Meeting Abstract 33.6  Jan. 5  Growth and survival consequences of ovulation order among sibling Lincoln’s sparrows SOCKMAN, K.W.*; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill kws@unc.edu The asynchronous production of offspring may affect offspring viability, due to a potential sibling hierarchy established by competing siblings of unequal age and due to variation in parental provisioning relative to ovulation […]

Meeting Abstract 33.3  Jan. 5  Fitness consequences of polyandrous mating for female marbled salamanders CROSHAW, Dean A.; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory croshaw@srel.edu Female polyandry occurs to some extent in a very high proportion of species. Because mating likely involves considerable fitness costs to individual females, theory predicts that polyandrous females gain fitness benefits that outweigh the costs, […]

Meeting Abstract 33.5  Jan. 5  Does territory defense confer a fitness advantage to males? A paternity study in the Caribbean lizard, Anolis cristatellus JOHNSON, M. A.; Washington University, St. Louis, MO mjohnson@biology2.wustl.edu One important benefit of territoriality in many species is exclusive access to resources, including potential mates, within a defended area. A logical extension of this […]

Meeting Abstract 33.1  Jan. 5  Does spawning behaviour minimize exposure to environmental stressors for encapsulated embryos on rocky shores? PRZESLAWSKI, Rachel A; Stony Brook University rachel@bio.life.sunysb.edu Organisms in intertidal environments are often exposed to a range of potential stressors. Whereas adults are able to seek shelter to avoid stress associated with low tides, embryos within egg masses […]

Meeting Abstract 33.8  Friday, Jan. 4  Xanthid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) classification and phylogeny: an appraisal using the setotaxy of first stage zoeas. CLARK, Paul F.; The Natural History Museum, London p.clark@nhm.ac.uk Xanthoidean crabs are common and speciose in macrofaunal communities of reef habitats worldwide. There are probably more genera assigned to the superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 […]

Meeting Abstract 33.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Re-examination of Hexapanopeus, Acantholobulus, and related genera of the Panopeidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) by morphological and molecular methods. THOMA, B.P.*; SCHUBART, C,D,; FELDER, D.L.; University of Louisiana – Lafayette; Universit�t Regensburg, Germany; University of Louisiana – Lafayette brent.thoma@louisiana.edu Historically, placement of some brachyuran taxa within families has been based on characters […]

Meeting Abstract 33.7  Friday, Jan. 4  Phylogeny of the brachyuran crab superfamily Majoidea: a comparison of molecular and morphological characters HULTGREN, K.M.*; PALERO, F.; GUERAO, G.; MARQUES, F.P.L.; Smithsonian Institution; University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona; University of San Paulo, Brazil khultgren@ucdavis.edu Phylogenies are invaluable tools to trace the evolution of morphological, behavioral, and physiological diversity in […]

Meeting Abstract 33.9  Friday, Jan. 4  Phylogenetic relationships among the Dendrobranchiata based on morphological characters TAVARES, C.*; MARTIN, J.; Museu Nacional/UFRJ; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County cr_tavares@hotmail.com Dendrobranchiata comprises two superfamilies: Penaeoidea (Aristeidae, Benthesicymidae, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae and Solenoceridae) and Sergestoidea (Luciferidae and Sergestidae). This work intends to do a phylogenetic analysis of Dendrobranchiata based on […]

Meeting Abstract 33.6  Friday, Jan. 4  New morphological evidence for paraphyly of podotreme Brachyura SCHOLTZ, Gerhard*; MCLAY, Colin; Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin; University of Canterbury, Christchurch gerhard.scholtz@rz.hu-berlin.de Our view on the phylogeny of brachyuran crabs has been dramatically changed by the seminal work of Guinot in the late 1970s. Mainly based on the apomorphic sternal position of the […]

Meeting Abstract 33.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Molecular phylogeny of Anomura: is parallel evolution common in Decapoda? TSANG, L.M.*; CHAN, T.Y.; CHU, K.H.; The Chinese University of Hong Kong; National Taiwan Ocean University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong kiryu-sky@i-urban.com.hk Anomura is morphologically the most diverse group of decapods and the interfamilial relationship has long been controversial. Here […]