Pub Date : 2022-09-18DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.685.693
I. Visser, Krista van der Linde, Sarah E. Richard, Tracy E. Cooper, T. Hardie, Rick Bout
{"title":"Can a leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx de Blainville, 1820 (Mammalia Phocidae), change its spots? (Spoiler alert: at least one adult female can)","authors":"I. Visser, Krista van der Linde, Sarah E. Richard, Tracy E. Cooper, T. Hardie, Rick Bout","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.685.693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.685.693","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42543426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-18DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.673.684
E. Mancini, F. Tiralongo, Fabio Collepardo Coccia, Daniele Pieracci, Enea Tentoni, Massimo Ceci, Stefano Cerioni
{"title":"The wels catfish Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopterygii Siluriformes) in Italian waters: a review with first report in the Bolsena lake (Italy)","authors":"E. Mancini, F. Tiralongo, Fabio Collepardo Coccia, Daniele Pieracci, Enea Tentoni, Massimo Ceci, Stefano Cerioni","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.673.684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.673.684","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46267728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-18DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.627.639
Aya Algadry, Esra’a Dorman, Essam Bourass, K. Etayeb
{"title":"The role of constructed wetlands in the conservation of biodiversity: a case study on birds diversity in Al-Hadba treatment plant, Tripoli, Libya","authors":"Aya Algadry, Esra’a Dorman, Essam Bourass, K. Etayeb","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.627.639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.627.639","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44920019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-16DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.515.530
A. Lombardo, G. Marletta
{"title":"The order Aplysiida (Gastropoda Heterobranchia) along the central-eastern coast of Sicily (Ionian Sea, Mediterranean)","authors":"A. Lombardo, G. Marletta","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.515.530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.515.530","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46828254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-16DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.531.585
Pietro Lo Cascio, G. Altadonna, P. Ponel
{"title":"Diversity and distribution of beetles in a Mediterranean volcanic archipelago: an updated checklist of the Coleoptera of the Aeolian Islands (Sicily, Italy)","authors":"Pietro Lo Cascio, G. Altadonna, P. Ponel","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.531.585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.531.585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44969847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-16DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.483.494
F. Belmokhtar, R. Belmokhtar, A. Kerfouf, Mohammed Bey Baba Hamed
{"title":"Morphometric analysis of three Mediterranean limpets Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758, P. rustica Linnaeus, 1758 and the endangered P. ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 (Gastropoda Patellidae) from the Algerian West Coast","authors":"F. Belmokhtar, R. Belmokhtar, A. Kerfouf, Mohammed Bey Baba Hamed","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.483.494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.483.494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44139401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-16DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.587.596
Nesma Abir Daas, Asma Boukari, N. Soltani
{"title":"The wedge clam Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Bivalvia Donacidae) as bioindicator for monitoring of the Annaba gulf (Algeria): measurements of lipid and malondialdehyde rates during the reproduction (Spring 2021)","authors":"Nesma Abir Daas, Asma Boukari, N. Soltani","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.587.596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.587.596","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42977282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-16DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.617.621
F. Galluzzo, V. Cumbo, G. Cammilleri, A. Macaluso, A. Vella, Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico, V. Ferrantelli, Salvatore Seminara
{"title":"Comparison between aluminum bioaccumulation in samples of the Muscovy duck Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves Anatidae) from the city (Palermo) and the country (Monreale) (Italy)","authors":"F. Galluzzo, V. Cumbo, G. Cammilleri, A. Macaluso, A. Vella, Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico, V. Ferrantelli, Salvatore Seminara","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.617.621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.3.617.621","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49567641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-20DOI: 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.2.443.478
F. Boyer, Walter Renda
The species Gibberula philippii (Monterosato, 1878) (Gastropoda Cystiscidae) is revised and one lectotype and six paralectotypes are appointed from a lot of Palermo belonging to the Monterosato Collection in the Civic Museum of Roma. Palermo is defined as the type locality of the species. The phenetic variability of G. philippii (shell morphology and animal chromatism) is displayed and commented through numerous specimens from various localities of the Mediterranean Sea and a sample from the Ibero-Moroccan Gulf (Casablanca). Gibberula cristinae with this populational approach is synonymous with G. philippii. In the present state, no sibling species is detected within the Mediterranean G. philippii group of forms and G. philippii is considered as a polymorphic species. The alleged complex of sibling species of G. philippii described recently from the Canarian Archipelago is discussed as a comparative case. The populational approach and the extensive study of the phenetic variability is argued to offer high benefits by itself in malacology studies and to contribute highly to the efficiency of integrative taxonomy.
{"title":"Revision of Gibberula philippii (Monterosato, 1878) in a populational approach (Gastropoda Cystiscidae)","authors":"F. Boyer, Walter Renda","doi":"10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.2.443.478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2022.13.2.443.478","url":null,"abstract":"The species Gibberula philippii (Monterosato, 1878) (Gastropoda Cystiscidae) is revised and one lectotype and six paralectotypes are appointed from a lot of Palermo belonging to the Monterosato Collection in the Civic Museum of Roma. Palermo is defined as the type locality of the species. The phenetic variability of G. philippii (shell morphology and animal chromatism) is displayed and commented through numerous specimens from various localities of the Mediterranean Sea and a sample from the Ibero-Moroccan Gulf (Casablanca). Gibberula cristinae with this populational approach is synonymous with G. philippii. In the present state, no sibling species is detected within the Mediterranean G. philippii group of forms and G. philippii is considered as a polymorphic species. The alleged complex of sibling species of G. philippii described recently from the Canarian Archipelago is discussed as a comparative case. The populational approach and the extensive study of the phenetic variability is argued to offer high benefits by itself in malacology studies and to contribute highly to the efficiency of integrative taxonomy.","PeriodicalId":30276,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46052024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}