a huarizo is a cross between a male llama and a female alpaca .

the most common hybrid between south american camelids , huarizo tend to be much smaller than llamas , with their fibre being longer .

huarizo are sterile in the wild , but recent genetic research conducted at the university of minnesota rochester suggests that it may be possible to preserve fertility with minimal genetic modification .

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huarizo wool comes from the huarizo , a cross between a male lama , and a female alpaca . huari
usually smaller than lamas , but they have longer and thicker fiber . huarizo fiber is usually sterile , and very clean . huarizo fiber use peaked in the 1950s when it was used mostly in jackets and coats , giving them a shiny , glossy , quality . huarizo wool is usually silky and soft in texture .
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huarizo is the hair from an animal that is the cross between an alpaca and a llama . the end result is a fibre that is coarser and therefore less desirable to the textile manufacturer . the fibres produced are longer than both the alpaca and llama fibres . huarizo fabric is a knitted fabric , and it is usally blended with other fibres , such as polyester . like many other hairs , huarizo has a natural crimp , meaning that it has a natural elasticity , it is breathable and warm . the fleece of the huarizo animal is very fine and it is this that is generally used for garments , such as knitwear .
the huarizo : a cross between an alpaca and a llama is generally known in perú as a huarizo . this hybrid has rather coarse fiber and phenotypic characteristics of both the alpaca and the llama . in the upper andean zone , where alpacas are raised by families of herders whose resources are limited , it is not uncommon to find mixed herds of alpacas and llamas , and this can give rise to the procreation of huarizos .
our first huarizo has been born at les fragnes . what’s one of them ? it’s a llama - alpaca cross , with an alpaca father ( brendan ) and a llama mum ( katrina ) . in contrast , a cross born to an alpaca mum and llama dad is a misti . and there are more classifications . if our little male huarizo grows up to more llama - like than alpaca - like , he’ll be a warilla . if , however , the alpaca phenotype wins out , then we’ll have to refer to him as a t’aqa .
for industrial purposes , the term ' huarizo ' denotes a fiber quality which does not necessarily come from the hybrid animal ; it is used to describe a product ( top or yarn ) in which the average fiber diameter is between 28 and 29 microns and may indeed come entirely from a pure alpaca .
the fiber is classified manually according to its fineness and sorted into qualities such as royal alpaca ( less than 19 microns ) , baby alpaca ( 22 , 5 microns ) , super fine alpaca ( 25 , 5 microns ) , huarizo ( 29 microns ) , coarse ( 32 microns ) and mixed pieces ( short fibers generally coarser than 32 microns ) .
don carlos , our resident herd guard alpaca , was imported by sacoyo alpacas of south africa from chile ( south america ) for breeding purposes . his somewhat smaller than usual proportions unfortunately denied him that pleasure as taller males are prefered , but all was not lost . theuns and valerie , owners of landmeterskop farm , fell in love with this handsome guy , and today he guards their herd of dormer sheep from small predators on this beautiful farm in the cape overberg !
although there are not many alpacas in the overberg , they have been part of the farming community in south africa since 2000 . today there are more than 50 registered breeders , and ± 5000 of these beautiful animals grazing on farms and small holdings all over the country . the worldwide population is estimated ± 4 million , with the highest concentration in peru .
while the llama was mainly used to carry goods in the mountains , the alpaca was bred for its fibre . they were hailed by the incas as a “gift from the gods” because of their exquisite fleece – so fine and silky that only royalty was afforded the luxury of wearing clothes made from it . clothes from alpaca fibre were therefore a sign of great wealth . the ruling king had garments made from vicunja , the finest and most valuable fleece of all .
there are two types of alpacas – the huacaya ( pronounced wa - ky - ya ) , like our don carlos , and the suri . 90 % of alpacas are huacaya ; they have a full , woolly fleece with its fibre growing vertically out of its skin in small bundles with a tight crimped wave which makes the fleece sit vertically off the skin giving it a ‘teddy bear’ look . suri alpacas have a lustrous , silky fibre growing out of the skin in bundles / locks , much like dread locks , without any crimped wave .
a grown alpaca produces enough fleece each year to create several soft , warm scarves ; the yield is between 2 to 4kg . they are shorn once a year , without causing injury to the animal . the fleece comes in about 22 basic colours with many hues / variations , i . e black , grey / rose grey , light / dark brown , a variety of fawn and white .
alpacas are gentle , inquisitive , intelligent and observant . they like having their own space and may not like an unfamiliar alpaca or human getting close , especially from behind . they do not like being grabbed . some alpacas tolerate being stroked or petted anywhere on their bodies , although many do not like their feet , lower legs , and especially their abdomen touched or handled .
alpacas make a variety of sounds . when they are in danger , they make a high - pitched , shrieking whine . some breeds are known to make a “wark” noise when excited . strange dogs – and even cats – can trigger this reaction . to signal friendly or submissive behavior , alpacas “cluck , ” or “click” a sound possibly generated by suction on the soft palate , or possibly in the nasal cavity .
individuals vary , but most alpacas generally make a humming sound . hums are often comfort noises , letting the other alpacas know they are present and content . when males fight , they scream a warbling , bird - like cry , presumably intended to terrify the opponent .
not all alpacas spit , but all are capable of doing so . “spit” is somewhat euphemistic ; occasionally the projectile contains only air and a little saliva , although alpacas commonly bring up acidic stomach contents ( generally a green , grassy mix ) and project it onto their chosen targets . spitting is mostly reserved for other alpacas , but an alpaca will occasionally spit at a human .
for alpacas , spitting results in what is called “sour mouth” . sour mouth is characterized by a loose - hanging lower lip and a gaping mouth . this is caused by the stomach acids and unpleasant taste of the contents as they pass out of the mouth .
an adult alpaca generally is between 81 and 99 cm in height at the withers . they usually weigh between 48 and 84 kg ( 106 and 185 lbs ) . gestation is 11 . 5 months – one cria is born ; twins are extremely rare . their life - span is between 15 to 20 + years .
alpacas have only a few dung piles in their pasture , thereby making it easy to clean the paddocks and controlling the spread of parasites . their dung can be used for fertilisation ; the south american indians use the dung for fuel .
alpaca meat was once considered a delicacy by andean inhabitants . because of the high price commanded by alpaca on the growing north american alpaca market , illegal alpaca smuggling has become a growing problem .
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the alpaca , whose scientific name is lama pacos , is the most numerous of the four south american camelid species . with a population of 3 , 5 million in perú , representing 75 % of the world ' s total , the alpaca provides the main means of sustenance for thousands of families in the high andes .
the alpaca is usually 1 , 20m to 1 , 50m in height , and weighs between 45kg and 79kg . it has a smaller and more curved profile than the llama and has a distinguishing fringe of hair on its forehead .
up at elevations of more than 4000m above sea level among impressive landscapes where daily temperature ranges can be as much as 30 celsius degrees , thousands of rural families raise flocks of alpacas , as has been done for thousands of years , shearing the animals and selling their fiber every year , to provide those families with their principal income .
there are two varieties of the alpaca : the huacayo and the suri . the huacayo is the more numerous type in perú , representing 93 % of the population , and has relatively short fiber which is dense , curly and voluminous . the hair covers almost all the body , only the face and lower parts of the legs having a covering of short fibers . the suri has long , straight hair which is silky and exceptionally lustrous .
alpacas are shorn with knives or shears , usually once a year between november and april . the yield per animal is very variable , but a general average is about five pounds ( 2 , 3kg ) . there are specimens , however , which can yield fleeces weighing up to 15 pounds ( 6 , 9kg ) .
the color of the fiber is variable , up to 22 colors having been defined , but is more uniform than that of the llama . alpaca colors range from white to black through grays , fawns and browns . this characteristic is not to be found among other natural fibers , the ' noble ' fibers , used in textile production .
the names of these qualities do not necessarily reflect the age of the animals or other phenotypic characteristics . the appellation ' baby ' , for example , is applied to products ( tops , yarns , cloth , etc . ) where the average fiber diameter is 22 , 5 microns . the fiber used to obtain this quality does not necessarily come from baby animals ; it could easily come from an adult animal with a very fine coat .
each quality is employed to create different products such as cloth , scarves , sweaters , blankets , carpets and so on . the alpaca may also be blended with other fibers , generally of natural origin .
alpaca fibers are extraordinarily tough and strong , even in the finest qualities , thus making it ideal for industrial processing . it is furthermore easily dyed to any color and always retains its natural luster .
it is also possible to process alpaca on the woolen or worsted systems , so that it can be used to produce a range of cloths from coarse tweeds to fine gabardine . alpaca fiber does not easily break , fray , stain or accumulate charges of static electricity ; it is easy to launder .
alpaca provides a relatively high yield of fiber after processing ( between 87 % and 95 % compared with 43 % to 76 % for sheep ' s wool ) . furthermore , it is easy and economical to process owing to the lack of grease or lanolin in the fiber and , unlike cashmere , does not need to be de - haired .
• fineness : this is a genetic hereditary factor . the finer the fiber , the higher the price .
• color : white fiber commands a higher price from industrial concerns as it may be dyed to any color , including pastel shades . however , craftsmen give a greater value to fiber of certain natural colors .
• fiber length : the decision of whether to process the alpaca on the woolen system or the worsted system depends on the fiber length .
• nutritional considerations : nutrition of the animal affects growth and fineness of the fiber .
• non - flammability : the fiber will not burn unless in direct contact with a flame .
• elasticity and strength : alpaca fibers have relatively high elasticity and strength , comparable with those of sheep ' s wool and other animal fibers .
• thermal properties : the structure of the alpaca fiber makes it an efficient thermal insulator , useful in different climatic conditions .
• felting : alpaca does not felt as readily as sheep ' s wool or other animal fibers .
• handle : the alpaca fiber has a structure which gives it a very soft handle , comparable with that of a grade of sheep ' s wool three or four microns finer .
• visual texture : especially for overcoats , alpaca cloth exhibits an excellent drape , appearance , natural luster and handle ; it maintains its new appearance for a very long time .
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aethes francillana , the long-barred yellow conch , is a moth of the family tortricidae .

