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Aegophila cappa Williams & Boyko 2021, n. sp.
No full textAegophila cappa n. sp. (Figs 1; 2) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4FF870BA-A6D1-4A86-87AE-84160A0EA65F “parasite” – Richardson 1909: 125, figs 49, 50. “eine Form ohne Namen auf dem Isopode Aega symmetrica vom Behring-Meer” – Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis 1931: 220. “ Aegophila socialis sp. nov.?” – Bresciani 1966: 108-109, fig. 6 (after Richardson 1909) (not A. socialis Bresciani, 1966). TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Bering Sea • USNM 39524; ovigerous female (3.4 mm W, 2.4 mm L); attached to pereopod of Aegiochus symmetricus (Richardson, 1905) (USNM 39293); Sta. 4772; 54°30’30”N, 179°14’E; “Bowers Bank”; 344-372 fathoms (= 629- 680 m); coll. United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross, taken by 12-foot Tanner beam trawl (Anonymous 1907); 4.VI.1906. Allotype. Bering Sea • USNM 1616634; mature male (920 µm L); same data as for holotype. TYPE LOCALITY. — 54°30’30”N, 179°14’E, “Bowers Bank”, Bering Sea, 629- 680 m. TYPE HOST. — Aegiochus symmetrica (Richardson, 1905) [Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae] (originally as Aega symmetrica in Richardson, 1909; see WoRMS 2008b onwards). ETYMOLOGY. — The species name is derived from the Latin for cloak or cape (cappa), in reference to the fused oostegite 5 and lateral body wall of the female’s resemblance to a cloak drawn around the body. The gender is feminine. DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the type locality and type host. DESCRIPTION Female Body (Fig. 1A, B) semicircular, approximately 1.25 times as wide as maximum length, dorsoventrally flattened, with pair of broad lateral lamellae filled with numerous embryos; lateral lamellae not reaching beyond frontal margin of cephalon. Cephalon (Fig. 1 A-C) indistinctly dorsally separated from pleon, without eyes. Antennules and antennae apparently absent. Oral cone (Fig. 1B, D) with flaring rounded mandibles, extended, distal surface covered with scale-like structures; posterior margin of oral cone with two finger-like projections. Maxillipeds subquadrate (Fig. 1E). Pereon with few faint transverse and longitudinal folds in cuticle (Fig. 1A). Pereopods 1-5 subequal in size and shape, without setae (Fig. 2 F-I, K); dactylus short but highly recurved, propodus and carpus fused, carpus expanded into cup receiving tip of dactylus, basis elongate. Oostegite 1 ovate, expanded, few small setae on posterior margin (Fig. 1H); oostegite 2 slender, rounded at narrowed distal tip, fringe of setae on proximoventral margin (Fig. 1I); oostegite 3 broader than 2, fringe of thick setae on proximoventral margin (Fig. 1J); oostegite 4 subquadrate, fringe of thick setae on proximoventral margin (Fig. 1K); oostegite 5 fused with lateral pleon, medioventral area with region of setae and small, rounded lobe (Fig. 1B, L). Pleon segments fused, minute, vermiform, without lateral plates or pleopods (Fig. 1B). Male Body not recurved ventrally (Fig. 2A). Cephalon wider than long (Fig. 2A, B), fused with pereomere 1, anterior margin rounded, posterolateral margins (pereomere 1) as small, rounded lobes; lacking eyes, cephalic slits present. Antennules each as single flattened lobe with five or six long setae on medial and distal margins (Fig. 2B, C). Antennae of three segments each with single distal thin flagellum (Fig. 2B, C). Oral cone triangular (Fig. 2B, C). Pereomeres 2-7 distinct, 4-6 subequal in width, others narrower (Fig. 3B); lateral margins of pereomeres 2-7 extended ventrally, with multiple thin setae on margins (Fig. 2B, E). Pereopods with all segments distinct; 1, 2 each with recurved dactylus approximately as long as rounded propodus (Fig. 2 B-D), 3-7 with recurved dactylus approximately 25% as long as slender elongate propodus (Fig. 2E); all ischia and bases elongate. Pleon elongate, subtriangular, segments fused but faint indication of pleomere 1 by rounded lobes and presence of lateral setae similar to those on pereomeres 2-7 (Fig. 2A, B); pleon tapering posteriorly with small distal rounded protrusion bearing terminal setae surrounding anal slit (Fig. 2A, B); pleopods lacking. REMARKS The new species is clearly conspecific with Aegophila socialis; females of both species show dorsoventral compression of the body, lack of antennules and antennae, expanded, clublike mandibles, the same arrangement of oostegites 1-4, the presence of a rounded knob and fringe of thin papillae on the mediovental margin of oostegite 5, as well as fusion of the fifth oostegites with the ventral body wall, and the pleon being a small, unsegmented protuberance. Males of the two species are similar in having fusion of the cephalon with the first pereomere and presence of rounded posterolateral lobes corresponding to the side of pereomere 1, the antennules as unsegmented flaps fringed by setae, and the pleon with all segments fused and lacking pleopods. Diagnostic differences between females of the two species include: oostegite 1 large, ovate in A. cappa n. sp. (small, “spoon-like” in A. socialis), oostegite 2 narrow in A. cappa n. sp. (broad in A. socialis), and oostegite 4 subquadrate in A. cappa n. sp. (ovate in A. socialis). Bresciani (1966) described