The Functional Morphology of the Putative Injecting Apparatus of Speleonectes Tanumekes (Remipedia)

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Publication in the Journal of Crustacean Biology

“…Special Sections.-Groups of authors can submit related papers on a coordinated subject, e.g., identifying individuals (Gallardo-Escárate et al, 2007;Gosselin et al, 2007), and remipede biology (van der Ham and Felgenhauer, 2007;Wollermann et al, 2007). The editorial staff believes there is synergy to be had from publishing such papers together.…”

Chemosynthetic ectosymbiosis reported in the predatory anchialine cave endemic, Xibalbanus tulumensis (Yager, 1987) (Remipedia)

“…Tissues were then incubated in the dark at 4°C in 0.5% aqueous uranyl acetate for one hour (as in Van der Ham & Felgen hauer, 2007). Following rinsing with distilled water, samples were dehydrated in an ethanol gradient (as in Van der Ham & Felgenhauer, 2007). Samples for SEM were critical point dried before viewing on a Hitachi TM-1000 Scanning Elec tron Microscope.…”

“…IB). Some remipede setae appear to be enervated and glandular suggesting a function aiding with immobilizing and detoxifying prey ( Van der Ham & Felgenhauer, 2007). Recently, several clades of these enigmatic crustaceans have been found to be venomous (Von Reumont et al, 2013).…”

The First 30 Years of the Journal of Crustacean Biology – Systematics and Evolution

“…The original work on the unique form and function of the remipede maxillules (Schram and Lewis, 1989) appeared in Crustacean Issues, but van der Ham and Felgenhauer (2007) carried this line of investigation further along in a detailed study published in JCB that confirmed the hypodermic nature of the maxillule and its associated glands. Koenemann et al (2007) recorded observations from both laboratory and field studies concerning the behavior of Speleonectes.…”