it was described by fabricius in 1794 .

it is found in almost all of europe , from north-western africa to afghanistan and dzhungarian ala tau in central asia .

it is also found in the ural mountains , kazakhstan , tajikistan , western siberia , asia minor and iran .

the habitat consists of rough grassland , particularly chalk downland and coastal areas .

the wingspan is 13 – 18 millimetres ( 0.51 – 0.71 in ) .

adults are on wing from late june to early september .

the larvae feed on the seeds of eryngium campestre , daucus , pastinaca , peucedanum , angelica sylvestris , plaeoselinum meoides , crithmum maritimum , astydamia canariensis and ferula communis .

aethes francillana

aethes francillana ( fabricius ) ( lep . : tortricidae ) bred from conium maculatum
aethes francillana §1 , male ; foulness , essex ; 26 / 07 / 2009 ; fw 7 . 0mm © chris lewis
male genitalia : the difference between the 2 species is quite striking in the male genitalia . the sacculus ( a ) of a . francillana is deeply emarginate and produced into a squared arm ; while in a . beatricella the margin is a smooth curve . the transtilla ( b ) of a . francillana is deeply indented to form a pair of pointed arms ; while in a . beatricella it has a small central notch .
id : both a . francillana and a . beatricella have complete median and postmedian fasciae and they appear very similar . in a . francillana the fasciae are narrower and more oblique . the fasciae in both species are of uneven width so the statement that they are narrower in a . francillana is based on an eyeball impression of the average width and identification of an individual on this basis may require comparison with other examples of both species . btm states that in a . francillana
the costal end of the median fascia extends beyond the dorsal end of the postmedian ( fascia )
. in theory this should provide an absolute distinction between the 2 species . however , assessment of it depends on getting the costa exactly horizontal ( difficult to achieve reliably on a live specimen ) and since the costa itself is not entirely straight this is problematic . there is a straight section of costa in both species ( horizontal blue line on images opposite ) . a perpendicular line ( green in images ) drawn from the distal margin of the costal end of the median fascia cuts the dorsum just beyond the distal margin of the dorsal end of the postmedian fascia in a . francillana and within the dorsal end of the postmedian facia in a . beatricella .
on the wing from late june through to early september , this moth is found particularly in the coastal counties and inland in southern england , where it can be locally common . it is scarcer further
it is found in rough grassland , particularly chalk downland and on the coast .
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noticed only along our coast - line , where it is frequent orford in july 1902 ( gbs ) ; aldeburgh in 1892 ( ctw ) ; leiston ( b . de grey ) ; dunwich ( ctw ) ; on conium maculatum at southwold in july 1903 ( mly ) ; and larvae in wild carrot at lowestoft ( bd ) .
ws : 13 - 18mm ; jun - sep ; wild carrot ( daucus carota ) ; local on downland and waste ground throughout gb , predominantly coastal further north .
§1 foulness , essex ; 26 / 07 / 2009 ; male ; fw 7 . 0mm §2 portland , dorset ; 19 / 06 / 2015 ; female ; fw 6 . 9mm all images © chris lewis
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and other members of the umbelliferae . pupates in the upper part of the stem of the food plant .
the adults have been observed from late june to early september . a species which is not easily disturbed from vegetation . they are active in early evening and later come to light .
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dismorphia pseudolewyi is a butterfly in the pieridae family .

it is found in bolivia .

adults have white undersides that are mottled in grey and yellow .

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dismorphia teresa ( hewitson , 1869 ) male . ecovia coroico , yungas , bolivia december 17 , 2017 . photographer ; peter møllmann
the subfamily dismorphiinae , to which the wood whites of europe belong , has its headquarters in south america , where 51 different species are found . the neotropical genera include dismorphia , enantia , lieinix , patia , moschoneura and pseudopieris .
unknown , however devries states that several dismorphia species in costa rica feed as larvae on inga or pithecellobium ( mimosaceae ) . in the case of most species in the subfamily dismorphiinae , the eggs are spindle - shaped , and laid singly on the underside of leaves . in most ( probably all ) species the larvae are cryptically coloured - dark green above , and paler green below .
both sexes are usually found as singletons flying in forest edge habitats , where they nectar at senecio , eupatorium and other herbaceous plants .
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mountain white , leptophobia aripa elodina ( boisduval , 1836 ) . mallacita , caranavi , yungas , bolivia january 2015 . photographer : peter møllmann
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hedgehunter ( born 25 january 1996 ) is an irish race horse , who won the 2005 grand national steeplechase , ridden by ruby walsh and trained by willie mullins .

he had fallen at the final fence the previous year when well placed .

he then finished second in 2006 to numbersixvalverde .

he also finished second in the 2006 cheltenham gold cup to war of attrition .

the horse is owned by lancashire millionaire trevor hemmings who also owned blackpool tower .

