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Macrohectopus Branickii
''Macrohectopus branickii'' is a species of amphipod (a group containing the scuds) living in the pelagic zone of Lake Baikal, believed to be the only species of amphipod in this niche within freshwater (many more amphipods are pelagic/planktonic in the sea, such as the Hyperiids). It is the only known species within the genus ''Macrohectopus'' and the only member of the family Macrohectopidae. The sheer scale of Lake Baikal allows many species, including ''M. branickii'', to occupy such niches which do not exist in other freshwater ecosystem Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems that include the biological communities inhabiting freshwater waterbodies such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, springs, bogs, and wetlands. They can be contrasted with marine ec ...s. These pelagic amphipods are prey to many animals within its ecosystem, including the top predator, top aquatic predator of the lake, the Baikal seal. Description ''Macrohectopus brani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stebbing (taxonomy)
The Reverend Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (6 February 1835, London – 8 July 1926, Royal Tunbridge Wells) was a British zoology, zoologist, who described himself as "a serf to natural history, principally employed about crustacean, Crustacea". Educated in London and Oxford, he only took to natural history in his thirties, having worked as a teacher until then. Although an ordained Anglican priest, Stebbing promoted Darwinism in a number of popular works, and was banned from preaching as a result. His scientific works mostly concerned crustaceans, especially the Amphipoda and Isopoda, the most notable being his work on the amphipods of the Challenger expedition, ''Challenger'' expedition. His zoological author abbreviation is Stebbing. Biography Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing was born on 6 February 1835 in Euston Square, London, the seventh of thirteen or fourteen children, to a clergyman and the editor of the ''Athenaeum (British magazine), Athenaeum'', Henry Stebbing (editor), H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
