The notion that men are more variable than women has become embedded into scientific
thinking. For mental traits like personality, greater male variability has been partly attributed …

The crustacean order Isopoda (excluding Asellota, crustacean symbionts and freshwater
taxa) comprise 3154 described marine species in 379 genera in 37 families according to the …

Diverse and locally abundant Lowermost Triassic (lower Induan, Griesbachian) trace-fossil
assemblages are described and their significance for the location and characteristics of …

Deep-sea trenches present an ideal system in which to study vertical zonation, though the
difficulties inherent in studying these great depths have thus far deterred such research …

Terrestriality, the adaptation to life on land, is one of the key evolutionary transitions,
occurring numerous times across the tree of life. Within Arthropoda, there have been several …

Almost nothing has been reported on the natural history of any of the world's 92 species of
cave cirolanids, including those from saltwater caves (anchialine). Over 1400 specimens of …

Using new collecting techniques with the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible, eight species of
deep-sea benthic crustaceans were collected with intact visual systems. Their spectral …

Patterns in the life-history traits of the pandalid shrimp Plesionika edwardsii are studied for
the first time in three isolated Atlantic populations (Madeira, Canaries and Cape Verde …

Metabolic rate, the amount of energy consumed per unit of time, for an organism to sustain
life, is influenced by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Despite similarities among living …

A dense assemblage of fossil isopod crustaceans (Brunnaega tomhurleyi Wilson, sp. nov.)
from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia, has been …