madras. Bull. Madras. Govt. Mus. 3(3): 24-34 Furthermore, if anyone is aware of publications regarding the larval development of Upogebia species that have arisen post July 1996 I would appreciate to hear of them. I have done as thorough a literature review as possible but sometimes these papers are published in obscure journals which I do not have access to here. With many thanks Brent Brent Newman Dept of Zoology Univ of Zululand Private Bag 1001 KwaDlangezwa 3886 Kwazulu-Natal South Africa ------------------------------ From: Rachel Grant Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:29:20 +1000 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Thanks for all the info Thanks to everyone who replied to my email about Petrolisthes. I am sorry that some people had trouble getting through to me I have been having trouble with my email and will reply soon. thanks again, Rachel.. ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:52:25 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Request for refs Dear crusters, I'm looking for someone who could send me any of this references about genus _Trapezia_ and other related crabs: Rinkevich, B., Z. Wolodarsky and Y. Loya. 1991. Coral-crab association. A compact domain of a multilevel trophic system. Hydrobiologia. 216 / 217: 279 - 284. Wolodarsky, Z. and Y. Loya. 1980. Population dynamics of _Trapezia_ crabs inhabiting the coral _Stylophora pistillata_ in the northern gulf ob Elat (Gulf of Aqaba). Isr. J. Zool. 20:204 - 205. Thanks for your help, Ayax R. Diaz Ruiz Proyecto Fauna Arrecifal Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur. A.P. 19-B C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico E-mail: adiaz@calafia.uabcs.mx ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: Composition of haemolymph (fwd) Please respond to the list and to Lukas Schaerer. Thanks, Jeff Ps. You can see I'm still having difficulty with the forwarding options. I'll try to resolve this next month. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lukas.schaerer@esh.unibe.ch (Lukas Schaerer) Subject: Composition of freshwater crustacean heamolymph X-Sender: lschaere@ubecx01.unibe.ch To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I was wondering if any of you could help me find information on the composition of copepod heamolymph (i.e. ion compostion, amino acids, sugars and vitamins). We are here working with a tapeworm that has freshwater copepods as its first intermediate host and we would be interested in studying parasite growth rate ex vivo. This would help us to get an idea of the effects of copepod size and stage on the growth of the parasite. Looking forward to hearing from you, Lukas Schaerer Lukas Sch=E4rer Abteilung Verhaltens=F6kologie Zoologisches Institut Universit=E4t Bern CH-3032 Hinterkappelen Switzerland ------------------------------ From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Sun, 17 Aug 97 15:13:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: Thurston Does any one have the current address of Michael H. Thurston? My last=20 contact with him was in 1995 (which is the date of most WWW pages on IOS= DL),=20 and the secretarial e-mail address seems not to respond. I have some fai= rly=20 urgent enquiries or him, Please send any replies direct to me. Thanks. Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 ------------------------------ From: Jari Sandqvist Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:27:42 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Fresh water king crab? Hi Some months ago a Finnish aquarium fish wholesaler imported a fresh water crab species from Singapore to Finland. The only name they know in Singapore was "king crab". Is there someone who has seen these crabs in Singapore or somewhere else and can tell me the scientific name of this animal? It is not at all like the common (and smaller) Sesarma sp. (I mean common in aquariumn markets. If someone would like to get a magazine with a photo of this crab, I can send it. Thanks Jari Sandqvist ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:43:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Trapezia Please respond to Erican Santiago or to the list. I've subscribed him. Cheers, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:44:49 +1000 (GMT+1000) From: Erican James S Santiago To: Crustacean discussion list Subject: Additional information Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi there. I was wondering how I could be a subscriber to this discussion list. I am interested in working with Trapezia and P. damicornis. I would really appreciate any additional information you could give me. Eric Santiago P.O. Box 4068 Agana, Guam 96932 E-mail: xejsanti@uog9.uog.edu ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Fresh water king crab? Jari, I don't know the freshwater "king crab." Perhaps it's Scylla serrata, the mangrove or mud crab? Scylla can live in freshwater and is quite aggressive, probably not a good aquarium pet. It's a portunid and has a body shape similar to Carcinus maenas albeit much, much larger. On the other hand, it could be one of the semiterrestrial gecarcinids like Gecarcinus, or Cardisoma. The gecarcinids are herbivores but they can display some interesting aggressive behaviors especially in male vs male combat. They live in burrows in freshwater marshes. They look like grapsids but are large, and have a box-like, inflated appearance. Then there's the Chinese mitten crab that lives in freshwater. I know nothing about it, but others on this list can provide you with some characters. Cheers and good luck, Jeff > Some months ago a Finnish aquarium fish wholesaler imported a fresh > water crab species from Singapore to Finland. The only name they know in > Singapore was "king crab". > > Is there someone who has seen these crabs in Singapore or somewhere else > and can tell me the scientific name of this animal? > > It is not at all like the common (and smaller) Sesarma sp. (I mean > common in aquariumn markets. If someone would like to get a magazine > with a photo of this crab, I can send it. > > Thanks > > Jari Sandqvist > > ------------------------------ From: Jari Sandqvist Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:34:11 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: More: FW "king crab" I have got some interesting answers (magazines are coming BTW). Thanks. First I think it's totally FW specimen because there is 2 females with the fry. First ones of them yet released. Right? This species are sometimes walking out of the water. I would like to say maybe 5% of the time. So, is it a semiterrestrial? I don't think so. The other claw (or pereiopod 2?) is extremely large in males. It can be the rigt or left one. Why it's so, why it isn't just the right or left one with all the males? They eat everything but living fishes for my experience. Dead shrimps, living earth worms etc. They are allso eating the plant called Lemna minor. They "catch" the plant from the surface of water and put it to their mouth. An interesting looking manner of eating... The shape of the crab isn't box shaped. The carapace is about 3 cm from the widest place. I think the crab can be originated from allmost everywhere. Jari Sandqvist ------------------------------ From: Rosamund Snow Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:56 +0000 (GMT) Subject: CRUST-L: Revamp - comments welcomed Dear CRUST-L, My apologies for cross postings. Some of you may remember me asking for advice a while ago as to how to improve the Fishing News Books website; well, the newly revamped, updated Fishing News Books Home Page has just gone live today, and I'd very much welcome any feedback you may have. The URL is as follows: http://www.blacksci.co.uk/fnb/default.htm I hope we've made it easier to use. In particular, we have added some new features, by popular request. One of these is a section of latest news, including the most recent book reviews I've been able to get hold of. (http://www.blacksci.co.uk/products/fnb/news.htm) I've also spent some time making our page of links and internet resources (http://www.blacksci.co.uk/products/fnb/links.htm) easier to use, and I hope, "bookmarkable". I've included a comprehensive guide to all the relevant further education courses in the UK, and I aim to expand these links to courses all over the world. If you know of, or teach, a course which you'd like listed, or anything else you'd like to see featured among the internet resources, please let me know. Finally , I've included a short guide to email discussion groups like this one, and other internet resources such as links to the best search engines. I hope you'll like the changes. Please let me know what you think. Rosamund Rosamund Snow Fishing News Books Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0EL UK Fax: +44 (0)1865 206026 Email: rosamund.snow@blacksci.co.uk Website: http://www.blacksci.co.uk/fnb/ ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:33:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Trapezia (fwd) Please respond to DeMoor and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:09:26 GMT+0200 From: MS I DE MOOR Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Trapezia Dear Jeremy, I just wanted to thank all the people who responded to my request for information on freswater crabs, Charax destructor, C. quadricarinatus, C. teniumanus and Procambarus clarkii. The responses from a number of people has been an enormous help to me, although I still have no input on whether the plague fungus Aphanomyces astaci infects other decapods besides crayfish. Any ideas out there? Regards, Irene de Moor. ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Enric Saiz, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:39:24 +0100 To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU From: Andrew Hirst Subject: E-mail address? Dear Crusters, Does anyone have the e-mail address of Enric Saiz. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance Andrew Hirst George Deacon Division Southampton Oceanography Centre Empress Dock Southampton United Kingdom ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:34:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: crust-l: enric saiz Please respond to the list and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: Andrew.Hirst@soc.soton.ac.uk From: pnoel@cimrs1.mnhn.fr (Pierre NOEL) X-Sender: pnoel@cimrs1.mnhn.fr Subject: Re: E-mail address Enric Saiz Cc: crust-l@vims.edu >Dear Crusters, >Does anyone have the e-mail address of Enric Saiz. >Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance >Andrew Hirst >George Deacon Division >Southampton Oceanography Centre >Empress Dock >Southampton >United Kingdom According to the list of attendees of Oldenburg conference 1996, his address and e-mail are : Dr. Enric Saiz-Sendros, Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Passeing Joan de Borbo s/n, E-08039 Barcelona, Espana Tel.+34 3 2215416,Fax +34 3 2217340; e-mail = enric@icm.csic.es Hope it will help, Best regards, Pierre. Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: List Admin Crusters, and Marine Pathologists, Sorry for the cross posts. In two days I travel back to Virginia via Highways 70 & 80. The list will have no administration while I'm out. I'm going to set the mail features such that nonmembers can post to the lists. This will open us to the occasional spam (~12 spams have been blocked in the last 3 months), but it will facilitate fewer bounce messages during the interim. Hope you're all having a productive summer. Cheers, Jeff List administrator jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:14:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Test - delete Testing Footers.... