A new species of polyclad flatworm, Imogine necopinata Sluys, sp. nov., is described from a brackish habitat in The Netherlands. Taxonomic affinities with Asian species and the ecology of the animals suggest that the species is an introduced, exotic component of the Dutch fauna. The new species belongs to a group of worms with species that are known to predate on oysters.
A database was created of digitized equal area distribution maps of 3,036 phylogenetic species of Palearctic songbirds. Biogeographic patterns are reported for two data sets: (1) including all passeriform bird species reported as breeding within the boundaries of our study map, (2) passeriform species restricted in their distribution to our study region, thus excluding the partly...
, Maricola) Hee-Min Yang 0 Ronald Sluys Masaharu Kawakatsu Gi-Sik Min 0 0 Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University , Incheon , Republic of Korea 2 Naturalis Biodiversity Center , P.O. Box 9517, 2300 ... Hauser was indeed the author of this article was apparent, for example, from the fact that in 1988 and 1989 he corresponded on this subject with both Masaharu Kawakatsu and Ronald Sluys and that he
, Maricola) Hee-Min Yang 0 Ronald Sluys Masaharu Kawakatsu Gi-Sik Min 0 0 Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University , Incheon , Republic of Korea 2 Naturalis Biodiversity Center , P.O. Box 9517, 2300 ... Hauser was indeed the author of this article was apparent, for example, from the fact that in 1988 and 1989 he corresponded on this subject with both Masaharu Kawakatsu and Ronald Sluys and that he