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long - time leader hedgehunter fell while clan royal and lord atterbury began to tire .
hedgehunter , winner of the 2005 john smith ' s grand national , has been retired .
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former grand national winner hedgehunter has been retired after running his final race at aintree over the weekend .
hedgehunter will now live out his retirement at his owner trevor hemmings’s home in the isle of man .
not the best hope of the four runners for trainer who won the race in 2005 with hedgehunter .
hedgehunter , winner of the 2005 grand national and runner - up the following year , has been retired .
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the plan for the 2004 national almost worked out perfectly , hedgehunter led the race from fence ten and looked well placed for a debut win . the final fence was all that stood between hedgehunter and national glory . as he approached the fence clan royal push in front and hedgehunter fell for the first time in his career .
rated by mullins as his best national prospect this year alongside hedgehunter . he has the credentials to be involved .
pre - race favourite hedgehunter , ridden by ruby walsh , won the 158th running of the grand national at aintree .
yes , long and happy retirement hedgehunter ; probably one of the most aptly named horses in the history of racing .
ballabriggs and hedgehunter live happily in retirement in the island with mr hemmings who is also owner of preston north end .
hedgehunter had irish eyes smiling with a superb victory in the john smith ' s grand national at a packed aintree today .
ballaseyr stud is a purpose built facility which is also home to retired horses where ballabriggs and hedgehunter are undoubtedly the most famous residents .
second to hedgehunter under a big weight in 2005 . same owner as cheltenham gold cup winner kauto star . will relish the likely fast ground .
both homes from hedgehunter farnham limited offered flexible and spacious accommodation over two floors and each property boasted attractive southerly facing views across the bourne valley .
not often i feel compelled to post on this type of thread , but connections appear to be doing very well by hedgehunter . good on them .
hedgehunter also finished second in the cheltenham gold cup two years ago and amassed more than three - quarters of million pounds in prize money during his career .
mullins told the racing post :
i spoke with trevor hemmings this morning and we agreed that now was a good time for hedgehunter to be retired .
hedgehunter took the lead after tony mccoy ' s ride clan royal was taken out by a loose horse , and went on to win the race by 14 lengths .
hedgehunter was in front at the third fence and steadily drew further clear of his field as they went down the back for the final time . i ' vehadit made up ground on the run to the second - last , but david casey , hedgehunter ' s jockey , had more than enough in reserve to repel his brief challenge .
ruby , who was christened rupert , won the grand national with papillon for his father ted in 2000 and again on the willie mullins - trained hedgehunter five years later .
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i ' d just bought a lorry load of horses from tom ,
mullins recalled .
hedgehunter , who had been one of the cheaper ones , was the one i picked out . but after the horse had a couple of runs , niall found that he couldn ' t travel to ireland , and suggested i find a new owner for hedgehunter .
inca trail found little and dropped away as mccoy , pressed by hedgehunter on his left and numbersixvalverde on his right , urged clan royal to take him to aintree glory for the first time . but the irish - trained pair proved too strong and madden took the lead starting up the run - in , with walsh holding hedgehunter together to prepare one last attack . no horse since red rum has carried 11st 12lb to success and the weight , eventually , told on hedgehunter as madden surged clear to an impressive success from just eight other finishers .
. . . . . . ruby walsh rides his second national winner on the willie mullins trained hedgehunter . . . . . . 40 ran . . . 21 completed . . .
on paper , the thyestes chase at gowran park was a competitive handicap , but hedgehunter ran his rivals into the ground , jumping throughout like a horse born for the challenge of liverpool .
jockey niall ' slippers ' madden and trainer martin brassil were celebrating when numbersixvalverde came home at 11 - 1 , ahead of last year ' s winner hedgehunter , ridden by ruby walsh .
he was recently bought by leading owner trevor hemmings , who has won the grand national three times before with hedgehunter ( 2005 ) , ballabriggs ( 2011 ) and many clouds ( 2015 ) .
numbersixvalverde stormed to a six - length win from last year ' s hero hedgehunter in the grand national under niall madden , having his first ride in the race , for curragh trainer martin brassil .
in a career that spanned 40 races and total prize money of nearly €984 , 000 , hedgehunter lined up at aintree no less than five times and finished 13th in his career finale last saturday .
mr hemmings , who has a long - standing association with aintree , has won the race with three horses : hedgehunter ( 2005 ) , ballabriggs ( 2011 ) and many clouds ( 2015 ) .
there is always one grand national story written in the stars and hedgehunter gave the 2005 race its winning dream although , as ever at the expense of someone else ' s nightmare . hedgehunter was a runaway 14 - length victor at the finish but who knows what might have happened if the front - running clan royal had not been wiped out by two loose horses at becher ' s brook second time .
hedgehunter tried his luck in the next three nationals and almost joined the aintree legends when he came a game second in the 2006 grand national behind numbersixvalverde . he was 9th in 2007 and 13th in 2008 .
of the other finishers , hedgehunter simply wasn’t good enough to be competitive at this level any more . an honourable retirement surely beckons . he has been a fantastic servant to his connections and owes nobody anything .
2005 : hedgehunter becomes the first horse since corbiere in 1983 to carry more than 11st to victory in the great race , romping clear in great style under ruby walsh to slam royal auclair by 14 lengths .
they wrote their name in history . not carrie ford and forest gunner , although she rode a peach of a race to be fifth , but ruby walsh , willie mullins , trevor hemmings and a horse called hedgehunter .
that was one of five agonising near - misses mullins has experienced in chasing ' s blue riband with hedgehunter ( 2006 ) , sir des champs ( 2013 ) , on his own ( 2014 ) and djakadam ( 2015 ) all occupying the runners - up berth . hedgehunter , though , did give him his greatest success in 2005 when capturing the grand national at aintree in the hands of his long - time ally , ruby walsh .
pleasant company is my selection to win for trainer willie mullins and jockey ruby walsh . the team triumphed with hedgehunter in 2005 and walsh was also successful on papillon , trained by his father ted , five years earlier .
among the 121 possible opponents for hedgehunter at aintree are monty ' s pass and bindaree , the last two winners of the national , along with such top - class staying chasers as first gold , valley henry and fondmort .
both former grand national victors — 22 - year - old hedgehunter and 17 - year - old ballabriggs — are enjoying their retirement at their owner trevor hemmings’ stud on the isle of man , where they share a paddock .
at the last fence hedgehunter seemed to be going slightly better than the other two , clan royal had just dropped behind by a half a length but at the fence numbersixvalverde out - jumped both and went into the lead .
in the 2004 / 5 season walsh won three of the four nationals : the irish on the 2006 grand national winner , numbersixvalverde , the welsh on subsequent 2007 grand national winner silver birch , and the english on hedgehunter .
hedgehunter ' s training team resolved to give the race another go in 2005 . he was run over hurdles in ireland to protect his handicap , even though senior handicapper phil smith announced that year that he wouldn ' t be duped by trainers who have there horses “naff around in hurdles in ireland” . when the weights were announced hedgehunter was allotted 10st 12lb ( later raised to 11st 1lb ) which was the weight he carried so well in the 2004 national .
puntal and ballycassidy were joined at the head of affairs by last year’s winner , hedgehunter . a group containing the likes of clan royal , numbersixvalverde , nil desperandum , inca trail , therealbandit and risk accessor trailed just in behind .
a superb horse – to come back from that awful fall at the last to win and be placed and complete 4 out of 5 times is a brilliant achievement . he deserves a long and happy retirement ! well done hedgehunter !
won in great style by the willie mullins trained hedgehunter who provided jockey , ruby walsh with his second winner of the race , after first winning the 2000 grand national on papillon . hedgehunter was very well supported in both the grand national antepost market as well as on the day and went off as the 7 / 1 favourite . his win produced one of the loudest ever cheers at aintree with thousands of punters getting the better of the bookmakers for a change .
in one of the most exciting finishes of recent years , victory looked to be between three horses - hedgehunter , clan royal and lord atterbury - who came to the final fence together , with amberleigh house a good 10 lengths back .
