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Typhlocaris Ayyaloni
''Typhlocaris ayyaloni'' is a species of troglobitic shrimp in the family Typhlocarididae. Endemic fauna of Israel Description This species grows to 4 to 5 cm in length and is blind. Distribution ''Typhlocaris ayyaloni'' species was discovered in 2008 in the Ayalon Cave in Israel, 100 meters below ground, with no natural access to the surface. It was found living in a small pool of sulphide-rich, brackish water. It is one of eight new species recently discovered in the area, the others being '' Tethysbaena ophelicola'', '' Metacyclops longimaxillis'', '' Metacyclops subdolus'', '' Akrav israchanani'' (a land species, only found dead and also in other parts of the cave), '' Ayyalonia dimentmani'' (land species), '' Lepidospora ayyalonica'' (land species), and a still-unnamed species in the genus ''Collembola''. Threats This species is endangered as it is known only in the Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer The Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer, also known as the Western Mountain Aquifer of Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Register Of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the information, which is gathered from the primary scientific literature as well as from some external regional and taxon-specific databases. WoRMS maintains valid names of all marine organisms, but also provides information on synonyms and invalid names. It is an ongoing task to maintain the registry, since new species are constantly being discovered and described by scientists; in addition, the nomenclature and taxonomy of existing species is often corrected or changed as new research is constantly being published. Subsets of WoRMS content are made available, and can have separate badging and their own home/launch pages, as "subregisters", such as the ''World List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akrav Israchanani
''Akrav israchanani'' is an extinct species of scorpions from the Ayyalon Cave in Israel.Levy, 2007 "The first troglobite scorpion from Israel and a new chactoid family (Arachnida: Scorpiones)/ref> Description ''Akrav israchanani'' was an eyeless, brown, troglobitic scorpion of about 50mm in length first described from only 20 dry, cuticular remains of hollow carcasses. The combinations of characteristics was unusual enough for the scorpion to be placed in its own, monotypic family, however this has been called into question by later researchers.Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad & Sergei L. Zonstein, 2011 "The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae) revisited/ref> Habitat and Distribution The scorpion was originally known only from the Ayyalon Cave in Israel, a deep limestone cave, isolated from rainwater and the surface by a layer of chalk. The extinction Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cave Shrimp
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, that extend a relatively short distance into the rock and they are called ''exogene'' caves. Caves which extend further underground than the opening is wide are called ''endogene'' caves. Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the cave environment. Visiting or exploring caves for recreation may be called ''caving'', ''potholing'', or ''spelunking''. Formation types The formation and development of caves is known as ''speleogenesis''; it can occur over the course of millions of years. Caves can range widely in size, and are formed by various geological processes. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, erosion by water, tectonic forces, microorganisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaemonoidea
Palaemonoidea is a large superfamily of shrimp, containing nearly 1,000 species. The position of the family Typhlocarididae is unclear, although the monophyly of a group containing the remaining seven families is well supported. *Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 * Desmocarididae Borradaile, 1915 *Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950 *Gnathophyllidae Dana, 1852 *Hymenoceridae Ortmann, 1890 *Kakaducarididae Bruce, 1993 *Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 *Typhlocarididae Annandale & Kemp, 1913 Image:Gnathophyllum americanum Réunion.JPG, ''Gnathophyllum americanum'', a Palaemonidae Image:Harlequin Shrimp 1.jpg, ''Hymenocera picta'', the only Hymenoceridae Image:Emperor Shrimp - Periclimenes imperator.jpg, ''Periclimenes imperator'', a Palaemonidae Image:Typhlocaris ayyaloni cropped.jpg, ''Typhlocaris ayyaloni'', a Typhlocarididae ''Typhlocaris'' is a genus of blind cave-dwelling shrimp, placed in its own family, Typhlocarididae. It contains 4 species: *''Typhlocaris ayyaloni ''Typhlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer
The Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer, also known as the Western Mountain Aquifer of Israel/ Palestine, is the western and larger part of the Mountain Aquifer, which also contains the Eastern and the smaller North-Eastern (Mountain) Aquifers.Water Authority, State of Israel The Water Issue Between Israel and the Palestinians: Main Facts February 2012. Accessed April 2019. The Mountain Aquifer and the Coastal Aquifer are the main aquifers shared by Israel in its pre-1967 borders, and Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip).It has been the main longterm reservoir of the Israeli water system. It is a limestone aquifer, located under the foothills in the centre of the country. It is used by Israel for roughly 340 million cubic meters of water every year and for Palestine at a rate of approximately 20 million cubic meters a year,a rate that remains unchanged from the days when the West Bank was under Jordanian rule. Eyal Benvenisti , Haim Gvirtzma'Harnessing International Law to Determine Israeli-Pales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collembola
