Table of contents for volume 76

• nr. 1

  • Low genetic variability in the endangered Colombian endemic freshwater turtlePodocnemis lewyana (Testudines, Podocnemididae), Mario Vargas-Ramírez , Ylenia Chiari , Olga Victoria Castaño-Mora, Steph B.J. Mens   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Freshwater planarians from artesian springs in Queensland, Australia (Platyhelminthes,Tricladida, Paludicola), Ronald Sluys, Lauryne J. Grant, David Blair   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • The first Microcharon (Crustacea, Isopoda, Microparasellidae) from the Moroccan NorthSaharan Platform. Phylogeny, origin and palaeobiogeography, Aït Boughrous, M. Boulanouar, M. Yacoubi, N. Coineau   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular andmorphological evidences, Francesca Benzoni, Fabrizio Stefani, Jaroslaw Stolarski, Michel Pichon, Guillaume Mitta, Paolo Galli   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Short notes and reviews:
  • Taxonomic uniqueness of the Javan Leopard; an opportunity for zoos to saveit, Spartaco Gippoliti, Erik Meijaard   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Avian hybrids: incidence and geographic distribution of hybridisation in birds., Mansour Aliabadian, Vincent Nijman   [TOC]    [Article]    [PDF]
     

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  • Revision of the genus Diaphorocera Heyden, 1863 (Coleoptera, Meloidae,Cerocomini), Federica Turco, Marco A. Bologna   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Using ancient DNA techniques to identify the origin of unprovenanced museum specimens,as illustrated by the identification of a 19th century lion from Amsterdam, Ross Barnett, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Beth Shapiro, Vincent Nijman   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Affinities of the family Sollasellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae).II. Molecularevidence, Dirk Erpenbeck , John N.A. Hooper, Sue E. List-Armitage, Bernard M. Degnan, Gert Wörheide, Rob W.M. van Soest   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Marine invertebrate diversity in Aristotle’s zoology, Eleni Voultsiadou, Dimitris Vafidis   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Sponge diversity and community composition in Irish bathyal coral reefs, Rob W.M. van Soest, Daniel F.R. Cleary , Mario J. de Kluijver, Marc S.S. Lavaleye, Connie Maier, Fleur C. van Duyl   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Short notes and reviews:
  • On slipper lobsters, Frederick R. Schram   [TOC]    [Article]    [PDF]
     

• nr. 3

  • Morphological re-evaluation of the parotoid glands of Bufo ictericus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), Pablo G. de Almeida, Flavia A. Felsemburg, Rodrigo A. Azevedo, Lycia de Brito-Gitirana   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • A centuries old problem in nephtheid taxonomy approached using DNA data (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea), L.P. van Ofwegen, D.S.J. Groenenberg   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Correlates between morphology, diet and foraging mode in the Ladder Snake Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz, 1822), Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Juan R. Fernández-Cardenete, Santiago Honrubia, Mónica Feriche, Carmen Villafranca   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Unexpected diversity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within the Javan pet trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy, K.A.I. Nekaris, S. Jaffe   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Low predictive power of mid-domain effect to explain geographic species richness patterns in Palearctic songbirds, M. Aliabadian, C.S. Roselaar, R. Sluys, V. Nijman   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Short notes and reviews:
  • A nomenclatural note on the Miocene dormouse Quercomys parsani Daams, 1991, Israel García-Paredes, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende   [TOC]    [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Trade in non-native, CITES-listed, wildlife in Asia, as exemplified by the trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises (Chelonidae) in Thailand, Vincent Nijman, Chris R. Shepherd   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     

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  • Kugelzellen in larval anuran epidermis: an ultrastructural study on tadpoles of Pelobates cultripes (Pelobatidae) and Phyllobates bicolor (Dendrobatidae), Giovanni Delfino, Sara Quagliata, Filippo Giachi, Cecilia Malentacchi   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Littoral Pycnogonida from the Socotra Archipelago, Valerio Bartolino, Franz Krapp   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Dolphins and African apes: comparisons of sympatric socio-ecology, Maddalena Bearzi, Craig B. Stanford   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Behavioural responses of caddisfly larvae (Hydropsyche angustipennis) to hypoxia, H.G. van der Geest   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin, J.W. Arntzen, G. Espregueira Themudo, B. Wielstra   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Short notes and reviews:
  • Mirrabella, a new name for the genus MirabellaDe Bruijn et al., 1987 (Mammalia), preoccupied by MirabellaEmeljanov, 1982 (Insecta), Hans de Bruijn, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Stephen K. Donovan   [TOC]    [Article]    [PDF]
     
  • Contributions to Zoology, the Journal - diversity in research topics and changes over the last 27 years, Ronald Vonk, Vincent Nijman   [TOC]  [Abstract]  [Article]    [PDF]
     

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