Category: Zoology

On April 6th, 1928, James Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois. James Watson went toHorace Mann grammar school, but then attended South Shore High School. After attending highschool for only two years James Watson received a tuition scholarship to attend ChicagoUniversity and accepted the offer. After graduating, James Watson then went to IndianaUniversity. In 1950 he graduated with a doctorate in zoology. In the same year James Watsonspent time in Europe as a part of the National Research Council. In 1951 he listened to a lecturein Naples, Italy. This lecture made him very interested in the study of DNA. In […]

    Suborder: Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963Infraorder: Caridea Dana, 1852Superfamily: Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family: Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 Harpiliopsis Borradaile, 1917 Synonyms : Distribution :Red Sea ,the  Pacific coast of America, Indianwaters.Habitat: Marine; they are seen in associationwith stony corals.Size : Collection site : KovalamMaterials examined : 2 specimens were examined.Description: Rostrumfar overreaching anteriorly extended eyes, compressed laterally, armed dorsallywith 4-7 distinct teeth, ventrally with 2-5, lateral carina not expanded intobroad supraocular or postocular eave; carapace somewhat depressed dorsoventrally,dorsal profile faintly convex, without longitudinal ridge or suture, armed withantennal and immovable hepatic spines only, orbital margin not interruptedposteriorly; abdomen with pleuron of 5th somite sharp-pointed; telson not curvingventrad, posterior margin […]