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Brad Crear Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:59:58 Subject: CRUST-L: urine Hi all, I have been working with Panulirus cygnus and I have noticed a few things whilst stressing them out which I cant explain and I cant find anyone to explain to me. In some cases (definitely not all) when I emersed the lobsters they sprayed large quantities of urine from their antennal glands. The spraying would last for anytime between 1 and 5 seconds. Has anyone seen this before or is there any ideas? I thought it might have been because i frighened them???? Also can someone provide me some information on how crustaceans control the rate of urine flow when they are emersed. There is evidence that it slows down and stops in species such as A. pallipes (Tyler-Jones and Taylor, 1986). What mechanism is causing that to happen? Is it in response to haemolymph volume changes, or ionic composition changes, or pressure changes? I have searched high and wide but continue to draw blanks. Thankyou in anticipation Brad Crear =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Paterson, Brian" Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 08:39:00 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Panulirid incontinence Hello Brad, I've not had a P. cygnus do that to me yet, but then I'm just getting started. One paper that springs to mind is, Cheng, J. and Chang, E.S. (1991). Variations in urinary output of the lobster. J.Exp.Zool. 260, 288-294. They mention rapid discharges of urine during feeding in crustaceans (something has to change if the stomach enlarges), as well as more sedate changes in filtration rate that may be under hormonal control. You could also try reading , Mantel, L.H. (1985). Neurohormonal integration of osmotic and ionic regulation. American Zoologist 25, 253-263 for some background on the role hormones might play. Otherwise, there are probably cardiovascular responses, (bradycardia etc) to emersion that may impact on urine production. My first guess would be that some of your lobsters have an unusually high blood volume/pressure before you remove them from the water and the sudden loss of semi-buoyancy is all a bit much for them? Hope this is of some help. Cheers, Brian Paterson Seafood Physiologist E-mail: patersonb@dpi.qld.gov.au CENTRE FOR FOOD TECHNOLOGY 19 Hercules St Hamilton Qld 4007 AUSTRALIA Tel: 07 3406 8577 Fax:07 3406 8698 Mobile: 0412 183 116 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Dr H.H.Taylor" Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:07:48 +1200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Panulirid incontinence Hi Brad, I can add something to Brian Paterson's comments. I have not observed spraying of urine in lobsters but the phenomenon is common in crabs. Callinectes sapidus (aquatic) will do it if removed from water and handled roughly. In Leptograpsus variegatus (semi-terrestrial) it is so easy to induce that, by placing a clean petri dish in front of the animal and applying gentle pressure to the carapace, it can be used a method of urine sampling! Gecarcoidea natalis (terrestrial) is more reluctant but I have received a jet of urine on my glasses on a couple of occasions when attempting to take urine samples. One gets the impression that they respond to visual stimuli as well as mechanical and their aim is quite good! In crabs the jets are very fine and can be projected for at least 2 metres indicating the generation of very high intrathoracic pressures (there is inadequate musculature of the bladder itself). This raises the interesting question of how they protect the gills from pressure damage. In crabs and lobsters there are muscles which depress the carapace and are involved in hydrostatic pressure regulation (dorsovental muscles, epimeral attractors etc; Taylor et al, Taylor and Taylor, Wilkens etc.) and could be used to generate such pressures in principle but there is no information on their role in jetting urine. The evolution of urine spraying as a noxious defensive mechanism is easier to understand in an animal which is air- exposed than in one like P. cygnus which is presumably never attacked on land except by humans. However, a clue to the function might be obtained in looking at some of the work of Jelle Atema's group on agonistic behaviour in Homarus americanus. It appears that clawed lobsters at least release urine during aggressive behaviour and are able to individually identify each other by some chemical signal in the urine. They remember who won the last encounter (see Lobster Newsletter July 94 for review). As for the control of urine production (as apposed to simply emptying the bladder), there are three potential points of control. 1 Filtration rate. Euryhaline decapods like Carcinus (see work of Norfolk) can increase filtration rates many time in dilute media (within minutes). Coconut crabs reduce filtration rate when drinking freshwater (Greenaway et al). How it is done is not known. Possibly change in perfusion of the end sac of the antennal organ but I know of no work on this. 2. Water reabsorption. Carcinus (Riegel and Lockwood) and Austropotomobius (Tyler Jones- as you note) both reduce urine output in air but this seems to be due mainly to water reabsorption in the bladder as evidenced by increasing concentration of filtration markers. 3. Redrinking the urine. Land crabs do this but it seems doubful that an obligate aquatic lobster would. Hope this helps. I can sort out more complete references if you are interested. Harry Taylor Harry Taylor (Associate Professor of Zoology) Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand PHONE: +64-3-364 2861 FAX: +64-3-364 2024 Email: h.taylor@zool.canterbury.ac.nz WWW http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/zool/ht.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "JOSEF DALLA VIA" Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:59:13 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: oxygen conversions > Hello Crusters, > I have been conducting some hypoxic physiological measurements on > crabs, and am now trying to make comparisons with other examples from > the literature. Oxygen levels in the latter are generally given as > mmHg. > Question: Can anyone tell me how to convert oxygen measurements from mmHg into > ml oxygen per litre? (in this case regarding full seawater (35) at 15 > degrees C) > Or suggest an appropriate reference? > > Thanks very much! > Dagmar > Dagmar K. Hebel Dear Dagmar, conversion factors for units of amount of oxygen can be found in Gnaiger E. and Forstner H. (eds) Polarographic oxygen sensors. Springer Berlin 1983 (ISBN 3-540-11654-0 and 0-387-11654-0) on page 329 Oxygen solubility and calculations of equilibrium oxygen concentrations in freshwater and seawater can be found also in the same book Best wishes Josef Dalla Via University of Innsbruck /Austria > > Rm 613, Davy Building > Biological Sciences > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Plymouth > Devon, PL4 8AA > U.K. > > email: dhebel@plymouth.ac.uk > Tel.: 01752-232996 > Fax: 01752-232970 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:52:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: virus alert >Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:28:23 >To: Dan >From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt >Subject: virus alert > >>>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:44:44 -0500 > >>>>This letter is to warn you about three EXTREMELY dangerous viruses that are being transmitted through the E-mail. This information was given to >us >by local law enforcement. The actual letter is copied below. Please >pass it on to > >>>EVERYONE you know A.S.A.P. > >>>>Thanks! >>>> >>>>Steve - BHCom Support Team >>>>Blueberry Hill >>>>==================================================================== >>>>WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW", DO NOT open it! >>>It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out >to as many people as you can...this is a new virus and not many people >know about it! > >>>>This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >>>with anyone that might access the internet: >>>> >>>>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it >>>without reading it!! This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus propagating across the internet through an e-mail message entitled, >>>>"PENPAL GREETINGS!". >>>> >>>>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!"!! > >>>>This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are >>>interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is too late. The trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot sector of your hard drive, destroying all of the data present. It is a self replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone whose e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox! >>>> >>>>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to >>>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your IN box, and whose mail is in their IN box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, it has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks worldwide!!!! >>>> >Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you >>>see >it! And pass this message along to all of your friends, relatives, and the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!! > >>>>Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. > >>>>PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! >>>> >>>>WARNING!!! >>>>There is a new virus going around in the last couple of days!!! > >>>>DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says: "Returned >>>or >>>>Unable to Deliver". This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said this is a very dangerous virus, and there is NO remedy for it at this time. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jim Welch Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:35:32 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: virus alert HOAXES!!!! DO NOT FORWARD THESE "ALERTS!" Hopefuly only one reply to this email will be enough. All of these viruses are HOAXES... PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THESE MESSAGES TO ANYONE!!!!! The only viruses are these warning emails which fill up all of our email boxes. For more information about virus hoaxes, please see http://www.kumite.com/myths >>>>WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW", DO NOT >>>>>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it etc.... Jim Welch jmw5@mail.duke.edu Duke University Marine Lab (919)504-7565 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 08:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: South African Museum Please respond to Paulo Young and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: psyoung@omega.lncc.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: crust-l@vims.edu From: Paulo Young Dear Crusters Does anyone know the name and email of the curator from the South African Museum. I will be very happy if anyone can help me. Thank you Cristiana S. Serejo Museu Nacional/UFRJ email: psyoung@omega.lncc.br =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 05:38:04 +1000 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: virus alert They are mental viruses designed to clog the internet with frantic messages about nonexistent viruses. Email messages cannot have this behaviour. Be careful before crying wolf. t 09:52 AM 8/21/97 -0400, Ed and Ruth Benedikt wrote: >>Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:28:23 >>To: Dan >>From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt >>Subject: virus alert >> >>>>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:44:44 -0500 >> >>>>>This letter is to warn you about three EXTREMELY dangerous viruses that >are being transmitted through the E-mail. This information was given to >us >>by local law enforcement. The actual letter is copied below. Please >pass >it on to >> >>>>EVERYONE you know A.S.A.P. >> >>>>>Thanks! >>>>> >>>>>Steve - BHCom Support Team >>>>>Blueberry Hill >>>>>==================================================================== >>>>>WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW", DO NOT >open it! >>>>It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out >to as >many people as you can...this is a new virus and not many people >know >about it! >> >>>>>This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >>>>with anyone that might access the internet: >>>>> >>>>>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it >>>>without reading it!! This is a warning for all internet users - there is >a dangerous virus propagating across the internet through an e-mail message >entitled, >>>>>"PENPAL GREETINGS!". >>>>> >>>>>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!"