walsh is at the peak of his powers ; regardless of the vast quantity of winners that mccoy may churn out , the coming seasons now seem more likely to belong to his great rival . walsh had not planned to be in front on hedgehunter until well after the last but , forced into a sudden change of plan when clan royal ' s exit left him in the lead , he showed masterly composure to keep hedgehunter relaxed and footsure over the final seven fences .
there should be plenty more of those to come with hedgehunter , perhaps as soon as the end of may , when the intention of willie mullins , his trainer , is to run him in the grand steeple - chase de paris .
mr hemmings said many clouds would be shortly stepping on to manx soil for a summer break . he will join new pals hedgehunter and ballabriggs who won the race in 2005 and 2011 respectively and who live in happy retirement at ballaseyr .
he won the irish hennessy twice , on rule supreme in 2005 and kempes in 2011 , the galway plate on ansar in 2004 and the thyestes chase on hedgehunter in 2004 and on his own in 2012 among other big prizes in ireland .
ruby walsh won on papillon on his first national ride in 2000 . this is his second victory and the fifth time he has completed in six attempts . wonderful statistics and ironically different from that of those of hedgehunter ' s trainer and owner .
at the 14th fence ballycassidy was still in the lead and puntal who had been off the course for over a year was also running well . therealbandit , first gold and shotgun willy were next and then came last year ' s winner hedgehunter .
puntal , no stranger to the grand national experience , turned - in another respectable display . hedgehunter , winner and second in the last two years , found 11st 12lb too hefty a burden to shrug off as he nears the twilight of his career .
. . numbersixvalverde ridden by neil madden and trained by martin brassil wins the 2006 grand national from the 2005 winner hedgehunter . . . . . . nine of the forty runners completed the course . . . the fewest since 2001 . . . . .
last years runner up and third place horses hedgehunter and clan royal did most of their grand national preparation running over the smaller obstacles while the winner numbersixvalverde as he was not as exposed as his rivals had a more straight forward grand national betting build up .
hedgehunter ' s performance in the 2005 grand national was nearly flawless , he hunted up the leaders just off the pace throughout before taking it up with three to jump , and from then on was always in command , finishing strongly with a 14 length lead .
in the event hedgehunter won the race quite easily , finishing fourteen lengths clear of the second , royal auclair , trained by paul nicholls . third was 66 / 1 outsider simply gifted , with fourth and fifth being it takes time and second favourite , forest gunner .
but two other images of note were the polished amateur tom greenall leading the field for much of the first circuit on glenelly gale ( before pulling up at the 28th ) , and the superb ruby walsh displaying nerves of steel to wait and wait in front on hedgehunter .
1 star : hedgehunter , hi cloy , iron man , contraband , cornish sett , no full , baily breeze , bob hall , king johns castle , naunton brook , tumbling dice , backbeat , idle talk , milan deux mille , nadover , black apalachi , ardaghey .
as for hedgehunter , he will have top weight , or something close to it , if he returns to the race in 12 months ' time . but if the bulk of it comprises ruby walsh , he may again be the horse that the other 39 have to beat .
but the canny owner uses around 14 trainers in the uk and ireland including paul nicholls and yorkshire couple sue and harvey smith . some of racing’s top jockeys including ap mccoy , who retires this year , and ruby walsh , who was on hedgehunter , have ridden for him .
the human celebration was completed by 30 - year - old mia niemela the young finnish groom who has been hedgehunter ' s closest companion these past four years . half an hour after the tumult and shouting of the unsaddling enclosure she was sponging down her hero up at the stables .
but war of attrition , the youngest horse in the field , proved to be much the best on the day . he relished the good ground and stamina sapping trip , sealing his victory with two prodigious leaps at the final two obstacles to run out the 2½ lengths winner from hedgehunter .
this fiasco meant that hedgehunter landed in front on the inside and ruby walsh had a clear but seemingly too early route to victory . a big pack collected up behind him . so big that it was actually 11 strong as they came across the melling road with just two fences to jump .
ruby walsh was the punters pal again as he gave the favourite hedgehunter a masterful ride to make amends for last year ' s last - fence fall . he hunted up the leaders just off the pace throughout before taking it up with three to jump , and from then on was always in command .
from the canal turn there was only one winner of the grand national 2005 as hedgehunter took up the running here and never looked like getting beat . while on the turn into the straight there where any number of horses in a position to challenge , ruby walsh was sitting still with a double handful and at the elbow he gave hedgehunter some rein and away he went to be one of the best winners of the aintree grand national in recent years . the one horse that could be taken out of the race was clan royal ridden by a p mccoy who was going really well when taken out at beeches .
irish champion trainer willie mullins , who scored with hedgehunter in 2005 , will capture the british title for the first time if he wins this year’s race , though it’s unlikely to be with this 12 - year - old , a faller here in 2012 and 2013 who is likely to prove vulnerable to younger legs .
if trevor hemmings owes his grand national success to an early involvement in the pontins holiday business , trainer willie mullins took his inspiration from watching jay trump win the 1965 running of the race on television . that hedgehunter brought them together to triumph at aintree on saturday seems typical of the romance this great sporting institution can generate .
hedgehunter was giving bottom - weighted horses , marcus du berlais , l ' aventure , and native emperor , only 10lb , in a national in which all horses were in the handicap . if this trend continues - and it should - the golden rule of avoiding a horse weighted to carry 11st or more must be eliminated .
owner property developer bernard carroll , born in the same county of clare as brassil , was the man who gave the trainer his first winner back in 1985 and he could not disguise his delight after the horse he named after his holiday home on the algarve in portugal , made the most of the 18lb he received from hedgehunter .
it ' s been a great piece of training ,
said hemmings in tribute as he waited for hedgehunter to be led back between the police horses .
after last year this was always the plan . willie kept him over hurdles until that race in february . when he won that we knew we were spot on .
hedgehunter has been out over hurdles five times this season , with his best placing a runner - up spot at thurles in december , but has not run over the bigger obstacles since last year ' s national , when he led the field such a bold dance before his heartbreaking fall at the last when looking sure to be placed .
mullins , a trainer for 17 years and a member of an irish racing dynasty , had already purchased hedgehunter from tom costello several years ago , when he received a phone call from archie o ' leary , the owner of florida pearl , asking if he could find a horse for his friend niall quaid , a limerick man living in canada .
hedgehunter was still blowing from his exertions . he has a high wither and long raking limbs . he had been through the fire and come out triumphant . it ' s an ordeal to put any horse through but the sight of their strength and courage inspires us every year .
he was wonderful ,
said mia . she said it for all of us .
if one sentence summed up the 2005 grand national , won in impressive style by hedgehunter , it was barked out by jim mcgrath , the bbc commentator , as the leaders turned for home .
any one of 10 could win it ,
he said as a quarter of the field ran towards the second - last within three or four lengths of one another .
grand national cards will start to be laid properly on the table this weekend , with recognised aintree trials in britain and ireland . one of the key players is hedgehunter , entered in both the red square vodka gold cup at haydock and the bobbyjo chase at fairyhouse , but yesterday the nine - year - old ' s trainer willie mullins was keeping his hand face down .
chives was last of seven behind lord transcend in the peter marsh , but bled that day . previously , though , he had finished second and first in grade 2s at the track on his first runs since his transfer from henrietta knight , and then third in the welsh national . like hedgehunter , he carries trevor hemmings ' colours , and is an intended runner on saturday .
hedgehunter ' s early career in hurdles didn ' t produce much in the way of success , recording just 1 win in 15 races . it wasn ' t until he switched to chasing that the horses natural ability was discovered . he seemed particular suited to chases over three miles , he won in heavy going at punchestown in 2003 and was targeted from then on at the 2004 grand national .
the 20 - year - old madden , known as ' slippers ' as his jockey father had the nickname ' boots ' , rode the copybook race on the winner , partnered by hedgehunter ' s jockey ruby walsh when winning both his first race over fences in november 2004 and when beating another of yesterday ' s rivals , jack high , in the irish grand national at fairyhouse last season .
