Meeting Abstract P1-95 Saturday, Jan. 4 Predator-mimicking sensory exploitation in the courtship display of Maratus jumping spiders. HARRIS, OK*; MOREHOUSE, NI; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati harrisok@mail.uc.edu Many organisms benefit from innate anti-predator responses. Innate response behaviors can save precious processing time that may mean the difference between capture and escape. Such behaviors are often under […]
Archives: Abstracts
Prairies in Pennsylvania Assessing the conservation status of Baptisia australis var australis through natural history and metapopulation lenses
Meeting Abstract P1-132 Saturday, Jan. 4 Prairies in Pennsylvania?: Assessing the conservation status of Baptisia australis var. australis through natural history and metapopulation lenses. MOORE, CL; MCDONNELL, AJ; SCHUETTE, S; MARTINE, CT*; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; Chicago Botanic Garden ; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA ctm015@bucknell.edu https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/chris-martine In Pennsylvania B. australis var. australis […]
Potential for elastic soft tissue deformation and mechanosensory function within the lumbosacral spinal canal of birds
Meeting Abstract P1-89 Saturday, Jan. 4 Potential for elastic soft tissue deformation and mechanosensory function within the lumbosacral spinal canal of birds KAMSKA, V*; DALEY, M; BADRI-SPROWITZ, A; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent; University of California, Irvine; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent kamska@is.mpg.de Avians show a specialization of their lumbosacral (LS) region, which is unique amongst vertebrates. […]
Postnatal maternal stress decreases locomotive play behaviors in Octodon degus pups
Meeting Abstract P1-87 Saturday, Jan. 4 Postnatal maternal stress decreases locomotive play behaviors in Octodon degus pups SAM, A*; MALCANGI, S; LAM, C; LEóN, C; RAMíREZ-ESTRADA, J; BAUER, C; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA ; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA ; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA ; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; […]
Possible niche overlap based on similarities in body form among early jawed and jawless vertebrates
Meeting Abstract P1-57 Saturday, Jan. 4 Possible niche overlap based on similarities in body form among early jawed and jawless vertebrates SCOTT, BR*; ANDERSON, PSL; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign brscott2@illinois.edu The agnathan/gnathostome (jawless vertebrate/jawed vertebrate) transition represents one of the most significant faunal turnovers in the earth’s history. From the Silurian period (444 […]
Population Genetics of the Critically Imperiled Oblong Rocksnail Leptoxis compacta
Meeting Abstract P1-33 Saturday, Jan. 4 Population Genetics of the Critically Imperiled Oblong Rocksnail Leptoxis compacta WRIGHT, AD*; WILLIAMS, AS; GARRISON, NL; WHELAN, NV; Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL awright1863@tuskegee.edu Many freshwater systems in the eastern United States rely on pleurocerid snails as important nutrient cyclers […]
Phylogeography of Neopurcellia salmoni, a widespread mite harvestman from the South Island of New Zealand, with the first report of male polymorphism in the suborder Cyphophthalmi
Meeting Abstract P1-34 Saturday, Jan. 4 Phylogeography of Neopurcellia salmoni, a widespread mite harvestman from the South Island of New Zealand, with the first report of male polymorphism in the suborder Cyphophthalmi TARDELLI CANEDO, P*; BAKER, CM; MORISAWA, R; PESSEREAU, EJ; BOYER, SL; Macalester College; Harvard University; Macalester College; Macalester College; Macalester College ptcanedo@gmail.com Neopurcellia is a […]
Phylogeny of the New Zealand harvestman genus Rakaia (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) based on Ultra-Conserved Elements, with a description of new species
Meeting Abstract P1-28 Saturday, Jan. 4 Phylogeny of the New Zealand harvestman genus Rakaia (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) based on Ultra-Conserved Elements, with a description of new species MORISAWA, R*; DERKARABETIAN, S; BOYER, SL; Macalester College; Harvard University ; Macalester College rmorisaw@macalester.edu We produced an updated phylogeny of mite harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) belonging to the genus […]
Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidaria Anthozoa Actiniaria)
Meeting Abstract P1-24 Saturday, Jan. 4 Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) HAMILTON, N*; RODRIGUEZ, E; IZUMI, T; YAP, N; DALY, M; Texas A&M University; The American Museum of Natural History; The University of Tokyo; National University of Singapore; The Ohio State University nhamilton@tamu.edu Sea anemones (order Actiniaria) are a […]
Phylogenetic Placement of Burmese Tree Frogs in the genus Polypedates (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Meeting Abstract P1-130 Saturday, Jan. 4 Phylogenetic Placement of Burmese Tree Frogs in the genus Polypedates (Gravenhorst, 1829) BENEDICT, C*; WOOD, P; GRISMER, L; OAKS, J; Auburn University; Auburn University; La Sierra University; Auburn University cab0109@auburn.edu Amphibians of Southeast Asia have been shown to have high levels of cryptic diversity and the region offers a unique biogeographical […]