!! > >>>>>This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are >>>>interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is too >late. The trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot sector of >your hard drive, destroying all of the data present. It is a self >replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will AUTOMATICALLY >forward itself to anyone whose e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox! >>>>> >>>>>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to >>>>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your IN box, and whose >mail is in their IN box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, it >has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks >worldwide!!!! >>>>> >>Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you >>>>see >it! And pass this message along to all of your friends, relatives, >and the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on >so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!! > >>>>>Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. > >>>>>PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! >>>>> >>>>>WARNING!!! >>>>>There is a new virus going around in the last couple of days!!! > >>>>>DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says: "Returned >>>>or >>>>>Unable to Deliver". This virus will attach itself to your computer >components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that >say this. 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To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #79 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:10:27 1998 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 21:43:26 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #80 crust-l-digest Friday, 29 August 1997 Volume 01 : Number 080 CRUST-L: Bruce/Zoologisk Museum CRUST-L: Okuno address CRUST-L: Seeking H. H. Janssen CRUST-L: sizes of crabs/crayfish CRUST-L: autotomy and hormones. CRUST-L: Message for Ernesto Campos CRUST-L: Notostraca: Phyllopoda: Triops sp. CRUST-L: chitin production CRUST-L: Dr. E. Macpherson's address Re: CRUST-L: autotomy and hormones. CRUST-L: a mail in rec.aquaria.freswater.misc CRUST-L: TRIOPS: thanks & results: institutions, literature, tips and a m CRUST-L: address of MAUREEN P. SMALL CRUST-L: re: urine Re: CRUST-L: a mail in rec.aquaria.freswater.misc CRUST-L: e-mails CRUST-L: Galaxea's papers. CRUST-L: Habitat info ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Sun, 24 Aug 97 10:43:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: Bruce/Zoologisk Museum This a general announcement to interested parties who may wish to borrow= =20 specimens from the Zoologisk Museum, University of Copenhagen, that I wi= ll=20 be away from my laboratory from August 29 through to the October 3, 1997= ,=20 and away again for approximately two weeks in October. Therefore all loan requests or loan returns between now and Novembe= r=20 should be addressed to Dr Danny Eibye-Jacobsen, same postal address, e-m= ail:=20 Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Bruce, Niel L. {ZMUC}" Date: Sun, 24 Aug 97 10:31:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: Okuno address Does anyone know the e-mail address of J. Okuno, who has published on=20 Rhynchocinetidae? It is to with his contribution to the Field Guide to east African shores= .=20 Please answer directly to me. Niel L. Bruce Curator of Crustacea Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen =D8, DK 2100 DENMARK Ph: +45 35 32 10 00; +45 35 32 10 21 (direct); FAX: +45 35 32 10 10. e-mail: ; home page:=20 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:32:29 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: Seeking H. H. Janssen Hello All! I am trying to find the email address of Hans Heinrich Janssen of the Zoologisches Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg. Many thanks! John Markham jmarkham@seasurf.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "MS I DE MOOR" Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:06:11 GMT+0200 Subject: CRUST-L: sizes of crabs/crayfish Dear All, I need some information on the sizes of freshwater crabs in southern Africa in order to ascertain whether or not itnroduced species such as Cherax destructor, C. quadricarinatus and C. tenuimanus as well as P. clarkii have a weight advantage over crabs should the former group ever find their way into South African freshwaters. I have information (in weights ) of the sizes of the crayfish but don't know enough about the crabs. The only weight which I have is for Potamonautes warreni which is said to be attaim approximately 70 g in the Orange River. P. sidneyi has been weighed at 90 g (dry weight) but I'm not sure what this means in terms of wet weight. If anyone has any further information on weights of Potamonautes species in South African waters, please let me know. This information is quite important for a consultancy which I am doing on the potential impact of the introduction of alien crayfish into South Africa. Regards, Irene de Moor =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Dave O'Neill" Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 15:44:00 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: autotomy and hormones. Greetings: I'm a new crust-l subscriber interested in crayfish behavior. I'd like to find out a bit about cambarid hormonal systems. In particular I'm interested if there is a link between molting contrtol and sexual development. Also, does anyone know if Form I cambarid males can continually produce spermatophores or if they must undergo a molt to "recharge" their supply. Dave O'Neill (Doneill@Dundalk.cc.md) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:14:15 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Message for Ernesto Campos Estimado Ernesto, Lamento mandar este mensaje via la lista de discusion de crustaceos, pero mi servidor indica que tus dos direcciones de correo electronico no las encuentra. Gracias por la informacion, ya me encuentro en contacto con el Dr. Castro. Estamos realizando un listado taxonomico de braquiuros y anomuros asociados a cabezas de coral como parte de una tesis de uno de mis compa~neros. Si gustas, enviame otro mensaje para saber que taxa estas buscando en especial y yo paso la informacion para que se comuniquen contigo en caso de aparecer alguno por ahi. Espero escuchar noticias tuyas pronto y gracias nuevamente. Saludos, Ayax. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:01:45 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: Notostraca: Phyllopoda: Triops sp. Hi all! Some time ago there was a discussuion on Triops. Due to the fact that I am now at another university, unfortunately these "antique" messages, concerning Triops, are deleted :-( I would like to now, if it is possible to get / buy eggs of Triops ? (or a few whole animals ?) where from? Greetings to all Wulf *********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Lehrstuhl fuer Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 / 776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone: +49/(0)234-700-5577 or -4563 fax: +49/(0)234-7094-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@ruhr-uni-bochum.de *********************************************************** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Henry-Michel CAUCHIE Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:08:02 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: chitin production Dear Crusters, I'm currently trying to estimate the chitin production in the biosphere and I need the following data: the total extent of estuaries and the total extent of the continental shelf. Do anyone have such information? Thank you very much in advance, - -- Henry-Michel CAUCHIE / Universite de LIEGE (BELGIUM) Present adress: CRP-CU LUXEMBOURG 162a, Avenue de la Faiencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg Tel: + 352.46.66.44.412 Fax: +352.46.66.44.413 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Gustavo A. Lovrich" Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 18:32:21 ARG Subject: CRUST-L: Dr. E. Macpherson's address Hi everybody! I'd need to contact Dr. Enrique Macpherson, once at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. Anybody has his e-mail address? Many thanks Gustavo Dr. Gustavo A. Lovrich Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) CC 92 - (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ARGENTINA Tel: ++54-901-22310, 22314, 22278 34558 (H) FAX: ++54-901-30644 http://www.hq.satlink.com/ushuaia/cadic/ lovrich@satlink.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: edupre@SOCOMPA.CECUN.UCN.CL (Mag. Enrique Dupré M.) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:23:54 +0100 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: autotomy and hormones. Dear Dave O'Neill: There is old but good literature about hormone in crustacea. Charniaux-Cotton, H. and Payen, G. 1988. Crustacean Reproduction. In: Endocrinology of selected Invertebrates Types, Invertebrate endocrinology. Edited by Laufer H and Downer, R.G., Vol. 2: 279-303. A.R. Liss, New Yorj. Fingerman, M. 1987. Endocrine mechanisms of Crustaceans. J. Crust. Biol., 7: 1-24 Lipcius, R and Herrnkind, W. 1987. Control and Coordination of reproduction and molting in the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Mar. Biol., 96: 207-214. Yano. I. 1985. Induced Ovarian Maduration and spawning in Greasyback shrimp, Metapenaeus ensis, by progesterone. Acquaculture, 69: 49-57. Quackembush, L. and Herrnkind, W. 1983. Regulation of the molt cycle of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Effect of photoperiod. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 76A (2): 259-263. Quackembush, L. and Herrnkind, W. 1981. Regulation of the molt cycle of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Effect of eyestalk ablation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 69A (2): 523-527 Meusy, J. and Payen, G. 1988. Female reproduction in Malacostracan Crustacea. Zool. Sci., 5: 217-265. Best regards. Enrique Dupre,=20 Coquimbo, Chile. - ------------------------------------------------- Dave O'Neill wrote >Greetings: > >I'm a new crust-l subscriber interested in crayfish behavior. I'd like to >find out a bit about cambarid hormonal systems. In particular I'm >interested if there is a link between molting contrtol and sexual >development. Also, does anyone know if Form I cambarid males can >continually produce spermatophores or if they must undergo a molt to >"recharge" their supply. > >Dave O'Neill (Doneill@Dundalk.cc.md) > >=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= - -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D >To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: >Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. >To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. >=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= - -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D > > M.Sc. Enrique Dupr=E9=20 Lab. Biol. de la Reprod. Fac. Ciencias del Mar Universidad Cat=F3lica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile Fax: 5651-311287 E-Mail: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jari Sandqvist Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 07:37:12 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: a mail in rec.aquaria.freswater.misc Hi you, decapodas etc. Is it right to say that there is blue crayfishes in the wild as Beverly did in this article? In article <1997Aug26.130033.21706@jarvis.cs.toronto.edu>, bae@cs.toronto.edu (Beverly Erlebacher) says: > >In article <3402245B.2715@rochester.infi.net>, >Ted Faulks wrote: >>What do regular Krey fish eat? I want to put a bunch of them in my >>rocky tank but I would like to know if they like to eat anything >>special. Also If anyone knows about those blue Krey fish that they sell >>in stores could you tell me if they were pressure colored or really >>apeat that way in the wild. Thanks for your info. > >They will eat almost anything, animal or vegetable, including your fish, >your plants and each other. > >That said, one crayfish in a small tank with a hiding place and some >plants is a very interesting pet. > >There are hundreds of species of crayfish. Some of the blue ones are >naturally blue, and some are made blue by feeding them foods that lack >carotene. > > Jari Sandqvist =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:35:42 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: TRIOPS: thanks & results: institutions, literature, tips and a m Dear crustaceophiles, thank you very much for your contributions to my "Triops-request"! Again CRUST-L and its members show their effectiveness. The messages had been delivered to my address only. Therefore, for those "Triopsologists" who are interested, here are some results: [1] THREE INSTITUTIONS WHERE ONE CAN BUY TRIOPS EGGS a) Triops Inc., PO Box 10852, Pensacola, FL 32524-0852 (probably T. longicaudatus) b) Carolina Supply Biologicals sells Triops eggs at http://www.carosci.com/index.html ($10 US for a few dozen - the Hatching kit seems to work well) In Germany: contact Schlueter KG c) Ward's: P.O. Box 92912, Rochester, New York 14692-9012, USA. Fax number: 716 334 6174. Ordering number: 87 W 5230. Quick Development Triops with Hatchery: $12 US [2] LITERATURE FOR