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The Haplochromis species (Pisces: Cichlidae) of Lake Rudolf, East Africa 东非鲁道夫湖单色鱼种(双鱼座:慈鱼科)

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.22977

P. Greenwood

引用次数: 12

Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea 罗克尔海槽及邻近地区的棘皮动物。一、海百合亚科、星百合亚科、蛇百合亚科

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.28002

J. Gage, M. Pearson, A. Clark, G. L. J. Pateron, P. Tyler

引用次数: 86

The biology of Phyaces comosus (Araneae: Salticidae), predatory behaviour, antipredator adaptations and silk utilization 蜘蛛目:蜘蛛科)的生物学、捕食行为、抗捕食适应性和蛛丝利用

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.8105

R. Jackson

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引用次数: 11

A review of the iguanid lizard genera Uracentron and Strobilurus 标题巨蜥属和巨蜥属的研究进展

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.10335

R. Etheridge

引用次数: 10

Observations on the chaetotaxy of the legs in the free-living Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata) 自由生活革螨腿毛分类的观察(蜱螨亚纲:中鞭毛目)

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.20528

G. Evans

引用次数: 421

Bats referred to Hesperoptenus Peters, 1869 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with the description of a new subgenus 蝙蝠指的是1869年的蝙蝠亚属(翼翅目:蝙蝠亚属)

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.2372

J. Hill

引用次数: 8

A review of the family Canidaec with a classification by numerical methods 犬科动物的数值分类综述

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.6922

J. Clutton-Brock, G. Corbet, M. Hills

引用次数: 130

A revision of the Suctoria lCiliophorac Kinetofragminophorar 2p An Addendum to Acineta 标题苏克托利亚·利利奥弗拉克·Kinetofragminophorar(2)的修订

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.6511

C. Curds

引用次数: 29

Mites of the genus Calcarmyobia (Acarina, Myobiidae) with information on the taxonomy of their host bats of the genus Miniopterus (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae) 小翅螨属螨类及其寄主小翅螨属蝙蝠的分类资料(翼翅目，小翅螨科)

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.23459

K. Uchikawa

引用次数: 4

A review of the Macrochelidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the British Isles 文章题目不列颠群岛大刺螨科研究进展(蜱螨亚纲:中刺螨亚目)

Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.17598

K. H. Hyatt, R. M. Embersom

引用次数: 69