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Biomphalaria Straminea
''Biomphalaria straminea'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This snail is a medically important pest, because an intermediate host for the parasite '' Schistosoma mansoni'' and a vector of schistosomiasis. The history of these discoveries was summarized by Paraense (2001). The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral. Distribution ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' is a Neotropical species. It occurs in: * Caribbean: Saint Lucia – reported since 1993 * northeast of Brazil This species has recently expanded its native range. As an introduced species, it occurs in: * Hong Kong and Southern China - firstly collected in 1973 in the Lam Tsuen valley in Hong Kong, in has now been identified at a number of locations in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. Phylogeny To allow comparisons with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Glabrata
''Biomphalaria glabrata'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' is an intermediate snail host for the trematode ''Schistosoma mansoni'', which is one of the main schistosomes that infect humans. This snail is a medically important pest, because of transferring the disease intestinal schistosomiasis, the most widespread of all types of schistosomiasis. The parasite ''Schistosoma mansoni'' (which these snails and other ''Biomphalaria'' snails carry) infects about 83.31 million people worldwide. ''Biomphalaria glabrata''/''Schistosoma mansoni'' provides a useful model system for investigating the intimate interactions between host and parasite. There is a great deal of information available about this snail, because it has been, and continues to be, under intensive study by many malacologists, parasitologists and other researchers, on account of its medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Smithi
''Biomphalaria smithi'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. ''Biomphalaria smithi'' is the type species of the genus ''Biomphalaria''. The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum. Distribution The type locality is the Lake Albert, Uganda. Shell description The width of the shell is from 7.5 mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4 mm. The height of the aperture is 5 mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5 mm. Phylogeny A cladogram A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to d ... showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'': References Further reading * Baker F. C. (1945''The molluscan family Planorbidae'' U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Alexandrina
''Biomphalaria alexandrina'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Distribution This species occur in Egypt Habitat ''Biomphalaria alexandrina'' lives in freshwater, for example in irrigation canals. Feeding habits In captivity, ''Biomphalaria alexandrina'' can be fed on boiled leaves of lettuce. Parasites ''Biomphalaria alexandrina'' serves as an intermediate host for ''Schistosoma mansoni'' Hybrid There is a known hybrid ''Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina'', from Egypt. Phylogeny A cladogram A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to d ... showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'': References Fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Choanomphala
''Biomphalaria'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Biomphalaria Preston, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718742 on 2018-02-13 ''Biomphalaria'' is the type genus of the tribe Biomphalariini. ''Taphius'' is a synonym for ''Biomphalaria''. The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral. Species As of 2008 there were recognized 34 extant species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'' in total (22 American species and 12 Old World species). There were also described number of fossil ''Biomphalaria'' species. American species include: # ''Biomphalaria amazonica'' Paraense, 1966 # '' Biomphalaria andecola'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) # ''Biomphalaria cousini'' # ''Biomphalaria edisoni'' Estrada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Sudanica
''Biomphalaria sudanica'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. ''Biomphalaria sudanica'' has a discoidal, brown shell with an approximate shell diameter of 9–11 mm. ''Biomphalaria sudanica'' is a medically important pest, due to it being an intermediate host of the intravascular trematode genus, ''Schistosoma''. Distribution This is an African ''Biomphalaria'' species, and occurs mainly in East Africa: * The River Nile, Shambat, Sudan. * Lake Albert, Uganda. (Lake Albert is between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo) * Lake Kyoga, Uganda. * Lake Ziway, Ethiopia Phylogeny A cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'': Ecology ''Biomphalaria sudanica'' is found in shallow water near the shoreline in Lake Albert. Despite being a pulmonate, ''Biomphalaria sudanica'' is well adapted to use the oxygen from water (bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Camerunensis
''Biomphalaria camerunensis'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin ins .... The species is found in freshwater environments. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q20046516 Planorbidae Gastropods described in 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Pfeifferi
''Biomphalaria pfeifferi'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This snail is a medically important pest, because of transferring the disease schistosomiasis. Distribution ''Biomphalaria pfeifferi'' is an African species. It has recently expanded its native range. Distribution of ''Biomphalaria pfeifferi'' include: * Western Africa: Senegal Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). pecific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal). ''MalaCo'' 7: 8 ppPDF. * Eastern Africa: Kenya The type locality is Umgani-Valley, Natal, South Africa (in the times of the description it was the British Colony of Natal). Phylogeny A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'': Ecology ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria Stanleyi
''Biomphalaria stanleyi'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Distribution This species is African, and occurs in: * Lake Albert, Uganda. (Lake Albert is between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo) * Lake Chad * Lake Cohoha in Burundi Phylogeny A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'': Ecology ''Biomphalaria stanleyi'' is found in deeper water in Lake Albert. Parasites of ''Biomphalaria stanleyi'' include ''Schistosoma mansoni A paired couple of ''Schistosoma mansoni''. ''Schistosoma mansoni'' is a water-borne parasite of humans, and belongs to the group of blood flukes (''Schistosoma''). The adult lives in the blood vessels ( mesenteric veins) near the human inte ...''. References Biomphalaria Gastropods described in 1888 {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomphalaria
''Biomphalaria'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ram's horn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Biomphalaria Preston, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718742 on 2018-02-13 ''Biomphalaria'' is the type genus of the tribe Biomphalariini. ''Taphius'' is a synonym for ''Biomphalaria''. The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral. Species As of 2008 there were recognized 34 extant species in the genus ''Biomphalaria'' in total (22 American species and 12 Old World species). There were also described number of fossil ''Biomphalaria'' species. American species include: # ''Biomphalaria amazonica'' Paraense, 1966 # ''Biomphalaria andecola'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) # ''Biomphalaria cousini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to descendants, nor does it show how much they have changed, so many differing evolutionary trees can be consistent with the same cladogram. A cladogram uses lines that branch off in different directions ending at a clade, a group of organisms with a last common ancestor. There are many shapes of cladograms but they all have lines that branch off from other lines. The lines can be traced back to where they branch off. These branching off points represent a hypothetical ancestor (not an actual entity) which can be inferred to exhibit the traits shared among the terminal taxa above it. This hypothetical ancestor might then provide clues about the order of evolution of various features, adaptation, and other evolutionary narratives about ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