BRINGING UP TRIOPS EDER, ERICH (1996): Urzeitkrebse Oesterreichs. Stapfia 42, 170pp. (available from the "Oberoesterreichisches Landesmuseum, Biologiezentrum, J.W.Klein Strasse 73, 4040 Linz-Dornach, Austria. Further information: E. Eder at ) SCOTT, S. R.; GRIGARICK, A. A. (1979): Laboratory studies of factors affecting egg hatch of Triops longicaudatus. Hydrobiologia (Dordrecht) 63: 145-152. SCOTT, S. R.; GRIGARICK, A. A. (1979): Observations on the biology and rearing of the tadpole shrimp Triops longicaudatus. The Wasmann Journal of Biology 36: 116-126. SEAMAN, M. T.; KOK, D. J.; VON SCHLICHTING, B. J.; KRUGER, A. J. (1991): Natural grows and reproduktion in Triops granarius. Hydrobiologia (Dordrecht) 212: 87-94. [3] HELPFUL HINTS a) give enough food (fish flakes and live Tubifex worms chopped into pieces) b) take care that the water becomes fouled by extensive feeding according to a) c) use containers wider than deep d) take care that the oxygen level is not too low; tadpole shrimps require a lot of oyxgen, but do not need a very deep water column [4]FELLOW SCIENTISTS WORKING ON TRIOPS Erich Eder (Austria) Walter Hodl (Austria) Jamie King (US) Clay Sassman (US) Fausto Tinti (Italy) Brian Tsukimura (US) [5] JUST BY ACCIDENT: if you are bored to death by "Lost World - Jurassic Park II ;-) : a few days ago there was a film on "ancient crabs" (= "Urzeitkrebse") in the German TV, by Prof. Dieter Walosek. Unfortunately I missed it, but I am sure that "Triops" was involved. Thanks again for your help. Greetings to all of you Wulf *********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Lehrstuhl fuer Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 / 776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone: +49/(0)234-700-5577 or -4563 fax: +49/(0)234-7094-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@ruhr-uni-bochum.de *********************************************************** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Marco Vannini Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:03:32 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: address of MAUREEN P. SMALL Dear Colleagues, does anybody know the e-mail of Maureen P. Small (Duke University) ? Many thanks in advance, Marco Vannini ******************************************* Prof. Marco Vannini Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence, "La Specola" via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze Italy tel +39-55-2288259 fax +39-55-225325 e-mail: vannini_m@dbag.unifi.it ******************************************* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "robert lobsterman huber" Date: 29 Aug 97 11:21:11 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: re: urine hi brad, brian, harry, and anybody else interested in piddling lobsters :-) you ax: >Is it in response to >haemolymph volume changes, or ionic composition changes, or pressure >changes? I have searched high and wide but continue to draw blanks. in addition to the things brian and harry have mentioned - several groups have worked on this: among others - snyder, cheng, and ernie chang at bodega have shown that anytime these crusties move - they expell urine - probably just to make room for the movement (there are some papers and the usual literature searches should bring these up if you search for mark snyder), jelle atema and others have worked on the importance of various urine pheromones (searches for jelle atema should find a good starting point on these). my group has done just a bit of biochemistry with regard to inactivation of neuromodulatory substances and subsequent urine excretion in form of fairly "expensive" metabolites - this work is in Huber, R, Orzeszyna, M, Pokorny, N & EA Kravitz (1997). Biogenic amines and aggression: experimental approaches in crustaceans. Brain, Behav. Evol. 50 (suppl. 1): 60-68. we collected urine with catheters attached to the nephropores using methods developed by dan wynstroem and this worked wonderfully. if you still have problems finding these refs, you might try to search the reference database i have put together and which i have made available via the web - it is a mixed bag of about 15.000 refs but covers a lot of crustacean work, amines, and behavior - just try: http://wwwzoo.kfunigraz.ac.at/cgi-bin/lit_findlinks.html hope this helps, ciao, lobsterman Robert Huber /\ Snailmail: University Graz, Dept. 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Hayes" Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 05:23:08 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: a mail in rec.aquaria.freswater.misc On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Jari Sandqvist wrote: > Is it right to say that there is blue crayfishes in the wild as Beverly > did in this article? Yes, they do occur in the wild. I have seen blue individuals among normally colored individuals in several species while collecting them in the wild. Also, Joe Black has done much work with the genetics of crayfish, producing pure light blue and royal blue strains ... and even ones with golden eyes. Best wishes, Bill - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William A. 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To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: mcriales@rsmas.miami.edu (Maria M. Criales) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:16:57 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: e-mails Dear Crusters, A friend of my is looking for the e-mail address of Drs. Gilberto Rodriquez (Venezuela) and Luis Soto (Mexico). I would appreciate if anybody could provide me these addresses. Thank you, ___________________________ Maria M. Criales, Ph. D. RSMAS-MBF University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Fl. 33149 mcriales@rsmas.miami.edu Ph: (305) 361-4073 FAX: (305) 361-4066 _____________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:20:44 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Galaxea's papers. Dear crusters, I'm sorry for disturbing you but I need to ask for some refs. Does anybody have the next papers? Tsuchiya, M. and C. Yonaha, 1992. Community organization of associates of the scleractinian coral _Pocillopora damicornis_: Effects of colony size and interactions among the obligate symbionts. Galaxea 11(1):29-56 Nakasone, Y., M. Tsuchiya, V. Nanthachitra and M. Nishihira, 1986. Species composition of decapod crustaceans associated with living corals in the Gulf of Thailand. Galaxea 5(1): 141-156. Tsuchiya, M., Y. Nakasone and M. Nishihira, 1986. Community structure of coral associated invertebrates of the hermatypic coral, _Pavona frondifera_, in the Gulf of Thailand. Galaxea 5(1): 129-140. I'll thank all aviable help. Cheers, Ayax Rolando Diaz Ruiz Departamento de Biologia Marina Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur. A.P. 19-B. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico. email: adiaz@calafia.uabcs.mx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 21:38:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Habitat info Please respond to the Magnus and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Magnus To: crust-l@vims.edu Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 17:12:48 +0100 (BST) Subject: Species habitat information request Reply-to: mlj2@leicester.ac.uk Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.2.1) Message-ID: <19422206AF0@cherry.le.ac.uk> Dear Crustologists, Can anyone help me with a couple of species habitats? I'm classifying habitat roughly into Fresh-water, Semi-Terrestrial, Estuarine, Coastal, Pelagic and deepsea. Out of a long list these are the ones which I can't find in my literature to hand. Hemigrapsus edwardsii - Est? Leptograpsus variegatus - Est? Libinia emarginata - Coastal? Palaemontes palludosus - ? Palaemontes vulgaris - ? Penaeus duadorum - Coastal? Pleuroncodes planipes - Coastal? Scylla serrata - Coastal? Uca pugilator - Semi-terrestrial? Uca pugnax - Semi-terrestrial? Best wishes, Magnus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Magnus L. Johnson, Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. see : 'http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/research/blpgs.html#magnus' email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<==>-----\/// [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] ///\----<==>-----/\\\ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #80 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:10:37 1998 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 11:19:21 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #81 crust-l-digest Thursday, 4 September 1997 Volume 01 : Number 081 CRUST-L: Address request CRUST-L: iodine supplements CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only CRUST-L: Address request (fwd) CRUST-L: Uca pugnax? CRUST-L: About e-mail of A. Sagi. (Crustacean hormones) Re:CRUST-L:e-mail of A.Sagi.(Crustacean hormones) CRUST-L: glowing mole crab CRUST-L: Rearing barnacle larvae Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab - glowing amphipods CRUST-L: Lobster phylogenies CRUST-L: Measuring CL from Molts CRUST-L: Molted carapace measurements CRUST-L: glowing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 22:02:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Address request Please Paul Young respond to and not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:02:39 +0100 Message-Id: <199708211702.SAA16246@cimrs1.mnhn.fr> To: psyoung@omega.lncc.br From: pnoel@cimrs1.mnhn.fr (Pierre NOEL) X-Sender: pnoel@cimrs1.mnhn.fr Subject: Re:CRUST-L: South African Museum Cc: crust-l@vims.edu >Dear Crusters > Does anyone know the name and email of the curator from the South >African Museum. I will be very happy if anyone can help me. > >Thank you >Cristiana S. Serejo >Museu Nacional/UFRJ >email: >psyoung@omega.lncc.br Try to contact : Dr. (Mrs.) Barbara Ann Cook, Life Sciences, South African Museum, Queen Victoria Street, PO Box 61, 8000 Cape Town, South Africa, R. S. A. Tel. +27 21 24 3330; fax +27 21 246716; telex 522559 SAMUS; e-mail bcook@samuseum.al.za Best regards, Pierre. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 10:01:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: iodine supplements Please respond to Ronald Shimek and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - --------------------Forwarded message-------------------- > From: "Rick Martin" > To: Crustacean discussion list > Subject: (Fwd) RE: Iodine Supplements > > Hi, > I am forwarding this message in hope you might be able to help Dr. > Shimek and locate references in regards tothe role of iodine in > the molt process. It can either be sent to the list, Ron or me. > Thanks in Advance > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > From: "Ronald L. Shimek" > To: "'reeflist@aquarium.net'" > Subject: RE: Iodine Supplements > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:58:28 -0600 > Reply-to: reeflist@aquarium.net > > > > molt has been documented.