with the 2006 grand national just here the final 40 are now finalised and the two that are heading the grand national 2006 betting are hedgehunter last years winner and clan royal regarded as so unlucky last year . once you have perused the grand national runners then feel free to go to our grand national form guide and once you have made your selection have a look at our grand national odds comparison
missed 22 months of racing until returning last october but the form of his last two results is compelling . he will zip along on the good ground and hardly carries any weight so has a fine chance of winning . kelami is another who will enjoy the fast ground and is good enough to grab second , with hedgehunter and long - term favourite cloudy lane left to fight the minor placings .
the 18 left in the haydock race number three - stormez , maximize and control man - from the martin pipe stable which won last year with jurancon , and the likely favourite baron windrush , representing nigel twiston - davies . ten of them hold the national entry ; the six aintree hopes in at fairyhouse include hedgehunter ' s stablemate alexander banquet and rince ri , not seen in public since april .
a maximum 40 - strong field went to post for the world’s most famous steeplechase , a race which remains the most coveted prize for many in the national hunt calendar . the quality of the 2007 grand national contest was well up to standard , with the top horse , hedgehunter , running off a mark of 158 , and the bottom pair , le duc and joes edge , racing off 134 .
it wasn ' t long before they were at the elbow and numbersixvalverde was a length in front , of hedgehunter with nil desperandum a very tired third and clan royal also a very tired fourth . falling further behind are risk assessor and puntal who are now out of the running . as they pass the elbow and go up the run - in numbersixvalverde opens up a bigger gap between himself and the next three .
on the subject of money , mullins fears the betfred gold cup at sandown park on april 23 may come a little too soon after aintree for hedgehunter .
there is a £250 , 000 bonus to complete the national - betfred double , so we ' ll be taking a good look at it , but my gut feeling is that there may not be enough time between races for him ,
said the trainer .
at the biggest fence on the course the leaders jump the fence well in advance of the field . however some are not so lucky . silver birch fell and brought down heros collonges . jack high also fell independently . the horses went over the water jump and headed back out on the course for the second time . ballycassidy and puntal were disputing the lead next came first gold therealbandit , hedgehunter , clan royal , lord of illusion and risk assessor . next came joes edge , forest gunner , direct access , inca trail , numbersixvalverde , rince ri , shotgun willy , haut de gamme , sir oj and native upmanship . they headed down to the 19th fence puntal and ballycassidy were 6 lengths in front of the field next came clan royal who made a very bad mistake but stayed on his feet , this left hedgehunter in third place .
luck may have been on ruby walsh ' s side when circumstances enabled him to just miss the mayhem that wiped out clan royal at becher ' s the second time , but from that point he seized his opportunity and dictated how the race would unfold . he held on to hedgehunter even after jumping the last , only really going for him nearing the elbow . his 14 - length victory over royal auclair was achieved with great ease .
the haydock race is over an extended three and a half miles , that in fairyhouse three miles and a furlong . if hedgehunter makes the longer journey from co carlow to run in the longer ( and more valuable , with a £120 , 000 purse ) contest , one he is sure to meet is truckers tavern , rather a specialist at the tricky drop - fenced track , where the going is forecast to be no better than soft .
the weights for the national will not be released until early next month , but whatever the handicapper ' s reaction after yesterday ' s eight - length defeat of i ' vehadit , willie mullins ' s young chaser is sure to be among the market leaders when the serious betting starts . as it is , hedgehunter is 16 - 1 second - favourite ( from 20 - 1 ) with coral , behind rince ri at 14 - 1 .
hedgehunter put up a monstrous effort to nearly defer the record books and claim back to back success despite his welter burden . he was ridden in a very similar manner to last year , finding himself near the head of affairs by the time the field reached becher’s for the second time . however , ruby walsh reported after the race that he wasn’t enjoying the ground . he knew he wouldn’t win after the field had cleared the first few obstacles .
in the longer term , though , another national is the principal aim , as it is for clan royal , who had pulled himself into a clear lead when he made his exit . however , he was run ning so wild and free after a girth broke early in the race that it is arguable whether he could have lasted home and , even if he had , hedgehunter had plenty left to give as he strode away up the run - in under 11st 1lb .
going to the second last the amateur ridden joly bey ran out of petrol after giving young david dunsdon a brilliant ride but carrie ford committed forest gunner to move up only a couple of lengths behind the leader . running down to the last you could see that her dream could not quite reach its ultimate fulfilment and indeed nothing but disaster could stop hedgehunter now . his final jump had felled him a year ago . this time he was spring heeled . only the long run in to foil him now . ruby walsh is as gifted as any rider who has ever taken up the grand national challenge . for with the crowd shouting with royal auclair and the others striving and shouting ruby didn ' t just keep his cool , he took a pull on the reins to make sure he had every ounce of horse when he finally reached the last 150 yards of running rail . when he did hedgehunter finally put this field to the sword . victory was complete .
4 . 08pm not long to go now . full odds ( from betfair ) : 9 - 1 point barrow , 10 - 1 joes edge , 12 - 1 monkerhostin , 13 - 1 hedgehunter , 14 - 1 mckelvey , 20 - 1 longshanks , 20 - 1 numbersixvalverde , 21 - 1 eurotrek , 21 - 1 l ' ami , billyvoddan , 25 - 1 idle talk , 27 - 1 bother na , 28 - 1 dun doire , 28 - 1 simon .
that left the big guns in the betting at the head of affairs . the 5 - 1 joint favourites hedgehunter and clan royal , bidding to give champion jockey tony mccoy his first winner in the race . but clan royal had already given mccoy nasty moments when hammering the 19th fence and making a mistake at the 24th and he was the first of the trio to give out distress signals as nil desperandum , sixth last year , moved up to try and challenge , as did inca trail .
in last year ' s national , hedgehunter started fifth favourite and is again among the market leaders , currently around 20 - 1 in the early lists .
he ' s jumped fences at home and that has all gone to plan , and it will be good to see him back over them on a racecourse ,
added mullins .
but i won ' t be making any decision about where until at least thursday . i haven ' t even had a proper look at the entries yet .
when they got to becher ' s on the second circuit , puntal was starting to fall behind and ballycassidy was 6 lengths in front of the field . many horses were starting to pull up . as they went on to the canal turn nothing changed up front but as they got to valentine ' s ballycassidy was 4 lengths in front but never got his legs up high enough and paid the price and fell . this left hedgehunter and clan royal , the two at the head of the betting market battling for the lead .
more odds news : cloudy lane is now as short as 6 - 1 with some bookies , so he ' ll almost certainly go off as favourite . hedgehunter was the last favourite first past the post back in 2005 and he ' s been backed in to 10s from 20s this morning - there ' s some money gone on ruby walsh ' s ride . you can now get comply or die at 9 - 1 with some firms , while king johns castle is now as short as 12 - 1 - he ' s been a market mover this morning .
4 . 15 : on the course , we have co - favourites for the national - monkerhostin , point barow and joes edge are 8 - 1 - with hedgehunter at 9s . monkerhostin is still 11 - 1 on the exchanges , mind . the horses are circling around , waiting for the off .
i don ' t blame any jockey pulling up when he believes that there ' s no chance to win , but big money on the spreads for the number of finishers rather clouds that ' no chance to win ' description ,
says gary naylor , not unreasonably .
4 . 05pm monkerhostin is into 10 - 1 , while longshanks has been backed down to 20 - 1 on betfair .
i ' ve stuck £150 on hedgehunter e / w for the last two years , and am doing so again ,
says tom lowe .
and i ' m completely confident of collecting again .
if he ' s fit , i think you ' ve got every chance , tom . but he ' s only run one race all season . pricewise , the racing post ' s tipster , reckons he ' s a good thing , mind .
and they ' re off ! snowy morning up there at the front as they go over the first . . . milan deux mille leads over bechers , but mr pointment and chelsea harbour are also there . . . over the 10th and milan deux mille still leads , jumping well . . . a loose horse is making a nuisance of himself up at the front . milan deux mille leads , d ' argent has moved up nicely , hedgehunter and comply or die are right in there . . . everyone gets over the chair ( that ' s a relief ) and mr pointment has hit the front at the halfway mark . . .
