empusa


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empusa

(ɛmˈpjuːzə)
n
a goblin in Greek mythology
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The sBG ciliate was detected in five species including the lesser blue crab (Callinectes similis), the common spider crab (Libinia emarginata), the mantis shrimp (Squilla empusa), the seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri), and the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.), suggesting the potential for these species to serve as reservoirs of sBG infection.
For example, in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, mysid shrimp (Neomysis spp.), sand shrimp, mantis shrimp (Squilla empusa), and fish (bay anchovy [Anchoa mitchilli] and weakfish [Cynoscion regalis]) accounted for ~91%, by weight, of the total diet of summer flounder 125-224 mm TL (Latour et al., 2008).
empusa (MONTERO & ORTIZ, 2013b); sin embargo, las protuberancias que presenta en la zona dorsal son similares a Magneuptychia libye (KAMINSKI & FREITAS, 2008) e Yphthimoides cipoensis (FREITAS, 2004) y a la satyrinae asiatica Ypthima ceylonica (VAN DER POORTEN & VAN DER POORTEN, 2012); esta caracteristica se propone como caracter a tener en cuenta al comparar con pupas de otros generos del complejo Pedaliodes.
L81947.1 Squilla empusa L81946.1 Cytochrome oxidase gene PCR A.
Los machos tuvieron talla media de 29,35 [+ o -] 5,36 cm (LT) y su dieta estuvo compuesta por 16 categorias siendo las mas representativas Portunus spp., Farfantepenaeus spp., Trichiurus lepturus, Squilla empusa, S.
empusa Parameters (average) 31 31 31.5 31 31 salinity 25.5 25 25 25 24 temperature 12.0 12 11 11 11 oxigen DEPTH MONTHS SPECIES Second Year 10 20 30 40 50 PISCES Alectis ciliaris 0 0 1 0 0 Aluterus scriptus 0 0 1 0 0 Achirus lineatus 0 0 0 2 0 +Antennarius ocellatus 0 0 0 0 0 A.