> > > Can you give me any citations in the peer-reviewed scientific literature > for this? I tried to track some down a couple of years ago and found > nothing, and the crustacean physiologists that I have spoken to don't have > any information about it either. > > > Cheers,Ron =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Shrimpnews@AOL.COM Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 21:12:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor/publisher at Shrimp News International. Currently, I'm working on "World Shrimp Farming 1997", an industry status report that will be published in December 1997. It will be book-length this year--over 300 pages (at least that's what I told my advertisers)--and sell for $75.00. Would you like a free copy? Would you like to be listed as one of my sources? Read on! Email a brief report on some aspect of shrimp farming in your country, and I'll try to work it into "World Shrimp Farming 1997". If I use "anything" from your report, I'll give you full credit (name, title, company or institution, address and communications numbers) and mail you a free copy of it. That's it. No gimmicks. I like tightly written "newsy" reports that are loaded with information and statistics. Your report does not have to be in perfect English, but please triple check all names and numbers. Make sure you include your name, title, company/institution, address and communications numbers. Deadline: October 1, 1997. In addition to several long back ground articles on shrimp farming and its publications, I've added the following feature articles to the 1997 annual report: Utah's Brine Shrimp Industry (Hard Times on the Great Salt Lake) The Shrimp Council (The good guys) Crustacean Nutrition (Feed you mind; a big, new reference book) The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (Sell shrimp that you don't own) The United States Shrimp Farmer's Association (Russ Allen's baby) The Global Aquaculture Association (George Chamberlain's baby) The Shrimp Tribunal (Rosemary's baby) Environmental Extremes Versus Sustainbable Policies in Aquaculture (Geeze, I'll try and come up with a better title.) For Electronic Hatchery Managers Only (Are shrimp hatchery managers smaart enough to use the Internet?) Divided into the eastern and western hemispheres, the 1997 annual report will feature country-by-country reviews, background information, maps, production statistics, recommended publications, and highlights of the year's events. If you are interested in advertising in "World Shrimp Farming 1997", please contact me, and I'll forward additional information. Sincerely, Bob Rosenberry Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:08:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Address request (fwd) Someone was after an email address? Also, I received several replies to my forward of Magnus' message. Please check that you reply to the correct correspondent and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: CRUST-L: Address request Note that Barbara Cook's e-mail address is: BCOOK@SAMUSEUM.AC.ZA =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jari Sandqvist Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 06:50:35 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Uca pugnax? Hi I find a photo of a fiddler crab. They tell that the crab should be Uca pugnax. Would someone take a look and tell us if it's correctly named? The address is: http://www.aquatics.net/cgi-bin/database/gallery.cgi?setup_file=fresh_invert.setup&submit_search=yes&DbID=3" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: edupre@SOCOMPA.CECUN.UCN.CL (Mag. Enrique Dupré M.) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:26:41 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: About e-mail of A. Sagi. (Crustacean hormones) Dear Colleagues, Does anybody know the e-mail of A. Sagi. He works on androgenic hormones in crustaceans. May be he live in Israel. Many thanks in advance, Enrique Dupr=E9 M.Sc. Enrique Dupr=E9=20 Lab. Biol. de la Reprod. Fac. Ciencias del Mar Universidad Cat=F3lica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile Fax: 5651-311287 E-Mail: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:02:08 +0100 Subject: Re:CRUST-L:e-mail of A.Sagi.(Crustacean hormones) >Dear Colleagues, >Does anybody know the e-mail of A. Sagi. He works on androgenic hormones in >crustaceans. May be he live in Israel. >Many thanks in advance, >Enrique Dupre Here is the address & e-mail I have. Best regards, Pierre. Dr. Amir Sagi, Life sciences institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel Tel. +972 7 461364 (Office); +972 7 47 2668 (lab.); Fax +972 7 47 2992 & 972 7 47 2890; e-mail Sagia@bgumail.bgu.ac.il Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: WICKSTEN@BIO.TAMU.EDU Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 8:46:22 -0600 Subject: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Fellow crustacean enthusiasts: A colleague recently found a dead Emerita on the beach at Assateague National Seashore. The entire animal was luminescent. Does anyone know if the animal might have died during an outbreak of "red tide" (a toxic dinoflagellate bloom)? Or has anyone seen or heard of a similar phenomenon? Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M University =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Matz Berggren" Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:55:42 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Rearing barnacle larvae Hello all, I have a question that I hope some of you have been looking into. I like to know if there are methods/technics for rearing barnacle larva (in aquarium) all the way to settling (from zoea to a settled juvenile)? References, comments or ideas are all appriciated Please answer to me directly (I can present a summary to the list later). Cheers, matz Matz Berggren MIME-compilant Kristineberg Marine Research Station (http://www.kmf.gu.se) S-450 34 Fiskebackskil SWEDEN Tel: +46-(0)523-18532 Fax: +46-(0)523-18503 Fax: +46-(0)523-18502 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Magnus Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:42:46 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab I'm sure tht at some point in the past on this list someone mentioned that they had seen a ghost crab glowing. I spoke to P. Herring about that and he suggested that it might have been caused by something it had eaten. Dead marine animals may glow because of bacteria (e.g. Photobacterium phosphoreum) see Barak & Ulitzur (1980), Eur. J. Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. 10:155-165 or Tett & Kelly (1973), Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. rev. 11:89-173 Magnus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Magnus L. Johnson, Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. see : 'http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/research/blpgs.html#magnus' email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<==>-----\/// [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] ///\----<==>-----/\\\ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:14:52 -0700 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Hi Crusters, Regarding message below & earlier one from Wicksten about glowing Emerita- Yes, the following paper was about ghost crabs glowing due to injestion of luminescent ostracodes: Felder, D. L. 1982, A report of the ostracode Vargula harveyi Kornicker & King, 1965 (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae) in the southern Bahamas and its implication in luminescence of a ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata (Fabbricius, 1787). Crustaceana 42:222-224. I have examined Felder's specimens & will be discussing those luminescent ostracodes [& Vargula harveyi] in a paper I am finishing with Jim Morin. No V. harveyi, nor other cypridinid ostracodes have been collected north of the Bahamas & Florida Keys. No Cypridinidae have been reported north of the northern record for Vargula magna [see KORNICKER, L. S. 1984a. Cypridinidae of the continental shelves of southeastern North America, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies (Ostracoda: Myodocopina). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 401:1-37.]. It is not known if V. magna is bioluminescent. For the cause of the reported glowing Emerita, only speculation seems possible without additional evidence. Cheers, Anne Cohen >I'm sure tht at some point in the past on this list someone mentioned that >they had seen a ghost crab glowing. I spoke to P. Herring about that and he >suggested that it might have been caused by something it had eaten. > >Dead marine animals may glow because of bacteria (e.g. Photobacterium >phosphoreum) see Barak & Ulitzur (1980), Eur. J. Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. >10:155-165 or Tett & Kelly (1973), Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. rev. 11:89-173 > >Magnus > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >Magnus L. Johnson, Department of Biology, University of Leicester, >Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. >see : 'http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/research/blpgs.html#magnus' > >email : mlj2@le.ac.UK >Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<==>-----\/// > [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] > ///\----<==>-----/\\\ > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: >Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. >To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 06:06:21 +1000 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab At 08:46 AM 9/3/97 -0600, WICKSTEN@BIO.TAMU.EDU wrote: >Fellow crustacean enthusiasts: A colleague recently found a dead Emerita >on the beach at Assateague National Seashore. The entire animal was >luminescent. Does anyone know if the animal might have died during an >outbreak of "red tide" (a toxic dinoflagellate bloom)? Or has anyone >seen or heard of a similar phenomenon? Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M >University Margo Haygood at Scripps Inst Oceanography once told me that dead glowing crustaceans may be caused by common marine bacteria of the genus Vibrio, possibly V harveyi, which is luminescent. I found this out when someone wanted to know why some (not exactly fresh) shrimp from the markets were glowing in the refrigerator. Apparently dead crusties make a great growth substrate for Vibrio, which can be found in sea water normally. (NB: this is about all I know about marine bacteria.) So - we can't guess the cause of death without an autopsy. Buz Wilson =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: JOHN CHAPMAN Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 13:32:06 -0700 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab - glowing amphipods The glowing dead mole crab seems more likely to have been infected with a luminescent bacteria. I occasionally saw luminescent Pontogeneia rostrata (gammaridean amphipod) in Mugu Lagoon California in the early 1980's. I never found out the cause, but they were remarkably bright and very seldom lived more than a day in culture even though I was very successful at culturing the species on Ulva and Enteromorpha. I suspect they were infected with a bacterium. John John Chapman Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University ,,,....- Newport, OR 97365-5296 USA ((((((((}==== Ph. 541 867-0235/FAX 541 867-0105 '''````- INTERNET: CHAPMAN.JOHN@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV Received: from back.vims.edu by epamail.epa.gov (PMDF V5.1-8 #22480) with SMTP id <0EFY8V2DA004B6@epamail.epa.gov> for chapman-john@wpmail.new.epa.gov; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 16:28:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majord@localhost) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) id PAA13907 for crust-l-outgoing; Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:04:43 -0400 Received: from rho.ben2.ucla.edu (rho.ben2.ucla.edu [164.67.131.31]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id PAA13900 for ; Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:04:35 -0400 Received: from [164.67.20.197] (ts16-1.wla.ts.ucla.edu [164.67.20.78]) by rho.ben2.ucla.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA50940 for ; Wed, 03 Sep 1997 12:04:28 -0700 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 12:14:52 -0700 From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu X-Sender: acohen@pop.ben2.ucla.edu To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: bulk Hi Crusters, Regarding message below & earlier one from Wicksten about glowing Emerita- Yes, the following paper was about ghost crabs glowing due to injestion of luminescent ostracodes: Felder, D. L. 1982, A report of the ostracode Vargula harveyi Kornicker & King, 1965 (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae) in the southern Bahamas and its implication in luminescence of a ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata (Fabbricius, 1787). Crustaceana 42:222-224. I have examined Felder's specimens & will be discussing those luminescent ostracodes [& Vargula harveyi] in a paper I am finishing with Jim Morin. No V. harveyi, nor other cypridinid ostracodes have been collected north of the Bahamas & Florida Keys. No Cypridinidae have been reported north of the northern record for Vargula magna [see KORNICKER, L. S. 1984a. Cypridinidae of the continental shelves of southeastern North America, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies (Ostracoda: Myodocopina). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 401:1-37.]. It is not known if V. magna is bioluminescent. For the cause of the reported glowing Emerita, only speculation seems possible without additional evidence. Cheers, Anne Cohen >I'm sure tht at some point in the past on this list someone mentioned that >they had seen a ghost crab glowing. I spoke to P. Herring about that and he >suggested that it might have been caused by something it had eaten. > >Dead marine animals may glow because of bacteria (e.g. Photobacterium >phosphoreum) see Barak & Ulitzur (1980), Eur. J. Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. >10:155-165 or Tett & Kelly (1973), Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. rev. 11:89-173 > >Magnus > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking for work. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >Magnus L. Johnson, Department of Biology, University of Leicester, >Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. >see : 'http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/research/blpgs.html#magnus' > >email : mlj2@le.ac.UK >Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<==>-----\/// > [>{|||||||x: :x||||||}<] > ///\----<==>-----/\\\ > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: >Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. >To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Sheila Patek Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:46:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Lobster phylogenies Hi, Does anyone know of current/recent work on a phylogeny of spiny lobsters (Palinuridae)? There were some papers published in the 1960s, but I haven't been able to find anything since then. Thanks, Sheila Patek Box 90325 Zoology Dept. Duke University Durham, NC 27708 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:45:34 -1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Measuring CL from Molts In my work with the caridean Lysmata amboinensis, I've taken to measuring carapace length (ocular notch to posterior medial margin) of shed carapaces with a vernier caliper. I'd hoped to minimize stress and disturbance of my specimens since I doing behavioral work. Since they are probably growing, I'd like to track that too without handling them. Unfortunately, I've noticed that the molt CL's for individuals don't make sense. They seem to vary as much as 1.5 mm, and often decrease in magnitude. I sort of expected a little variation, with an overall positive growth trend. It seems that the quality of molted carapaces varies quite a bit. Often they are fairly stiff retaining shape, other times they are quite flimsly, breaking apart or disintegrating. It doesn't appear related to anything (like how long ago they molted or diet). I'm guessing that most of my variation is due to the carapaces varying in flexiblity (flat versus curved dorsal surface). Anyone experience any similar things? Or have any suggestions? Mahalo, - -Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Albert Walton PG 941/575-5810 Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 09:30:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Molted carapace measurements One method to measure soft molted carapaces is to use a dissecting scope and an ocular micrometer or a thin ruler submerged in a Petri dish with the specimen. Ford Walton Florida Department of Environmental Protection Walton_A@FTM1.DEP.STATE.FL.US =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. 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To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #81 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:10:48 1998 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:51:29 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #82 crust-l-digest Tuesday, 9 September 1997 Volume 01 : Number 082 CRUST-L: molt increments Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab CRUST-L: Energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites Re: CRUST-L: Energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods CRUST-L: barnacle (fwd) CRUST-L: Gecarcinus Molting CRUST-L: Change of e-mail address CRUST-L: ## Irish Mussel Farm (for sale) ## Re: CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods- thanks! Re: CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods- thanks! CRUST-L: valvifera, isopoda ... CRUST-L: Caspian Sea Zooplankton CRUST-L: mtDNA CRUST-L: Re: Gecarcinus Molting CRUST-L: amphipod species ID CRUST-L: glowing crab responses [none] CRUST-L: Ostracods in the Sahara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Haefner Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 11:11:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: molt increments Crangon is known to molt just prior to oviposition of the eggs, & no growth is evident. Meixner saw this in C crangon, & I saw is recently in C septemspinosa. I also observed a great deal of variability in the increment. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Shane Ahyong Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 07:47:15 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: glowing mole crab Last year I found a talitrid amphipod glowing green amongst washed up weed high up on a beach. It was the only individual that glowed among the hundreds of amphipods around and completely lost its luminescence when it died. The cause? Shane Ahyong Dept of Marine Invertebrates Australian Museum 6 College St Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA s.ahyong@unsw.edu.au On Wed, 3 Sep 1997 WICKSTEN@BIO.TAMU.EDU wrote: > > Fellow crustacean enthusiasts: A colleague recently found a dead Emerita > on the beach at Assateague National Seashore. The entire animal was > luminescent. Does anyone know if the animal might have died during an > outbreak of "red tide" (a toxic dinoflagellate bloom)? Or has anyone > seen or heard of a similar phenomenon? Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M > University > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: > Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. > To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU > Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Brad Crear Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 16:25:23 Subject: CRUST-L: Energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites Hi all, Sorry to bother you with this one. I have a couple of references to the energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites in crustaceans but I have mislaid them. Can someone point me in the right direction with a reference please. Thankyou in advance Brad Crear =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 12:34:08 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites Check out the series of papers by Mercier, Wilkens, and Wilkes in Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 113, 1884. >Hi all, >Sorry to bother you with this one. I have a couple of references to the >energetic costs of pumping scaphognathites in crustaceans but I have >mislaid them. Can someone point me in the right direction with a reference >please. >Thankyou in advance >Brad Crear > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: >Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. >To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: costa@uac.pt (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:15:18 -0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods Hello to all! I wonder if there is anybody who can tell me the current names of the following amphipod species whose names in the last century were: Gammaropsis erythrophthalmus Lilljeborg Amphithoe podoceroides Rathke Sunamphithoe hamulus Spence Bate Podocerus falcatus Montagu Erichtonius abditus Templeton Proto ventricosa O.F.Muller Caprella linearis Linn=E9 Gamarella brevicaudata Milne Edwards Calliopus laeviusculus Kroyer Maera scissimana Costa Talitrus locusta Linne Phronima sedentaria Forskal Thanks in advance! Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:28:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: barnacle (fwd) Please respond to Ana Costa and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Message-Id: <199709051814.RAA01805@alf.uac.pt> X-Sender: costa@alf.uac.pt (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:13:35 -0200 To: CRUST-L@vims.edu From: costa@uac.pt (Ana Cristina Costa) Subject: Current names of cirripeds Hello all! I also need a help on this ancient names of cirripeds: Conchoderma auritum Balanus vulgaris Does anyone know what are the current names of these species? Thanks, Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: swb@key-net.net (Stephen W. Bullington) Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 18:04:19 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Gecarcinus Molting Since last January I have had a large land crab as a pet. I bought this crab from the pet section in Wal-Mart. With its legs, etc contracted it is about the size of a man's fist, and has bright orange chelae, legs, etc. except for a large purple area mid-dorsally. I strongly suspect this crab is a species of Gecarcinus, as I was told it came from Florida. Several other similar-looking but different crabs have also been offered for sale. I am writing because this crab molted, apparently successfully, without even resorting to getting into its large water dish for support. I want to know if anyone that works with land crabs on this list has had similar successes. I have been keeping the crab in a 20-gallon high tank fitted with one of those ABS black-glossy tops that look like they were once part of a diving bell. The top is fitted with a 25-watt mini-fluorescent bulb that is quite bright. This is on a timer set for 12 hours of daylight and 12 of darkness. This has NOT varied since I got the crab, although the tank is in a room (my office) that often lit even late into the night (I work at home). The crab is protected from this light during the day by being able to retreat into a variety of shelters, including a hollow section of log (real), a cavity under some Welby wood (real), and two shelters manufactured as reptile hides (a plastic log and hollow stump). Humidity is provided by a large concrete, "naturalistic" water bowl designed for reptile enclosures. This bowl usually has about 2 inches of standing water. There is no need for a filter, as the crab has never fouled the water. Every month or so I remove and clean the bowl. The aquarium contains a layer of orchid bark ("Repti-bark") about two inches thick. I chose orchid bark as a substrate because it will absorb a great deal of water from the air before appearing wet. I keep this substrate dry. This set-up gives a temperature in the day of abut 85oF and a humidity of 85%. At night the temperature drops to about 75 and the humidity rises to about 95%. I have been feeding the crab pre-processed food designed for pet hermit crabs (Land hermit Crab Food, made by FMR Corp.) Occasionally I also throw in a dried fruit supplement (Hermit Crab Treat, also made by FMR). I have NOT provided any supplementary calcium. For eight months now the crab has lived under the conditions outlined above. During this it has been both very alert and when surprised at night (by flipping on the room light), VERY quick to retreat to shelter. About three weeks ago the crab stopped eating. The sclerites also became almost pruniose, and the flexible cuticle between these very dry looking. I thought for a time this was because the crab had stopped going into the water bowl, and might consequently be going to die. But one night about two weeks back I surprised it at the edge of the water and it scuttled off as quickly as ever. Yesterday I noticed that there was a large amount of glabrous cuticle showing along the posterior margin of the carapace, and it appeared to be bulging. This afternoon the crab molted and is now STANDING quietly over its old skin. This molt was completed entirely on dry "land" under the section of plastic log. The new cuticle is shiny and very bright orange and purple, with the pattern exactly the same as in the pre-molt individual. Anyway, that's it. What I wan't to know is, is it unusual to have a Gecarcinus successfully molt in captivity? BTW, shortly after I bought the crab I bought a copy of the book "Biology of Land Crabs" edited by W. W. Burggren and B. R. McMahon. There is a chapter in this book on molting. But it says nothing about husbandry techniques or long-term maintenance. Thanks. Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D. Consulting Entomologist Rd. 1, Box 306 Falls Creek, PA 15840 phone/FAX (814) 375-0337 swb@dubois.key-net.net [Forensic Entomology] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Carlo Pipitone" Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 16:24:28 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Change of e-mail address Good day all. For everybody who is concerned, my e-mail address has changed. The new one is: carlopip@tin.it Regards, Carlo Pipitone *********************************************** CNR-ITPP, Laboratorio di Biologia Marina via G. da Verrazzano 17 91014 Castellammare del Golfo (TP), Italy Phone: ++39 924 35013 Fax: ++39 924 35084 E-mail: carlopip@tin.it PIPITONE@ITPCNR.ITPP.PA.CNR.IT *********************************************** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Brian Wall" Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:33:42 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: ## Irish Mussel Farm (for sale) ## FOR SALE: ** Mussel Farm, Bantry Bay, Ireland ** Business Opportunity in Mariculture (for photo/map/contact info see: http://indigo.ie/~tad/mussels/) Bantry Inshore Aquaculture, a fishfarming company, seven years = cultivating shellfish commercially, is being put up for sale due to = illness. The company farms mussels using 40 longlines in 27 hectares in Bantry = Bay - Ireland's richest shellfish-growing waters. The company's = longlines are within easy reach of a good pier at Bantry. A 65ft = workboat specially adapted for fishfarming is included. Production in 1997/98 will reach 200 tonnes with potential for 250 = tonnes in the following year. Mussels are in growing demand with two = factories in Bantry and five others in Ireland buying at IR=A30.45/kg = landed at Bantry Pier. The company holds a mariculture license for 12 = hectares and has been offered a further 15 hectares by the Irish = Department of the Marine. Please e-mail Brian Wall at brian.wall@biosys.net for further = information. Phone/Fax: +353-(0)27-51615 League Point Farm, Rooska, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland http://indigo.ie/~tad/mussels/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: costa@uac.pt (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:53:34 -0200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods- thanks! Thanks to everybodody who answered me conserning this subject! Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: costa@uac.pt (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:53:34 -0200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Current names of amphipods- thanks! Thanks to everybodody who answered me conserning this subject! Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 Fax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Thierry.Rigaud@cri.univ-poitiers.fr Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:49:59 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: CRUST-L: valvifera, isopoda ... dear crusters, I have a problem with a valvifera (marine isopoda) found in the Gironde estuary in France in warm water below a nuclear power station (!). This genus looks like Idotea sp., but is NOT idotea. I can not find it in the "British Marine Isopods" (Naylor, 1972). There is no key for French marine isopods. Can anybody send me references for a key or a book or a paper on valvifera systematics ? Thanks in advance Thierry Rigaud please send your response to rigaud@hermes.univ-poitiers.fr, not to the mailing list ! Universit=E9 de Poitiers Laboratoire deG=E9n=E9tique et Biologie des Populations de Crustac=E9s 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau =46-86022 Poitiers CEDEX France Tel : (33) 05 49 45 36 07 =46ax : (33) 05 49 45 40 15 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Carol Eunmi Lee Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 02:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Caspian Sea Zooplankton Dear Crusters, Does anyone have preserved plankton samples from the Caspian Sea? I have obtained DNA sequences from the copepod species Eurytemora affinis from the Caspian Sea (along with populations from its world-wide distribution). I am now collaborating with Dr. Bruce Frost who is looking at the morphometric patterns. We do not have any males from the Caspian for this study, and would like to include the Caspian males in our biogeographic study. If anyone has some preserved plankton that we can look through we would be very grateful. This species is about 1 mm in length. Thank you, Carol Eunmi Lee School of Oceanography Box 357940 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7940 H (206) 527-2678 O (206) 543-7620 L (206) 616-1570 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: SAWICKIT@ECSUC.CTSTATEU.EDU Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:25:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: mtDNA Dear Crusters: I am looking for protocol on isolating mitochondrial DNA from crustaceans (in particular Peracarida and Phyllocarida species). Any references that you may know of would be helpful. I am hoping to do RFLP analysis with the isolated DNA. Thanks for your help. Thomas R. Sawicki Eastern Connecticut State University Dep. of Biology E-mail: Sawickit@ecsuc.ctstateu.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: swb@key-net.net (Stephen W. Bullington) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 13:31:04 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Gecarcinus Molting Thanks to everyone who replied to my question about my pet Gecarcinus. After posting the original message I sat down and carefully re-read Hartnoll's chapter on "Growth and Molting" in "Biology of Land Crabs." I see now that I should have done this first :-). As an entomologist, I was tremendously excited that an arthropod as big as this crab could molt so easily on dry land. I now know why the the shiny, membranous areas I saw just prior to the molt were bloated. These areas were located at the posteriolateral corners of the carapace. The underlying pericardial sacks must have been pumped-up with water. BTW, I also think the crab drank some additional water the night after the molt. Some liquid on the Welby wood the next morning showed that it had been out and about. The crab can now move but is obviously still teneral (the edges of the sclerites are whitish, and the sclerites themselves have a "glassy" look). Except for the presumed drinking foray, I don't think it's left its hollow since molting. Nor has it eaten the exuvium. Thanks to everyone again. One last question though. Has anyone ever managed to keep the pelagic larvae of these crabs for the month or so they would take to metamorphosize into tiny crablets? Could it be done with one (or more) marine aquaria? Or is it utterly impossible with current technology? Thanks. Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D. Consulting Entomologist Rd. 1, Box 306 Falls Creek, PA 15840 phone/FAX (814) 375-0337 swb@dubois.key-net.net [Forensic Entomology] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: gmessick@hatteras.bea.nmfs.gov Date: Tue, 9 Sep 97 14:31:10 EDT Subject: CRUST-L: amphipod species ID Dear Crust-l listees I am Gretchen Messick working at the Cooperative Oxford Lab in Oxford Maryland. I will be collecting amphipods from coastal bays of Maryland to assay for parasites and I need to identify the various species before embedding them in paraffin. Since I have no experience in amphipod taxonomy I would greatly appreciate suggestions on how to tackle this great unknown for me. I have a copy of E.L. Bousfield 1973 Shallow Water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England, but to be honest it seems it would take me years to learn to identify individual species. I would greatly appreciate any assistance. Thank you in advance. Gretchen Messick NMFS\NOAA Cooperative Oxford Laboratory 904 S. Morris Street Oxford, Maryland 21654 410-226-5193 FAX 410-226-5925 Gretchen.Messick@noaa.gov =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: WICKSTEN@BIO.TAMU.EDU Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:50:50 -0600 Subject: CRUST-L: glowing crab responses Many thanks to everyone who offered information on why a dead crab would glow. The consensus of opinion is that the animal was coated with luminescent bacteria, Vibrio sp. Mary K. Wicksten, Texas A&M University =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 18:53:37 -0700 Subject: [none] To: TOall-OSTR.List From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Subject: compound microscope advice? Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Dear Colleagues, I will be moving north next month to Bodega Bay, California and need to purchase a compound microscope [with camera lucida & lens micrometer] to continue my ostracode research. I'd be very grateful for any advice, particularly suggestions for acquiring a good scope at a reasonable price - perhaps second hand or a demonstration model. I have been very happy for several years with the old Zeiss that I have been using in Los Angeles, but am less familiar with other brands. I can see my dissections fairly well with 10x oculars plus lenses that are 2.5x-100x [oil]. At the moment I am thinking of getting a demo model of a Zeiss, but it is quite expensive. I will be a Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences and can still be reached at this ucla e-mail adress for now. Thanks very much for any microscope information- Anne Cohen Address after Oct. 1, 1997: Research Associate, Invertebrate Zoology and Geology [Crustacea] California Academy of Sciences Golden Ga USA e-mail: acohen@ucla.edu Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-763-3473 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:49:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Ostracods in the Sahara Please respond to Anne Cohen, or Michiko Yajima (PXI02070@niftyserve.or.jp) and NOT to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: Ostracoda Discussion List From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Subject: Re: Sahara Desert Cc: CRUST-L@vims.edu Wish I could help & hope someone can, so that Mr. Sakata will play jazz for us at Shizuoka! I'll forward this to the crustacean list-server. Best, Anne Cohen >Dear ostracod workers and other small crustacean workers, >Does anyone know any information about Recent ostracods or Daphnias from oasis > >of Sahara Desert. My friend Mr. Sakata, a famous jazz musician in Japan and > >the chief of Daphnia and Ostracoda club in Japan, has a plan to go to Sahara >Desert and collect ostracods from oasis with TV people. He asked me if there >are any published information. I would like to help him. He promised >ostracod workers to have a jazz concert at Shizuoka in 2001. > >Michiko Yajima >Tokyo Seitoku Gakuen >8-26-9, Toshima, >Kita-ku, Tokyo 113 >e-mail PXI02070@niftyserve.or.jp Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-763-3473 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #82 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:10:55 1998 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:39:17 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #83 crust-l-digest Monday, 15 September 1997 Volume 01 : Number 083 CRUST-L: new address in full CRUST-L: Xanthidae reproduction CRUST-L: buying a used microscope CRUST-L: Hypererythrops richardi Re: CRUST-L: Xanthidae reproduction Re: CRUST-L: buying a used microscope CRUST-L: slightly OT:submitting to JCB CRUST-L: Where to find Libinia dubia CRUST-L: Int.Crust.Congress 4 CRUST-L: Re: Xanthidae reproduction CRUST-L: euphausiacean specialists: when is a keel a keel ? CRUST-L: Plankton sample needed from the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC CRUST-L: 2nd International Isopod Conference CRUST-L: reprints Prof. Stock ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: acohen@ucla.edu (Anne C. Cohen) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:06:10 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: new address in full Hello again - my new address got cut off in my previous message & is: Address after Oct. 1, 1997: Research Associate, Invertebrate Zoology and Geology [Crustacea] California Academy of Sciences Golden Ga USA e-mail: acohen@ucla.edu Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-763-3473 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 20:33:24 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Xanthidae reproduction Dear Crusters, Does anybody knows any reference about reproduction aspects or fecundity in family Xanthidae or Trapeziidae? I need to know the ecological aspects related on this subject and I've not found anything. I really thank your help. Cheers, Ayax Rolando Diaz Ruiz Proyecto Fauna Arrecifal Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur. A.P. 19-B. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico. email: adiaz@calafia.uabcs.mx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:48:48 -0600 Subject: CRUST-L: buying a used microscope Anne, Any of the name brands will do you nicely. I'd worry more about: 1) Are the objectives all one brand (e.g. Nikon) or mixed brand? Mixed can work, but single-brand is better. Objectives *have* to be for the same length tube as the scope (obj. tube length listed with the mag and NA, scope length on the tube). In some cases, the objectives *have* to be made by the same company as the scope. The companies don't all measure tube length the same way. Zeiss 160mm may not equal Nikon 160mm. More importantly, corrections for spherical aberration, lateral chromatic aberration, etc. are done differently by different manufacturers, so mixing lenses in the optic path can cause problems. 