between the last two fences it looked as though we may get a classic national duel between the two best backed horses in the race and the two best jockeys to have graced the sport for many years . ruby walsh and tony mccoy had both ridden patient races on their respective mounts , hedgehunter and clan royal . although the latter was lucky to survive a terrible blunder at the 19th . however , clan royal’s challenge petered out on the long run . initially , it had appeared as though he had run out of steam on this stamina sapping ground . but actually , he started to close on the front two again after the elbow to snatch third .
there is little left to be said about this fabulous horse . last years winner again ran with great credit to be second giving 17 lbs to the winner . he again ran a great race and showed great stamina and courage in the race . hedgehunter owes connections very little and will be in the heart of his much respected owner who has spent all his life and a lot of money trying to win this race . the horse gave him that life long ambition last year and the horse did trevor hemmings and the team proud again today . today the weights were against him and he just found one too good , but it was another great race for him . still only 10 and sure to be back for another crack next year .
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numbersixvalverde is the 21st irish winner and today continues what looks like irish domination of the race in recent years . this previous irish national winner had all the credentials today and was well backed down to 11 / 1 . he was in a good position all the way through the race and took up the lead in great style from the last , despite hedgehunter still trying to peg him back , once in front he did not look like losing the race . staying on better than the others this horse named after his owners villa in portugal used his stamina to win the race in good style . at 10 years old this horse should return for another crack at the race next year . it has been quite sometime since back to back winners and next year he will have more weight but who knows , this is the race where dreams are made .
3 . 30pm : normally 30 minutes before the national , most of the favourites ' odds start shortening as the bookmakers work out their liabilities . not today . you can still get 10 - 1 on the favourite point barrow . elsewhere , monkerhostin is a huge market mover - he was 30s on betfair a few days ago , now he ' s just 12 - 1 . full odds ( from betfair ) : 10 - 1 point barrow , 11 - 1 joes edge , 12 - 1 monkerhostin , 13 - 1 hedgehunter , 15 - 1 mckelvey , 19 - 1 numbersixvalverde ( a huge price , surely ? ) , 21 - 1 eurotrek , 21 - 1 l ' ami , 22 - 1 billyvoddan , 24 - 1 simon , 24 - 1 idle talk , 25 - 1 bother na , 28 - 1 dun doire ( backed antepost by the colleague barry glendenning at 14 - 1 ) , 29 - 1 bar .
niall madden or ‘slippers’ madden as he is known has been shot right to the top on his first attempt at the grand national . the son of a former jump jockey with the same name niall was always going to be a jockey . niall got his chance today when the man that rode numbersixvalverde to victory in the irish national , ruby walsh , was riding for another stable and last years winner hedgehunter . niall gave the horse a great ride today using the waiting tactics of a much older jockey and not panicking but just producing his horse just when it mattered the most . he walked the course on the morning of the race with his father and after the race recalled his fathers words “if you’re still there or thereabouts at the second - last you’ll win , because he won’t stop galloping , ” and so it was to become . a young 20 year old jockey having his first ride in the national was to become the toast of ireland . he is sure now to get more good rides and is one to look out for in the future .
the 12 - year - old , trained by willie mullins , competed in the grand national on saturday , the site of his famous victory in 2005 .
thomas kelly mendelssohn finished third on his return to action in the grade three dwyer stakes over a mile on the dirt in belmont .
urltoken sportsdesk multiple classic - winning trainer john dunlop has died at the age of 78 . dunlop saddled two winners of the derby in shirley heights ( 1978 ) and erhaab ( 1994 ) . he also won the st leger three times , the 1000 guineas three times and the oaks twice , with the 2000 guineas the only british classic to elude him .
graham clark roaring lion battled on bravely to beat his old rival saxon warrior in the coral - eclipse at sandown . the two classy three - year - olds had the 10 - furlong group one to themselves and no quarter was given in the closing stages .
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i can ' t find the designated area for it on olbg ; really concerned that all of the information garnered over 10 years has gone for good . . . . .
a suggestion would be under board index / horse racing have a thread called grand national guide bloggers and then transfer over all the posts including the historical ones in there in an easy to reach fashion . anyone else agree ?
moreen no not at present . we have been moved here without any notice and no access to our threads / posts . we will have to wait until it all gets transferred over before we can begin again .
mike ; i feel as though i ' ve lost a load of old and dear friends ! not to mention all the years of valuable research done by so many [ reminds me of how i felt when our racing club disbanded and we were just told in the newsletter , not in person ] . i know i didn ' t contribute as much as most people on the forum but it meant a great deal to me . a couple of members do post on theracingforum sometimes and i have mentioned it on there . the sad thing is that , it was such an anonymous site that it ' s impossible to keep in touch with any of the gnguide people . lets hope we can start up again on olbg and retrieve all that research [ especially as you guys got the winner of the race this year ! ] .
antony you may as well get on with it . if there ' s anything that don ' t look right i ' ll mention it . we really do need the names and dates of the posts still , otherwise we won ' t know who said what and when . i can ' t imagine anyone will change their login name . darren can assist you as he structured the original site . we won ' t want too many changes just business as usual . thanks .
what a bloody fiasco . indeed just ' throw up ' any page and let us get back in touch with each other . let ' s not give up guys despite the ' big brother ' handling of this by olbg .
anyone who was a member on the gng blog pages can join olbg and carry on chatting in exactly the same way on this page . you may remember we tried to set up a forum on the gng blog and that wasn ' t liked either . gng blog was intended to be just that , a blog , but it became more if a chatting area and , i ' m afraid , we could no longer keep it open in its current format . to instigate the recent gdpr changes would have meant an extensive revamp and as the site generates no income we could not justify that . we haven ' t been able to give the gng blog the administration time it deserved and if you all can get over this change i would think that this new set - up would function much more smoothly if you are open to giving it a try . if there are any threads that you wish me to try and move over please let me know and we will try and sort that as soon as possible .
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second place went to royal auclair , with simply gifted taking third ahead of it takes time .
people ' s favourite forest gunner , ridden by female jockey carrie ford , finished in fifth place .
walsh , who won on papillon in 2000 , was ecstatic after his second national victory .
becher ' s brook frightened the heart out of me , but it was some thrill ,
said the irishman who was given trainer willie mullins ' ride .
whatever happened , i thought ' i ' m not going to move until i get to the elbow ' . i got the elbow and said ' come on ' .
it was mullins ' first national triumph and he told the bbc that the lead up to the big day was far from smooth going .
it ' s fantastic . i never dreamed this ,
said the 48 - year - old .
you hope all year you can get him here and last week i had an awful scare - he had a bit of snot in his nose .
but i didn ' t say anything to anyone and we took our chance . we didn ' t work him all week , the last three mornings here are the first canters he ' s had since last sunday .
we were praying all week that it wouldn ' t get worse , but it got better . it ' s just fantastic , i couldn ' t believe it .
i thought we might have to withdraw him on thursday or friday but even though he picked up it was still a worry at the back of my mind .
i was holding my breath over the last hoping that nothing would come out of the clouds to get him , but i knew that ruby was going to try and keep something up his sleeve for the run - in .
i ' ve been watching this race since i was about five or six . it ' s the race that every jockey , owner or trainer wants to win .
owner trevor hemmings , who also counts the blackpool tower in his £730m fortune , was relieved after finally landing the big race .
it ' s been a long wait ,
he admitted .
but this race means so much to me and it is a dream come true .
after i broke my cheltenham duck with trabolgan in the royal & sunalliance chase last month , john hales , jp mcmanus and david johnson all told me that this could be my year , and they were right .
i ' m not a big punter , but i did have a little on a long time ago at 40 - 1 .
when he fell last year in the race i did wonder whether i was ever going to win it .
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bosellia is a genus of sea slugs , marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily plakobranchoidea .

