The naked-bellied bat Taphozous nudiventris nudiventris Gretzschmar, 1831 is recorded for the first time from the Qatari Penninsula. Prosthodendrium (Prosthodendrium) parvouterus (Bhalerao, 1926) Dubois, 1955 (Trematoda: ...

Two doses of lead nitrate, 0.5 and 0.1 mg/egg, were injected into the eggs after 3 days of indubation. Lead nitrate increased mortality rate and decreased the body weight of developing embryos. The lead nitrate also decreased ...

Intramuscular administration of scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) lyophilized venom (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) into rats produced drastic changes in the electrical activity of the cardiac muscle. These abnormalities were ...

Two species of colubrid and elapid snakes collected from different localities in Egypt were examined for protozoan blood parasites. TWo new species of Haemogregarina senso lato are described: Haemogregarina garnhami n.sp. ...

Sediment samples were collected at low tide from various localities of Jubail Marine Wildlife Sanctuary in the Arabian Gulf during 1996-1997 for the study of the marine interstitial ciliate fauna of the Sanctuary. Eleven ...

Ciliated neurones of probable endocrine function are present inside and outside the cerebral ganglion of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa. Cell fibers contain clusters ofsynaptoid vesicles in regions adjacent to the ...

The desert woodlouse Porcellio evansi from Bahrain and Qatar has a transpiration rate as low or lower than recorded from other desert species. The synanthropic mesic Porsellionides pruinosus has a much higher rate, while ...

The present work deals with the role of some physical factors, applied separately or combined with gamma radiation on the Fj rate of development of Culex pipiens L. when treated in the pupal stage. The results showed no ...

The blood cells of a common sea urchin, collected from Abou-Kir region, were investigated using light and electron microscopy. Their distribution, properties, characteristics and histogenesis were determined. On the basis ...

In 1955 Nayar described two types of neurosecretory cells in lphita limbata (A- and B-types) [1]. Later, Johannson [2] classified these cells into four categories: A, B, C and D, which he regarded as motor neurones of ...