mel·a·noid

(mĕl′ə-noid′)

adj.

1. Of or related to melanin; black-pigmented.

2. Of or affected with melanosis.

mel′a·noid′ n.

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melanoid

(ˈmɛləˌnɔɪd)

adj

1. (Biochemistry) resembling melanin; dark coloured

2. (Pathology) characterized by or resembling melanosis

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mel•a•noid

(ˈmɛl əˌnɔɪd)

adj.

1. of or characterized by melanosis.

2. resembling melanin; darkish.

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The salt tolerance of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca, Gastropoda), a bioinvader gastropod.

DETERMINING THE SALINITY TOLERANCE OF INVASIVE ISLAND APPLE SNAIL POMACEA MACULATA (PERRY, 1810) HATCHLINGS TO ASSESS THE INVASION PROBABILITY IN ESTUARINE HABITATS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, USA

Element Species Country Cr Ni Cu Zn Nerita India -- 2.44- -- -- crepidularia 14.58 Brotia costula Malaysia -- -- 10.67- 30.17- 11.67 46.83 Melanoides Malaysia -- -- 42.83- 135.0- tuberculata 108.3 215.0 Cerithidea India -- -- 0.102- 0.993- cingulata 0.840 1.766 Indothais gradata Brunei 1.69 2.28 38.28 16.56 S.

Imposex in Stramonita haemastoma from coastal sites of Cartagena, Colombia/Imposex em Stramonita haemastoma em locais costeiros de Cartagena, Colombia

Hydrobia ulvae (Barnes, 1986), Limax maximus (Sokolove el al, 1977), Littorina irrorata (Shirley and Findley, 1978), Melanerita atramentosa (Zann, 1973), Melanoides tuberculata (Beesten and Morgan, 1979), and Meli be leonina (Newcomb et ai, 2014).

Sequences of Circadian Clock Proteins in the Nudibranch Molluscs Hermissenda crassicornis, Melibe leonina, and Tritonia diomedea

pumilio, are transmitted by the red-rimmed melania or Malaysian trumpet snail, Melanoides tuberculata (6).

Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru

and Melanoides tuberculata were codominant taxa in Karang Mumus River.

Benthic Macroinvertebrates Diversity as Bioindicator of Water Quality of Some Rivers in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

These included Bithynia siamensis of the family Bithyniidae [47] and array of other snail genera like Biomphalaria, Bulinus, Ceratophallus, Gabbiella, Gyraulus, and Melanoides [27].

Morphological Characterization of Emerging Cercariae among Lymnaeid Snails from Barangay Cawongan, Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines

Additionally, the introduction of exotic mollusc species such as Melanoides tuberculata has contributed to the elimination of certain native species (Avellar, 1999; Mansur et al., 2012).

Freshwater gastropods in the Northern littoral mesoregion of Espirito Santo, Brazil/Gastropodes de agua doce da mesorregiao Litoral Norte do Espirito Santo, Brasil

squamosissimus was composed of six items: (1) shrimp (Macrobrachium amazonicum Heller, 1862) (IAi = 84.6 (17.4), 42.76%-100%), (2) fish (scales, bones, and muscle) (IAi = 5.7 (10.2), 0%-40.72%), (3) insects (IAi = 8.3 (15.2), 0%-50.65%), (4) vegetable matter (IAi = 0.01 (0.03), 0%0.36%), (5) gastropods (Melanoides tuberculata Muller, 1774) (IAi = 0.01 (0.04), 0%-0.21%), and (6) shrimp larvae (IAi = 1.3 (5.2), 0%-20.75%) (mean (standard deviation), minimum-maximum, resp.) (Figure 5).

Effects of a Supraseasonal Drought on the Ecological Attributes of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840) (Pisces, Sciaenidae) in a Brazilian Reservoir

y Melanoides sp 0.25 I.A), restos de peces como escamas (3.5 I.A.) y vertebras-espinas (0.31 I.A), Microcrustaceos (Decapoda spl: 0.08 I.A).

Estructura trofica de los peces en arroyos del Corral de San Luis, cuenca del Bajo Magdalena, Caribe, Colombia

Taxa SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5 OLIGOCHAETA 0 0 0 0 0 Tubificidae 0 29 337 91 0 Aullodrilus limnobius 0 22 28 19 78 GASTROPODA 0 0 0 0 0 Mesogastropoda 0 0 0 0 0 Aylacostoma guaranitica 85 0 81 152 98 Melanoides tuberculata 0 0 0 0 0 Pomacea 0 0 0 0 0 Basommatophora 0 0 0 0 0 Biomphalaria peregrina 38 0 0 29 0 BIVALVIA 0 0 0 0 0 Corbiculidae 0 0 0 0 0 Corbicula fluminea 89 0 438 77 62 DIPTERA 0 0 0 0 0 Chironomidae 0 0 0 0 0 Tanypodinae 65 0 0 0 53 Tanytarsus 0 0 0 0 0 ODONATA 0 0 0 0 0 Progomphus 0 0 0 38 0 HIRUDINEA 0 2342 0 0 0 TOTAL 85 2409 884 406 291 Figure 2.

Environmental Implications of a Stabilization Pond Effluent Released in Parana River at Ilha Solteira, Brazil: The Quality of Water and Sediment

and Glossogobius celebius while aquatic shells of a Gastropod species and Melanoides torulosa were common in Sillago sihama, Eleotris fusca and Glossogobius celebius too.

Species composition and gut content analysis of fishes in Mandulog River system, Iligan City