bosellia is the only genus in the family boselliidae .

such families are monotypic families and this family has no subfamilies .

bosellia

bosellia mimetica ? from japan . from : jun imamoto , march 1 , 2004
worms - world register of marine species - bosellia corinneae ev . marcus , 1973
re : bosellia mimetica ? from japan . from : jun imamoto , march 3 , 2004
re : bosellia mimetica ? from japan . from : jun imamoto , march 2 , 2004
re : two colors for bosellia mimetica from : kathe r . jensen , march 26 , 2008
bosellia serrata - induced apoptosis is related with er stress and calcium release . - pubmed - ncbi
the correct name for the species is bosellia mimetica or boselia mimetica ? is written in both ways throughout the manuscript .
species bosellia marcusi ev . marcus , 1972 accepted as elysia marcusi ( ev . marcus , 1972 ) ( original combination )
dear daco , thanks very much for the photo . in general shape , bosellia looks quite like elysiella pusilla which also feeds on species of halimeda . they both have a very flattened body , probably as a form of camouflage . the late eveline marcus told me she considered bosellia to be her favourite genus . i suspect this was because bosellia looks quite like the outline of a cat , with which she often used to decorate her letters . she was very disappointed that i could never send her species of bosellia from the indo - west pacific , but apart from unverified reports from south africa and the red sea , i don ' t think any species of bosellia has been found outside the atlantic .
dear bill , there is a photo of bosellia mimetica on the alga halimeda tuna , and a close - up of the animal and its egg - ribbon .
trinchese s . ( 1890 ) . descrizione del nuovo genere bosellia . . memorie della regia accademia delle scienze dell ' istituto di bologna 5 : 773 - 778 [ details ]
we found three bosellia mimetica specimens in our last dive . one of them was curious because it was not colored green as they are normally found here , but instead it was colored brown .
i would like to send you an image of bosellia mimetica . size : < 1cm depth : 5 m date : 16 . 9 . 2000 country : spain village : l ' escala divesite : illa mateua ; night dive
dear bill , this is the first time i have seen this sea . i think that it looks like bosellia mimetica . is that possible from the viewpoint of distribution ? i would be very happy if i could hear your comment .
authors refer in the abstract that they used a divergence criterion to define species but no further explanation was provided in material and methods regarding the distance used or the species distance threshold . this is quite insufficient . in the results section , there is a single reference to the use of a p - uncorrected distance for coi of 7 . 3 % within bosellia mimetica , which determined the assignment of some specimens from the bahamas to a new species bosellia sp . authors could consider the inclusion of a table with the genetic distances within each species .
the other interesting feature is the algae your animals are on . i understood that species of bosellia fed on halimeda and the related udotea . have you a photo of the whole algal plant or do you know what it is ? it would be useful to have an identification .
dear colin , thanks for the further information . i remember spending many hours searching for bosellia in the indo - pacific , because as i mentiond in an earlier message eveline marcus was very keen to see specimens from the indo - pacific - but they don ' t seem to exist here . best wishes , bill rudman
reference : • marcus , ev , ( 1973 ) on the genus bosellia . bull . mar . sci . , 23 ( 4 ) : 811 - 823 . • marcus , ev . ( 1978 ) on a new species of bosellia . boletim de zoologia da universidade de sao paulo , 3 : 1 - 6 . • marin , a . & ros , j . d . ( 1988 ) the sacoglossa ( mollusca , opisthobranchia ) of the south east iberian peninsula . a catalogue of species and presence of algal chloroplasts in them . iberus , 8 ( 1 ) : 25 - 49 . • marin , a . & ros , j . d . ( 1989 ) : the chloroplast - animal association in four iberian sacoglossan opisthobranchs : elysia timida , elysia translucens , thuridilla hopei and bosellia mimetica . scientia marina , 53 ( 2 - 3 ) : 429 - 440 . • thompson , t . e , & jaklin , a . ( 1988 ) eastern mediterranean opisthobranchia : elysiidae ( sacoglossa = ascoglossa ) . j . moll . stud . , 54 : 59 - 69 . • trinchese , s . ( 1890 ) descrizione del nuovo genere bosellia . memorie della regio accademia delle scienze dell ' instituto di bologna , 5 : 773 - 778 . figs . 1 - 12 .
there are passing references in the literature to bosellia being found in the red sea and hawaii . atsushi ono also includes photos of this species in his book opisthobranchs of kerama islands , from sthn japan . it is not possible to say whether it a species endemic to the region or a species artificially introduced from the atlantic .
dear jun , this is indeed an interesting find . i have checked with kathe jensen [ # 12346 ] who agrees that it is a species of bosellia . there are only ' hints ' at bosellia being found in the indo - west pacific . marcus ( 1978 ) mentioned specimens from the red sea and burn ( 1998 ) mentions that sherman bleakney found specimens in hawaii . it is interesting that kathe jensen mentions a sighting from hawaii as well , in her message . as she says , until we know more it is difficult to say whether your animal is the same as one of the atlantic species . if it is , it would be a very unusual ' natural distribution ' .
when bosellia mimetica feeds on halimeda , it usually forms a white zig - zag trail on the halimeda surface . the almost complete white surface on these pictures probably means that the animals have been feeding for a long time on the same spot . however , it may also indicate that halimeda has
spawned
( released zoospores or gametes ) . usually this involves terminal segments of halimeda , and it looks like all contents of surface utricles leave the alga . small clumps of very dark green material are seen towards the tip of these segments . this process often attracts sacoglossans , so finding 3 specimens of bosellia close together could indicate this - though the brown specimen looks like it has not fed for a while .
results shown in figs . 1 and 2 indicated that specimens assigned to b . mimetica from the western atlantic based on morphological criteria should instead be considered either bosellia sp . or b . marcusi . therefore , no assumptions regarding the amphi - atlantic distribution of b . mimetica can be made and the two paragraphs from lines 273 and 271 should be removed .
• burn , 1998 [ in } beesley , p . l . , ross , g . j . b . & wells , a . ( eds ) , 1998 . mollusca - the southern synthesis • marcus , ev . ( 1978 ) on a new species of bosellia . boletim de zoologia da universidade de sao paulo , 3 : 1 - 6 .
i am interested in how some of the blood vessels appear to form small raised papillae on the animal , almost as though they are proto - cerata or perhaps all that are left of the cerata of some ancestor . i understand that bosellia doesn ' t fit perfectly in the elysioidea . perhaps its specialised shape and apparent loss of features need to be re - evaluated .
