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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SERIES 4, V59, Nos. 1-7

 
     
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16 May 2008

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DARRELL UBICK and THOMAS S. BRIGGS. The Harvestman Family Phalangodidae. 6. Revision of the Sitalcina Complex (Opiliones: Laniatores) 

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THOMAS F. DANIEL. A New Ruellia (Acanthaceae) from Guerrero, Mexico      

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JOHN E. MCCOSKER. Trachyscorpia osheri and Idiastion hageyi, Two New Species of Deepwater Scorpionfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae, Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands        

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TOMIO IWAMOTO and ALEXEI ORLOV. First Atlantic Record of Asthenomacrurus victoris Sazonov & Shcherbachev (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei)  

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TOMIO IWAMOTO and KEN J. GRAHAM. Two New Australian Grenadiers of the Coelorinchus fasciatus Species Group (Macrouridae: Gadiformes: Teleostei)   

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PETER W. FRITSCH, LIHUA ZHOU, LU LU, and BRUCE BARTHOLOMEW. The Flowering Plant Genus Gaultheria (Ericaceae) in the Gaoligong Shan, along the Border Region of China and Myanmar         

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THOMAS F. DANIEL. One Hundred and Fifty Years of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences (1853–2003)         

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PULAWSKI, WOJCIECH J. and MICHAEL A. PRENTICE. A Revision of the Wasp Tribe Palarini Schrottky, 1909 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)

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KAVANAUGH, DAVID H. and JAMES R. LABONTE. Discovery of Nebria brevicollis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini), a European Ground Beetle, Established in theWillamette Valley, Oregon.

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KRIEBEL, RICARDO, REINALDO AGUILAR, and FRANK ALMEDA.: A New and Threatened Arborescent Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) from the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

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GREENFIELD, DAVID W., and JOHN E. RANDALL: Eviota tigrina, a New Goby from Tonga (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

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PÉREZ, RAMÓN ANDRÉS LÓPEZ. 2008. Fossil Corals from the Gulf of California, Mexico: Still a Depauperate Fauna but it Bears More Species than Previously Thought

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HERMOSILLO, ALICIA and ÁNGEL VALDÉS. 2008. Two New Species of Opisthobranch Mollusks from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

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  CORTI, CLAUDIA, FAUSTO BARBAGLI, MICHAEL T. GHISELIN, AND ALAN E. LEVITON, eds. Impact of Travels on Scientific Knowledge: Scientific Exploration in the Mediterranean Region: An International Colloquium Sponsored by the California Academy of Sciences, the Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze , and the Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Siena, Italy
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CH 0 GHISELIN, MICHAEL T. and ALAN E. LEVITON. Preface
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  PRATESI, GIOVANNI: Welcome to Delegates in Florence
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  FERRI, SARA. Welcome to Delegates in Siena
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  GHISELIN, MICHAEL T. and CLAUDIA CORTI.: Introduction
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MASSETI, MARCO. The Most Ancient Explorations of the Mediterranean

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BARBAGLI, FAUSTO, GIOVANNA CIUFFI, MARINA CLAUSER, PIERO CUCCUINI, LUCIANA FANTONI, GIANNA INNOCENTI, CHIARA NEPI, DANIELA PARRINI, MARTA POGGESI, LUISA POGGI, and MONICA ZAVATTARO. The Natural History Museum of Florence and Its Contribution to the Knowledge of the Mediterranean

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VACCARI, EZIO.: “Volcanic travels: and the Development of Volcanology in the 18th Century

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VISCONTI, AGNESE. The Naturalistic Explorations of the Milanese Barnabite Ermenegildo Pini (1739-1825) Along the Coast of Calabria: New Observations and Implications with Regard to His Views on the History of the Earth

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OMODEO, PIETRO and EMILIA ROTA. Earthworm Diversity and Land Evolution in Three Mediterranean Districts

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PÉREZ-MELLADO, VALENTIN, CLAUDIA CORTI and JOSEP MIQUEL VIDAL. Herpetological Explorations of the Balearic Islands During the Last Two Centuries

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BACCETTI, NICOLA and JOE SULTANA. Local Ornithologists and the Early Study of Central Mediterranean Avifauna: The Role of Schembri and Damiani in the Maltese and Tuscan Islands

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GOSLINER, TERRENCE M., JUAN LUCAS CERVERA, and MICHAEL T. GHISELIN. Scientific Exploration in the Mediterranean Region: Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna: Historical and Phylogenetic Perspectives

117-137, 9 figs.

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GROEBEN, CHRISTIANE. Tourists in Science: 19th Century Research Trips to the Mediterranean.

139-154, 18 figs.
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GHISELIN, MICHAEL T. British Use and Support of the Naples Zoological Station Prior to the First World War

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CH 11 FOKIN, SERGEI. Russian Biologists at Villafranca.
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CASELLATO, SANDRA. Marine Biology in the Adriatic Sea: An Historical Review

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PINNA, GIOVANNI: Scientific Travels and the Wealth of Nations

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14 WILLIAMS, GARY C. William Dampier: Science, Exploration, and Literary Influence, Including his Hydrographic Treatise of 1699
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15 GREENFIELD, DAVID W., RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM, and BRUCE B. COLLETTE. Review of the Toadfish Genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)     
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16 McCOSKER, JOHN E. and JOHN E. RANDALL. A New Species of Indo-Pacific Moray Eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) From Indonesia  
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17 McCOSKER, JOHN E. and PETER WIRTZ. Notes on Brachysomophis atlanticus from the Cape Verde Archipelago      
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18 HETERICK, BRIAN. A Revision of the Malagasy Ants Belonging to the Genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Amendment  719
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ANDRÉ dos SANTOS BRAGANÇA GIL, NÁDIA SAID CHUKR, ANA MARIA GIULIETTI, and MARIA do CARMO E. AMARAL. Pseudiris speciosa, a New Genus and Species of Trimezieae (Iridioideae, Iridaceae) from Chapada Diamantina, Brazil    

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20 Notice of Retraction and Corrigendum     
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IND Index to Volume 59 and Supplement
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TOC Table of Contents Volume 59 and Supplement
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