Meeting Abstract 42.3  Monday, Jan. 5  Developmental plasticity of cutaneous water loss and lipid composition in stratum corneum of desert and mesic nestling house sparrows MUNOZ-GARCIA, Agusti*; WILLIAMS, Joseph B.; Ohio State University, Columbus; Ohio State University, Columbus munoz-garcia.1@osu.edu Intercellular lipids of the stratum corneum (SC), the outer layer of the epidermis, form a barrier to water […]

Meeting Abstract 42.2  Monday, Jan. 5  A Comparative Analysis of Evaporative Water Loss in Mammals VAN SANT, MJ*; OUFIERO, CE; HAMMOND, KA; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside mvans001@ucr.edu Organisms must acquire sufficient water and energy from the environment to maintain cellular function and support maintenance, growth and reproduction. Water is […]

Meeting Abstract 41.2  Monday, Jan. 5  Occurrence of the rhizocephalan and isopod parasites on three intertidal hermit crabs in Japan ASAKURA, A.*; IMAZU, M.; Nat. Hist. Mus. Inst. Chiba, Japan; Toho Univ., Funabashi, Japan asakura@chiba-muse.or.jp To examine the prevalence of rhizocephalan and isopod parasitism, we sampled three hermit crab species, Pagurus filholi (n=5738), P. maculosus (n=720), and […]

Meeting Abstract 41.6  Monday, Jan. 5  Hypersymbioses in the pinnotherid crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae): a review MCDERMOTT, J.J.; Franklin and Marshall College jmcdermo@fandm.edu Members of the brachyuran family Pinnotheridae are nearly all symbionts of other invertebrates; some crabs are subtly parasitic and others commensalistic. Most live inside bivalve mollusks or in the tubes or burrows of polychaetes […]

Meeting Abstract 41.5  Monday, Jan. 5  First report of Orthione griffenis Markham, 2004 (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) from China and comparison with types specimens and collections from the west coast of the United States WILLIAMS, J. D.*; AN, J.; Hofstra Univ., New York biojdw@hofstra.edu Orthione griffenis Markham, 2004 was originally described from thalassinid mudshrimp hosts collected in Oregon. […]

Meeting Abstract 41.3  Monday, Jan. 5  Factors Affecting the Distribution and Infection Success of Two North American Sacculinids (Rhizocephala) O’BRIEN, J.J.; University of South Alabama jobrien@jaguar1.usouthal.edu Heterosaccus californicus parasitizes majid crabs along the western coast of North America south of Bodega Bay while Loxothylacus texanus is endemic on species of portunids in the Gulf of Mexico. For […]

Meeting Abstract 41.1  Monday, Jan. 5  A First Look at the Phylogeny of the Entoniscidae SHIELDS, Jeffrey D.*; MILLER, Terrence L.; BOYKO, Christopher B.; VIMS; VIMS; Molloy College, NY jeff@vims.edu The Entoniscidae are a bizarre group of parasitic Isopoda that live internally within their decapod hosts. They live internally in the hemocoels of their hosts and apparently […]

Meeting Abstract 40.1  Monday, Jan. 5  Stingray Swimming in 3D: Pectoral fin locomotion BLEVINS, E.*; LAUDER, G.V.; Harvard University; Harvard University eblevins@fas.harvard.edu Stingrays swim by undulating their expanded pectoral fins, passing a propulsive wave from anterior to posterior. Basic 2D waveforms have been described for some species, but we have shown that the extreme flexibility of stingray […]

Meeting Abstract 40.6  Monday, Jan. 5  Paired fin-based locomotion in the lungfish KING, HM*; HALE, ME; Univ. Chicago; Univ. Chicago hking@uchicago.edu Lungfish are one of only two extant non-tetrapod sarcopterygian taxa, the other being coelacanths, and are of interest to biologists from anatomical, physiological and evolutionary perspectives. Despite this, little is known of their locomotion, particularly locomotion […]

Meeting Abstract 40.2  Monday, Jan. 5  Interspecific variation of pectoral fin morphology of surfperches (Embiotocidae) along Central California PERLMAN, B.M.*; FERRY-GRAHAM, L.A.; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories bperlman@mlml.calstate.edu Embiotocids are a groups of near-shore fishes that overlap considerably in their distributions. As a result, they are thought to partition themselves into relatively well-defined habitats. […]