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Although the three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have internal mouthparts, they do not appear to be any more closely related to one another than they are to all insects, which have external mouthparts. Collembolans are omnivorous, free-living organisms that prefer moist conditions. They do not directly engage in the decomposition of organic matter, but contribute to it indirectly through the fragmentation of organic matter and the control of soil microbial communities. The word ''Collembola'' is from the ancient Greek "glue" and "peg"; this name was given due to the existence of the collophore, which was previously thought to stick to surfaces to stabilize the creature. Some DNA sequence studies suggest that Collembola represent a separate evolutionary line fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidospora Ayyalonica
''Lepidospora'' is a genus of silverfish in the family Nicoletiidae. Species * ''Lepidospora afra'' Silvestri, 1908 * ''Lepidospora alticola'' Wygodzinsky, 1965 * ''Lepidospora angustotergum'' Mendes, 2002 * ''Lepidospora attenuata'' Mendes, 2004 * ''Lepidospora braueri'' Escherich, 1905 * '' Lepidospora buxtoni'' Silvestri, 1923 * ''Lepidospora ceylonica'' Silvestri, 1911 * ''Lepidospora deharvengi'' Mendes, 2002 * ''Lepidospora digitata'' Mendes, 2002 * ''Lepidospora escherichi'' Silvestri, 1908 * '' Lepidospora gracilis'' Escherich, 1905 * '' Lepidospora grassii'' (Escherich, 1905) * ''Lepidospora guesteni'' Mendes, 2004 * ''Lepidospora hemitrica'' Silvestri, 1942 * ''Lepidospora hemitrichoides'' Wygodzinsky, 1962 * '' Lepidospora insularum'' Wygodinsky, 1955 * ''Lepidospora kinolaensis'' Mendes, 2002 * ''Lepidospora kurda'' Mendes, 1985 * ''Lepidospora machadoi'' Silvestri, 1949 * ''Lepidospora makapaan'' Wygodzinsky, 1955 * ''Lepidospora mascareniensis'' Mendes, 1996 * ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayyalonia Dimentmani
''Ayyalonia dimentmani'' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family that is endemic to Israel. It is an eyeless pseudoscorpion living inside karstic voids in the Ayyalon Cave The Ayyalon Cave ( he, מערת איילון) is a large limestone cave near Ramla, Israel in which new species of crustaceans were discovered in April 2006. It has been studied for its complex food web, which survived for millions of years without ... system Ramla. References Endemic fauna of Israel Chthoniidae Animals described in 2008 Arthropods of Israel Fauna of Israel {{Pseudoscorpion-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacyclops Subdolus
''Metacyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing 61 species, of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List – ''M. campestris'' from Brazil (conservation dependent), ''M. gasparoi'' from Italy ( vulnerable) and ''M. postojnae'' from Slovenia (vulnerable). *'' Metacyclops aequatorialis'' Dussart, 1978 *'' Metacyclops agnitus'' Herbst, 1988 *'' Metacyclops amicitiae'' Kolaczynski, 2015 *'' Metacyclops amoenus'' (Mann, 1940) *'' Metacyclops botosaneanui'' Pesce, 1985 *'' Metacyclops brauni'' Herbst, 1962 *''Metacyclops campestris ''Metacyclops campestris'' is a species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae The Cyclopidae are a family (biology), family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order (biology), order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera. G ...'' Reid, 1987 *'' Metacyclops chelazzii'' Dumont, 1981 *'' Metacyclops communis'' Lindberg, 1938 *'' Metacyclops concavus'' Kiefer, 1937 *'' Metacyclops curtispinosus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troglobite
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves. These are separate from species that mainly live in above-ground habitats but are also able to live underground (eutroglophiles), and species that are only cave visitors ( subtroglophiles and trogloxenes). Land-dwelling troglobites may be referred to as troglofauna, while aquatic species may be called stygofauna, although for these animals the term ''stygobite'' is preferable. Troglobites typically have evolutionary adaptations to cave life. Examples of such adaptations include slow metabolism, reduced energy consumption, better food usage efficiency, decrease or loss of eyesight (anophthalmia), and depigmentation (absence of pigment in the integument). Conversely, as opposed to lost or reduced functions, many species have evolved elongated antenna and locomotory appendages, in order to better move around and respond to environmental s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacyclops Longimaxillis
''Metacyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing 61 species, of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List – ''M. campestris'' from Brazil (conservation dependent), ''M. gasparoi'' from Italy ( vulnerable) and ''M. postojnae'' from Slovenia (vulnerable). *'' Metacyclops aequatorialis'' Dussart, 1978 *'' Metacyclops agnitus'' Herbst, 1988 *'' Metacyclops amicitiae'' Kolaczynski, 2015 *'' Metacyclops amoenus'' (Mann, 1940) *'' Metacyclops botosaneanui'' Pesce, 1985 *'' Metacyclops brauni'' Herbst, 1962 *''Metacyclops campestris'' Reid, 1987 *'' Metacyclops chelazzii'' Dumont, 1981 *'' Metacyclops communis'' Lindberg, 1938 *'' Metacyclops concavus'' Kiefer, 1937 *'' Metacyclops curtispinosus'' Dussart, 1984 *'' Metacyclops cushae'' Reid, 1991 *'' Metacyclops dengizicus'' (Lepeshkin, 1900) *'' Metacyclops dentatus'' Plesa, 1981 *'' Metacyclops denticulatus'' Dussart & Frutos, 1986 *'' Metacyclops deserticus'' Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