2) (Especially if you're buying a demo or very recent used scope) Is it a "fixed-tube optics" scope, or an infinity-corrected scope? If the latter, your current objectives won't work with it without special accessories. 3) Quality of the optics in the used scope. Planapochromats with wide-field eyepieces are best. And more expensive. So a used scope in top condition can get you better objectives than a new scope for the same or less money. Higher NA for the same mag is also better, and generally an indication of higher quality optics also. Check the condensor! Wonderful objectives and eyepieces won't do any good if the condensor's no good. 4) Other features: darkfield, Nomarski (=differential interference constrast) are *very* useful, phase contrast (not so good for ostracods, but you can fake darkfield with the 10X obj & 40X condensor annulus). Again, you may be able to afford these on a used scope, and not on a new one. 5) Try the medical schools in your area. Med students and ex-med students are often selling scopes. Probably won't have want you want, but it's worth a shot. Also, contact the local sales reps for microscopy supplies; they often know of good used scopes. Look for medical labs closing and selling off their equipment. 6) Worry less about brand, and mostly about the condition of the scope (optical and mechanical). Simpler scopes with generally be better used. Use a difficult specimen that you know well to evaluate the optics. If you're confident in your ability to clean a scope properly, one that looks horrible and grungy, but it's only dirt and old oil, may be an excellent buy. Use Sparkle (purple window cleaner) to clean the lenses. 7) Water-immersion 40X and 65X objectives are good. 8) Unless it's a great deal, don't get any photomicrography stuff with the scope. All the extra electronics, etc., don't really help that much. An Olympus OM-X (1N, 2, 3, or especially 4) camera back works great for much less money. And more reliably. 9) Ocular micrometer may or may not come with the scope. If not, Edmund Scientific may have one. Some companies (e.g. Wild, probably still now since they merged/were bought by Leitz, who's now Leica, ... ) have designed their oculars so you *have* to buy reticles from them. Others haven't. A camera lucida will likely have to be bought from the company that made the scope regardless of brand. And you may be better off buying the scope, then buying the c. lucida from a vendor, they're hard to find these days. 10) For all accessories and lenses: make *certain* they're made for (not just fit) the scope body you buy. The best way is to get the original literature that came with the scope, as it should give all available accessories and part numbers. 11) Sometimes something cobbled together from spare parts can work wonderfully well. If ... . Phil > >Dear Colleagues, I will be moving north next month to Bodega Bay, >California and need to purchase a compound microscope [with camera lucida & >lens micrometer] to continue my ostracode research. I'd be very grateful >for any advice, particularly suggestions for acquiring a good scope at a >reasonable price - perhaps second hand or a demonstration model. I have >been very happy for several years with the old Zeiss that I have been using >in Los Angeles, but am less familiar with other brands. I can see my >dissections fairly well with 10x oculars plus lenses that are 2.5x-100x >[oil]. At the moment I am thinking of getting a demo model of a Zeiss, but >it is quite expensive. > I will be a Research Associate at the California Academy of >Sciences and can still be reached at this ucla e-mail adress for now. > Thanks very much for any microscope information- Anne Cohen > >Address after Oct. 1, 1997: >Research Associate, >Invertebrate Zoology and Geology [Crustacea] >California Academy of Sciences >Golden Ga >USA > > e-mail: acohen@ucla.edu > > > >Dr. Anne C. Cohen acohen@ucla.edu, >Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co., >900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 >213-763-3473 > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: >Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. >To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU >Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ***** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: "Marina Cunha" Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:22:53 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Hypererythrops richardi Dear Crusters We are searching for specimens (males and females) of the mysid Hypererythrops richardi Bacescu, 1941 known from the western Mediterranean (off Nice, 40-60 m depth; off Capri 120-130 m depth). We would very much appreciate if somebody could send us some specimens for morphological comparison purposes or at least tell us how to get them. Thanks in advance, Marina Cunha and Jean Claude Sorbe Marina Ribeiro da Cunha Departamento de Biologia Universidade de Aveiro 3810 Aveiro, PORTUGAL Tel. +351 34 370785 Fax. +351 34 26408 email. mcunha@bio.ua.pt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: costa@uac.pt (Ana Cristina Costa) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:22:36 -0200 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Xanthidae reproduction At 8:33 PM 97/09/09 -0500, Ayax R. Diaz R. wrote: >Dear Crusters, > > Does anybody knows any reference about reproduction aspects or >fecundity in family Xanthidae or Trapeziidae? I have a reference for Xantho incisus but usually the only thing you will be able to find is small notes on general books about crabs that mention reprodutive period and size of mature females. Alma=E7a, C. 1961. Notas sobre o Xantho incisus Leach de Parede (Portugal). Revista da Faculdade de Ci=EAncias de Lisboa S=E9rie 2, 8(2):155-165. Ana Cristina Costa Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Acores R. da Mae de Deus 58 9500 Ponta Delgada PORTUGAL Tel:+96 653155 ext 1237 =46ax:+96 653455 email: costa@uac.pt ( http://www.uac.pt) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: swb@key-net.net (Stephen W. Bullington) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:28:57 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: buying a used microscope At 08:48 AM 9/10/97 -0600, Philip Oshel wrote: >A camera lucida will likely have to be bought from the company that made the scope regardless of brand. And you may be better off buying the scope, then buying the c. lucida from a vendor, they're hard to find these days.< I have made several hundred drawings of insects or their parts using a microscope. So far, over half of these drawings have been published. All were either "pore maps" (i.e. whole-body drawings) of slide-mounted scale insects (Homoptera: Kermesidae)or terminalia of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae). Most of the drawings of robber fly parts I made with a second-hand AO "cycloptic" dissecting microscope. I fitted this scope with a 2X adaptor, 15X eyepieces, a micrometer, and 10x10 grid. I used the grid and graph paper for the drawings. In my opinion this technique is quicker and easier than using a camera lucida. It was also relatively cheap, with a total cost of about $600 (18 years ago). I made drawings of entire terminalia after they had been cleared in KOH. I propped them in the right position in a small flat dish filled with alcohol, or in difficult cases, with glycerine. The dish also had a shallow layer of bees' wax in the bottom. Bees' wax is very pliable and facilitates using insect pins to prop the parts in the desired position. Then I dissected the terminalia into their constituent sclerites. For large sclerites, once they were free I repeated the process. But I put the small ones in Essig's aphid fluid (a clearing agent) with a few drops of double stain, and then ran them through 70% EtOH, 100% EtOH, and clove oil into a drop of Canada Balsam on a slide. I topped this drop with a cover slip. These mounts were permanent. I learned this technique for preserving scale insects. When I drew the slide-mounted robber fly sclerites I either used the grid or a microprojector. If you're working on your own (I am), you can use 70% and 95% isopropyl (or Everclear) instead of lab-grade ethyl alcohol, cellosolve rather than clove oil, and PVC mounting medium rather than Canada balsam. The only difference is, that with cellosolve you must leave the parts in at least an hour, insead of the 15 minutes you can use with other steps. You can buy all the chemicals except KOH from a company called BioQuip. In a pinch Chlorox can be substituted for KOH, although it of course turns everything white. You would also have to experiment with the concentration and time. In addition, if you're making whole mounts of ostracods you will need to remove the body contents. If you don't the exoskeleton will prevent the chemicals listed above from replacing one another, and the finished mount will eventually turn opaque. For insect larvae, etc. I remove the insides just after removing the body from KOH and putting it in 70% alcohol. I cut a slit in one side of the insect, and then push out the insides with a small, flat spatula-like instrument. You used to be able to buy these instruments, although I think the company that made them has long since ceased operations. I really don't recommend a microprojector if you are buying personally. I still have one I bought one 18 years ago. I can't say that it's been worth the money. Their best use is for getting the outlines of a sclerite and the relative positions of the features within it. But they cannot be used as a substitute for a compound scope, as the projected image shows very little detail. To get this detail myself I bought an old monocular compound scope for $65, that was being dumped by my university. This had oil immersion, a good condenser, and one of those gadgets to manipulate slides on the stage. Although these techniques were developed for small fragile insects or the parts of larger ones, they will probably also work well for ostracods and other small crustaceans. Hope this helps. Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D. Consulting Entomologist Rd. 1, Box 306 Falls Creek, PA 15840 phone/FAX (814) 375-0337 swb@dubois.key-net.net [Forensic Entomology] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: Karen T Lee Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:43:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: slightly OT:submitting to JCB I am planning to submit something to JCB soon. I read the instructions to contributors and was confused by one thing. The instructions state that figures must be halftones printed on glossy paper. Does this mean what I think it does? All my graphs have to be photographed and printed onto glossy paper? Or, is this sentence referring only to plates? Is this typical that the figures, which are perfectly good laser printed, must be prints? Also, does anybody know what the typical page and reprint charges are for JCB? I'm asking on the list because I have been unable to contact the editor (admittedly, I didn't try very hard) and I knew that somebody on the list must have submitted something to JCB in recent memory. Thanks for the help. Karen ***************************************** Karen T. Lee (ktlee+@pitt.edu) Department of Biology University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 15904 814-269-2912 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To (un)subscribe to CRUST-L: Send (UN)SUBSCRIBE CRUST-L as the message body to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU. To post to CRUST-L, send messages to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Send HELP to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU to get additional commands. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ From: John Stachowicz Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:09:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Where to find Libinia dubia Dear Crusters: I have been working on the behavior of juveniles of the decapod crab Libinia dubia in North Carolina and would like to locate additional populations of this species to do some comparative work on a broad geographic scale. Please contact me if you know of *specific* locations anywhere along the east coast of the U.S. where I can reliably find this animal. Thanks, Jay Stachowicz Univ. North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences Morehead City NC 28557 email:jaysta