A. socialis as lacking maxillipeds, but they are clearly present in A. cappa n. sp. and it is unclear if he overlooked them or if they are truly lacking in A. socialis; the latter appears unlikely since maxillipeds are required for oxygenation of the brood (Gilson 1909; Cericola & Williams 2015). Bresciani (1966) described the pereopods of A. socialis as “small and badly segmented, and do not show any special characters” but did not illustrate them well. In A. cappa n. sp., the pereopods have highly recurved dactyli and show fusion only of the propodus and carpus, with the carpus inner margin being expanded as a cup for insertion of the dactylus. The males of the two species differ in the form of the antennae (multisegmented with a single flagellum in A. cappa n. sp. vs a single segment with a single flagellum in A. socialis) and the shape of the pleon (much longer than wide in A. cappa n. sp. vs length and width subequal in A. socialis). Bresciani (1966) did not describe the pereopods in detail but did illustrate them. His illustrations appear to show a difference in pereopods 1 and 2 (rounded propodus with typically recurved dactylus) vs 3-7 (elongate propodus and highly recurved dactylus) that is also seen in A. cappa n. sp. However, he drew pereopod 1 as having the propodus and carpus fused whereas in A. cappa n. sp., they are distinct. It is not clear which specimen of Aegiochus symmetrica was the host of A. cappa n. sp. as all the of the potential host aegids collected at the parasite’s type locality (Sta. 4772, USNM 39293) have their legs intact and no evidence of damage is visible; however, a label reading “1 sent to W. W. Alpator / Jan 1923 ” is present in the jar and it is possible that this gifted specimen was the (now lost) host specimen of the holotype of A. cappa n. sp.Published as part of Williams, Jason D. & Boyko, Christopher B., 2021, Out on a limb: novel morphology and position on appendages of two new genera and three new species of ectoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) infesting isopod and decapod hosts, pp. 79-100 in Zoosystema 43 (4) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a4, http://zenodo.org/record/455546
Interview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City
No full textInterview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American Cit
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1309
No full textThe collection includes letters written by the children’s book author, Matt Christopher, to his son, Marty Christopher. Many of the letters also contain newspaper articles of interest to Matt Christopher, which deal with local sports teams, his writing career, his participation in an exhibition baseball game against the New York Giants in 1938, and other of general interest. Most of the letters are personal in nature, however, a majority of the letters delve into Matt Christopher’s writing career, personal interests, the author’s health, as well as his family life.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2649/thumbnail.jp
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1221
No full textMatt Christopher (1917-1997) was a prolific author of children’s books having written over 100 books as well as over 300 short stories, articles, poems, and screenplays. Most of his writings dealt with sports themes, but he also wrote fantasy and mystery themed stories as well. The Matt Christopher Papers consist of both published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, and short stories. Also included are personal and business correspondence, biographical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1976/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he co-authored with Dr. Adrian Jaeggi, an anthropologist at Emory University. Their findings were recently published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
ESP Across Cultures
No full textThis present volume constitutes the third online edition of ESP Across Cultures.
The decision to change from a paper-based to an online edition has undoubtedly
been beneficial in terms of enjoying greater visibility within the international academic
community. One thing that has not changed over the years, however, since
the inception of the journal in 2004, has been the policy of double-blind peer reviewing,
which means that only a selected number of the papers submitted end up as
being published.
There are seven papers in the current issue, each one analysing a particular aspect
of English for Specific Purposes from a cross-cultural perspective.
The first paper, by Hmoud S. Alotaibi, focuses on research article introductions
in Arabic, analysing the extent to which scholars writing in Arabic in the sphere of
education adhere to the CARS (Create A Research Space) model delineated by John
Swales which was elaborated in particular with regard to the academic conventions
widely adopted in the English-speaking world. Instead of restricting the investigation
to the introductory section as past studies in this field did, the author examines
all of the subheadings and he concludes that all introductions include Move 2 in a
subheading entitled the Problem of the Study, a result that contradicts previous
findings where the paucity of Move 2 was common in non-English RAs, and especially
in Arabic ones.
