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Sperm transfer or spermatangia removal: postcopulatory behaviour of picking up spermatangium by female Japanese pygmy squid
In the Japanese pygmy squid Idiosepius paradoxus, females often pick up the spermatangium using their mouth (buccal mass) after copulation. To examine whether the female I. paradoxus directly transfers sperm into the seminal receptacle via this picking behaviour, or removes the spermatangium, we conducted detailed observations of picking behaviour in both virgin and copulated females and compared the sperm storage conditions in the seminal receptacle between females with and without spermatangia picking after copulation in virgin females. In all observations, elongation of the buccal mass occurred within 5 min after copulation. However, sperm volume in the seminal receptacle was not related to spermatangia picking. Observations using slow-motion video revealed that females removed the spermatangia by blowing or eating after picking. These results suggest that picking behaviour is used for sperm removal but not for sperm transfer. Moreover, the frequency of buccal mass elongation was higher in copulated females than in virgin females, consistent with the sequential mate choice theory whereby virgin females secure sperm for fertilisation, while previously copulated females are more selective about their mate. Female I. paradoxus may choose its mate cryptically through postcopulatory picking behaviour
Double eggs of pharaoh cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831
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THE BROWN-CHESTED FLYCATCHER RHINOMYIAS-BRUNNEATA NEW-RECORD FOR THAILAND
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chez le buffle en Thailande
LâOnchocerque intradermique chez Bubalus bubalis en ThaĂŻlande est la mĂȘme espĂšce que celle dĂ©crite sous le nom dâO. sweetae dans les nodules intradermiques de B. bubalis en Australie.Cette identification suggĂšre quâil nây a pas eu de spĂ©ciation entre les parasites des Buffles dâAustralie et dâAsie.Le taxon O. indice Sweet, 1915, comprend deux espĂšces distinctes : lâune dans les muscles pĂ©rimusculaires de Bos indicus est probablement O. gibsoni (et donc, lâespĂšce O. indica, basĂ©e essentiellement sur la description de ce matĂ©riel, doit tomber en synonymie) ; lâautre dans les nodules intradermiques de B. bubalis ne diffĂšre pas dâO. sweetae. Pour admettre la distinction entre O. cebei, un parasite chez le mĂȘme hĂŽte dâHanoĂŻ, et O. sweetae, il faudrait dĂ©montrer que la prĂ©sence ou lâabsence des papilles nettement prĂ©cloacales est un caractĂšre valide pour sĂ©parer ces espĂšces