Meeting Abstract 92.2  Thursday, Jan. 7  Predation and tail autotomy in Anolis lizards REVELL, Liam J.*; LOVELY, Karen R.; MAHLER, D. Luke; National Evolutionary Synthesis Center; Harvard University; Harvard University lrevell@nescent.org Caudal autotomy is common in reptiles, where it is most often used as a defense mechanism against predatory attacks. We used the distribution of caudal vertebrae […]

Meeting Abstract 92.4  Thursday, Jan. 7   Hormonal responses to calls warning of predators and development of survival behaviors MATEO, J.M.; Univ. of Chicago jmateo@uchicago.edu Shortly after emerging from natal burrows at one month of age, juvenile Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi) learn to respond to whistle and trill alarm calls, which warn of aerial and terrestrial […]

Meeting Abstract 92.3  Thursday, Jan. 7  Experimental evidence for the role of fluorescent proteins (GFPs) in prey attraction HADDOCK, SHD*; FIGOSKI, L; WATTS, M; SWEENEY, AM; DUNN, CW; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst.; MBARI; MBARI; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Brown University haddock@mbari.org Autofluorescence is common in the ocean, where a variety of molecules can re-emit absorbed […]

Meeting Abstract 92.5  Thursday, Jan. 7  Coupling GPS tracking with dive behavior to examine the relationship between foraging strategy and fine-scale movements KUHN, C. E.*; TREMBLAY, Y.; REAM, R. R.; GELATT, T. S.; National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA; Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale; National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA; National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA Carey.Kuhn@noaa.gov The […]

Meeting Abstract 91.8  Thursday, Jan. 7  Wnt signaling and appendage development in the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes NÖDL, Marie T*; FARFAN, Claudia B; DE COUET, H Gert; Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Austria; Departmento de Acuicultura, CICESE, Mexico; Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA couet@hawaii.edu The Wnt pathway is an evolutionary conserved […]

Meeting Abstract 91.5  Thursday, Jan. 7  The development of mesoderm in the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa PASSAMANECK, Y.J.*; HEJNOL, A.; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; Univ. Hawaii, Kewalo Marine Lab; Univ. Hawaii, Kewalo Marine Lab; Univ. Hawaii, Kewalo Marine Lab yale@hawaii.edu Classical observations of articulate brachiopods have presented a range of interpretations regarding the formation of the mesoderm, including coelomic spaces, […]

Meeting Abstract 91.2  Thursday, Jan. 7  Evolutionarily conserved expression of genes involved in the differentiation of anterior neural tissues within the larva of the articulate brachiopod, Terebratalia transversa. SANTAGATA, S.**; RESH, C.; HEJNOL, A.; PASSAMANECK, Y.; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus; Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii; Kewalo […]

Meeting Abstract 91.3  Thursday, Jan. 7  Embryonic and post-embryonic development of the polyclad flatworm Maritigrella crozieri, and the homology of lophotrochozoan larval characters RAWLINSON, Kate A; Smithsonian Marine Station rawlinsonk@si.edu There is a patchy distribution of ciliated planktonic (“larval”) stages across the Lophotrochozoa, and these stages share many morphological characters. This broad distribution of larval characters can […]

Meeting Abstract 91.10  Thursday, Jan. 7  Comparative Anatomy of Planuliform Nemertean Larvae GAVELIS, Gregory*; MASLAKOVA, Svetlana; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology gavelis@uoregon.edu Nemertean developmental studies have focused primarily on the pilidium larva of the pilidiophoran group, with little attention to the planuliform larvae of the palaeonemertans or hoplonemerteans. Morphogenesis of the proboscis, cerebral organs, and digestive system […]

Meeting Abstract 91.1  Thursday, Jan. 7  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain development in the annelid Capitella teleta MEYER, NP*; SEAVER, EC; Kewalo Marine Lab, PBRC, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI nmeyer@hawaii.edu Capitella teleta (formerly Capitella sp. I) is a polychaete annelid whose central nervous system (CNS) consists of a dorsal, anterior brain, circumesophageal connectives and a […]