Patrizia Anesa analyses the websites of the main arbitration centres operating in
Asia from a textual perspective to define how they are discursively constructed and
can be used as promotional tools, thereby helping us to evaluate the importance assumed
by internationalization processes or by local cultural elements in promoting a
particular centre as a seat for international arbitration. She concludes that while
some scholars argue that we are witnessing the ‘Asianization’ of arbitration, with
the increasing bargaining power of Asian parties, on the other hand a phenomenon
of ‘Universal Arbitration’ is also emerging, i.e. a form of convergence of how disputes
are resolved so that parties of any nationality can operate in the same way
with ever fewer language barriers.
In their paper, Mahmood Reza Atai and Fatemeh Asadnia examine the communicative
and promotional function of university homepages by looking at the ‘university
overview’, ‘university mission statement’, and ‘university introduction at a
glance’ genres, using a corpus of 210 texts selected from homepages of the top 500
universities ranked by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The findings
demonstrated that the three genres shared communicative purposes, functional
units, certain moves and steps, socio-academic contexts, and discourse community
members that led to the formation of a genre set.
Gaetano Falco explores ways of using comics in an MA course on translation of
economic texts as a means of stimulating the interest of language students with no
economics skills in order to introduce economics-related lexis and improve thematic
competence in general. He observes that empirical research has shown that films
and comics can indeed be useful resources to teach economic translation to students
with no skills in economics. However, the author warns that the use of comics for
educational purposes may have its drawbacks, e.g. when students deal with complex
sign systems which embody complex economic concepts, where often the humorous
element is lost.
In her paper, Irina Khoutyz describes the differences in how scholars present
their findings in research articles (RA) in international journals in English and in
Beyza Björkman
Christian Burgers
Jan Chovanec
Anda-Elena Cretiu
Erika Dalan
John Douthwaite
Hanem El-Farahaty
Said Faiq
Silvia Ferreri
Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez
Pedro Fuertes-Olivera
Giuliana Garzone
Christoph Hafner
Ruba Khamam
Anna Loiacono
Geraldine Ludbrook
John McRae
Susan Petrilli
Silvia Pireddu
Tarja Salmi-Tolonen
Jeffrey Segrave
Charlotte Taylor
Margherita Ulrych
John Kenneth White
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local journals in Russian. She then looks into the reasons for these differences, seeking
explanations from the sociocultural contexts in which these RAs were written,
as well as providing advice to local authors as to how to make their RAs more competitive
at the international level. The differences include the apparent lack of
structure of Russian RAs with respect to English RAs; the tendency in Russian authors
not to specify the purpose in writing a paper; and the tendency of Russian authors
to present the methodology used in less detail compared with English RAs.
Luisella Leonzini investigates the use of verbal and visual metaphors in economic-
media discourse within the context of the euro crisis by studying the correlation
between linguistic and pictorial metaphors and text-image intersemiotic relations.
The research is based on a cross-analysis of English and Italian editorial
articles published between 2009 and 2012. In both corpora, metaphorical realizations
frame the economic crisis which hit the single currency and the eurozone in
2009 as a partial collapse and hint at a possible return to stability in the form of a
recovery. The aim of this paper is to analyse the collapse/caduta and
recovery/ripresa metaphors across languages in the press.
Ian Robinson reports on using corpus linguistics to aid students in writing a creative
text. He looks at the available literature to help understand what is meant by
‘creativity’. A worksheet was prepared using a corpus linguistic analysis of modern,
English versions of the stories of the Brothers Grimm. This worksheet was constructed
with the use of a specialized corpus, and a stop-list was created which contained
single words as well as word clusters found in the tales. Students were then
asked to select some of these words and phrases to help them write stories which
were then analysed, and a follow-up questionnaire was used to elicit the students’
perceptions concerning creativity. The author concludes that creativity is essential
in EFL and that it is something to be fostered in students
Book review: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme
No full textBook review of: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014; ISBN 9781107006836 (£60.00)Publisher PD
Famine men:
No full textA young man goes on a hunger strike to protest his father's obesity.M.A.by Christopher Gazzar
School Bullying - An Inclusive Definition (UNESCO)
No full textJames O'Higgins Norman, Christian Berger, Donna Cross, Elizabethe Payne, Dorte Marie Søndergaard, Shoko Yoneyama, Christopher Donoghue, Dorothy Espelage, Peter Smith, Izabela Zych, Yong Feng Liu, Claudia Cappa, Magnus Loftsson, Frida War
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