Meeting Abstract 24.2  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Just because the shoe fits doesn’t mean you should wear it: complex evolutionary patterns in the reef fish genus Naso HORNE, John B*; VAN HERWERDEN, Lynne; CHOAT, J Howard; James Cook University; James Cook University; James Cook University john.horne@jcu.edu.au Some Indo-Pacific coral reef fish species have been reported to have multiple […]

Meeting Abstract 24.6  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Indications of Incipient Ecological Speciation in a Polymorphic Coral Reef Fish WHITNEY, JL*; KARL, SA; Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai`i, Mānoa; Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai`i, Mānoa jw2@hawaii.edu A long-standing challenge in marine evolutionary biology has been explaining the origin of high levels of species […]

Meeting Abstract 24.5  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Divergence of Baltic Sea populations of the poecilogonous polychaete Pygospio elegans reflects barriers to dispersal and predominant developmental mode KESANIEMI, J.E.; KNOTT, K.E.*; University of Jyvaskyla; University of Jyvaskyla emily.knott@jyu.fi Pygospio elegans is a poecilogonous species capable of producing either planktonic or brooded larvae following sexual reproduction. The different larvae are […]

Meeting Abstract 23.6  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH) in both sexes in wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus). ZOHDY, Sarah*; TECOT, Stacey; WRIGHT, Patricia C.; JERNVALL, Jukka; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; University of Arizona, Tucson; Stony Brook University, Long Island; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland sarah.zohdy@helsinki.fi Testosterone is thought to be the […]

Meeting Abstract 23.1  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Reproductive Morphology and Behavior in Anolis Lizards: A Comparative Analysis JOHNSON, Michele A.*; LOPEZ, M. Veronica; WHITTLE, Tara K.; WADE, Juli; Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI michele.johnson@trinity.edu Across vertebrate taxa, the size of morphological structures […]

Meeting Abstract 23.5  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Practice makes perfect: non-conceptive sexual experience as juveniles diminishes individuals’ latency to copulate when mature PRUITT, JN*; RIECHERT, SE; University of California, Davis; University of Tennessee, Knoxville Agelenopsis@gmail.com Although the evolution of sex has proven a perennial topic in evolutionary biology, the function of non-conceptive sexual behavior in animal societies is […]

Meeting Abstract 23.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Observations on mating behavior and development in the lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae (Jatta, 1889) HOFMEISTER, J.K.*; ALUPAY, J.S.; ROSS, R.; CALDWELL, R.L.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; California Academy of Sciences; Univ. of California, Berkeley jenkkhof@berkeley.edu The lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae, is a rare […]

Meeting Abstract 23.2  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Monogamy in the sea: social monogamy in two mantis shrimp species inhabiting coral backreefs WRIGHT, ML*; CALDWELL, RL; Univeristy of California Berkeley; University of California Berkeley wrightml@berkeley.edu Conditions that may lead to the evolution of social monogamy (when males and females form social pairs) include an even sex ratio, even resource […]

Meeting Abstract 23.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  First Description of a Pure-Search Mating System and Protandry in the Caridean Genus Rhynchocinetes BAUER, R.T.*; THIEL, M.; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette; Univ. Católica del Norte, Chile rtbauer@louisiana.edu Previous studies on two gonochoric species of the genus Rhynchocinetes (“hingebeak” shrimps) have described mating systems in which large dominant males with hypertrophied […]

Meeting Abstract 22.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  The influence of host physiology and infection intensity on the metamorphosis of freshwater mussel larva. DUBANSKY, B*; WHITAKER, B; GALVEZ, F; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA bduban1@lsu.edu The larva of unionid freshwater mussels (glochidia) undergo a parasitic stage requiring their attachment to the external epithelia of fish hosts, where they […]