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February 2018

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Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

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February 6, 2018

Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

This study explores the relationship between 2D and 3D metrics of coral size. Researchers used a photogrammetric approach, with open-source software, to estimate the ability of photogrammetry to provide measurement estimates of corals in 3D

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February 23, 2018

A striking new genus and species of cave-dwelling frog (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae) from Thailand

Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Montri Sumontha, Jitthep Tunprasert, Thiti Ruangsuwan, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Dmitriy V. Korost, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4422 PubMed 29497587

February 2, 2018

A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions

Jeffery M. Saarela, Sean V. Burke, William P. Wysocki, Matthew D. Barrett, Lynn G. Clark, Joseph M. Craine, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Maria S. Vorontsova, Melvin R. Duvall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4299 PubMed 29416954

February 12, 2018

Genus-level phylogeny of cephalopods using molecular markers: current status and problematic areas

Gustavo Sanchez, Davin H.E. Setiamarga, Surangkana Tuanapaya, Kittichai Tongtherm, Inger E. Winkelmann, Hannah Schmidbaur, Tetsuya Umino, Caroline Albertin, Louise Allcock, Catalina Perales-Raya, Ian Gleadall, Jan M. Strugnell, Oleg Simakov, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4331 PubMed 29456885

February 13, 2018

A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines

Steven E. Jasinski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4338 PubMed 29456887

February 2, 2018

Redescription of Calyptosuchus (Stagonolepis) wellesi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of the Southwestern United States with a discussion of genera in vertebrate paleontology

William G. Parker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4291 PubMed 29416953

February 27, 2018

Anther development in tribe Epidendreae: orchids with contrasting pollination syndromes

Benjamín Valencia-Nieto, Victoria Sosa, Judith Márquez-Guzmán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4383 PubMed 29503766

February 9, 2018

A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae: Scinax) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog

Miquéias Ferrão, Rafael de Fraga, Jiří Moravec, Igor L. Kaefer, Albertina P. Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4321 PubMed 29441233

February 20, 2018

Phylogeny, time divergence, and historical biogeography of the South American Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)

Sabrina N. Portelli, Andrés S. Quinteros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4404 PubMed 29479502

February 8, 2018

A simple molecular technique for distinguishing species reveals frequent misidentification of Hawaiian corals in the genus Pocillopora

Erika C. Johnston, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4355 PubMed 29441239

February 2, 2018

Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Bidur Dhungel, Niklas Wahlberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4311 PubMed 29416955

February 2, 2018

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the “copper moss” Mielichhoferia elongata reveals independent nad7 gene functionality loss

Denis V. Goryunov, Svetlana V. Goryunova, Oxana I. Kuznetsova, Maria D. Logacheva, Irina A. Milyutina, Alina V. Fedorova, Michael S. Ignatov, Aleksey V. Troitsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4350 PubMed 29416956

February 1, 2018

Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia

Mostafa Sharaf, Hathal M. Al Dhafer, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood, Francisco Hita Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4277 PubMed 29404210

February 27, 2018

Psychrophrynella glauca sp. n., a new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the montane forests of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

Alessandro Catenazzi, Alex Ttito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4444 PubMed 29507835