bosellia serrata increases the level of grp78 and chop expression in hela human cervical carcinoma cells . a hela cells were treated with 1 mg / ml bs for 0 , 12 , 24 , 36 and 48 h . the cell lysates were analyzed in a sds - page . b hela cells were treated with the indicated doses of bs for 24 h and the cell lysates were analyzed as described in
bosellia serrata increases the activity of calpain in hela human cervical carcinoma cells . a hela cells were treated with 1 mg / ml bs for 0 , 12 , 24 , 36 and 48 h . b hela cells were treated with the indicated doses of bs for 24 h . a , b the calpain activity was measured as described in . asterisks are significantly different from the control ( p > 0 . 05 )
bosellia serrata induces apoptosis in hela human cervical carcinoma cells . hela cells were treated with the indicated doses of bs and incubated for 48 h . the cells were stained with 10 μm hoechst dye and the apoptotic cells were measured ( a ) . in parallel , the cells were stained with pi and annexinv and the positive stained cells were counted using facs ( b ) . asterisks are significantly different from the control ( p > 0 . 05 )
dear bill , i see that bosellia mimetica is already on your species list , but i thought you might like to have photos of two additional specimens . these are both from abaco , bahamas , where b . mimetica is occasionally found close to shore on halimeda opuntia or on small rocks . as shown by these photos , the animal ' s shape can change considerably when in forward motion , and the shade of green is quite variable . the photographed 9 mm animal is the largest i ' ve seen , but clark ( 1984 ) recorded a 15 mm specimen from bermuda .
three species of bosellia trinchese , 1891 , were collected from two species of halimeda : b . corinneae , new for science ; b . mimetica curasoae marcus , 1970 , new for north america ; and b . marcusi d . b . - r . marcus , 1972 . anatomical descriptions and comparisons of the three species are given . insemination is different : in b . m . curasoae sperm is injected into the female pore , in b . marcusi sperm is injected into the pore of a bursa at the hind end of the body , and in b . corinneae hypodermic impregnation occurs .
eleven species of opisthobranchs from florida are treated . bosellia marcusi and trapania dalva are species new for science . cylindrobulla ulla marcus , 1970 , is the type - species of the new genus ascobulla and new for north america . ercolania funerea , elysia ornata , e . clena , discodoris mortenseni , trinchesia perca , and berghia verrucicornis are recorded from florida . doto chica is discussed . several species have their names changed due to recent work of baba and hamatani , habe , tardy , edmunds , and marcus . these are “ acteon ” punctostriatus , now rictaxis punctostriatus , “stiliger” funereus , now ercolania funerea , “catriona” perca , now trinchesia perca , and berghia “ coerulea , ” now b . verrucicornis .
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mediterranean , atlantic coast of spain . also caribbean and atlantic coast of south america to brazil .
l ' escala , spain , 5m deep , september , 2000 . < 1cm long . photo : daco
small ( less than 8mm ) sacoglossan , with a rounded and flattened body . its mottled green colour matches the colour of the alga halimeda tuna on which it lives and feeds . its origins are unclear but it could be best described as an elysiid in which the parapodia are permanently opened . thompson & jacklin ( 1988 ) report finding it feeding on both udotea petiolata and halimeda tuna .
compare with elysiella pusilla from the indo - west pacific , another sacoglossan adapted for feeding and living on halimeda .
7 jan 2004 place : amami ooshima islands , kagoshima , japan . size about : 6mm depth : 2 m temperature : 22 c
amami ooshima islands , kagoshima , japan . length : approx 6mm . depth : 2 m . 7 jan 2004 . photos : jun imamoto
this species is small for a sacoglossan , with a rounded and flattened body . the parapodia are permanently opened ( valdés et al . ,
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it has been reported that the gum resin of boswellia serrata ( bs ) , which has been shown to have antiinflammatory properties , might also have anticancer effects . this study examined the potential of bs as an anticancer agent . the bs extract induces apoptosis in hela human cervical carcinoma cells , as confirmed by two apoptosis analyses , hoechst staining and annexin v / pi assay . among the apoptosis pathways , the er stress - associated mechanism was examined to determine its role in bs - induced apoptosis . the expression of grp78 and chop , which are representatives of the er stress proteins , and the calcium - binding protein - calpain were determined . the results showed significantly higher levels of both grp78 and chop , and stronger calpain activity in the bs - treated cells than in the control cells . this shows that there is a correlation between er stress signaling and apoptosis , which suggests the possibility of the bs - er stress initiator as an anticancer therapeutic agent in human cervical carcinoma .
pmid : 18850233 pmcid : pmc2478492 doi : 10 . 1007 / s12263 - 007 - 0072 - z
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this is a bright green species variably mottled with white and , occasionally , with a pinkish tinge on the edge of the body behind the head . the body is highly flattened and the rhinophores are short . it may be distinguished from the similar appearing
this is a rare species known from only five animals , all found in 1999 at depths of less < 1 m ( < 3 ft ) . they were collected on accretion platforms and in back reef areas that were moderately protected to moderately exposed . when held in dishes , they showed a diurnal activity pattern and were observed feeding on
. it lays a circular egg mass composed of a tightly coiled , yellow ribbon . the ribbon is only one or two eggs in width with a row of lemon - yellow
dashes
of superficial pigment running along its upper surface . (
first recorded in hawaii from hekili point , maui by cp on april 21 , 1999 .
pf : found by cp ; hekili point , maui ; april , 1999 .
. it laid three egg masses over a 9 day period . the first mass was 2 . 5 mm in diameter with 12 whorls . the second had 10 whorls and the third had 8 whorls .
i could not found color variability documented in the bibliography for this species , despite i have seen in the forum that these variations do exist .
these animals were found on halimeda tuna , but curiously these algae were almost white in color and showing their calcified structure . maybe the halimeda algae were dying because of some other reasons , but could the bosellias be the reason for the
bleaching
?
locality : platja de caials , cadaqués , costa brava , 15 metres , spain , mediterranean sea , 27 october 2007 , precoraligen rocky bottom . length : 6 - 7 mm . . photographer : miquel pontes .
it is certainly interesting to find a brown colour form in the mediterranean . it certainly accords with colin redfern ' s find of similarly coloured animals in the caribbean . [ see message # 6121 ]
concerning white patches on the halimeda - i had always presumed they were from the activities of the sacoglossans , and as you can see in the close - up , the white regions are often patches on the green background , much like the scrape marks left by a grazing limpet . however these animals don ' t feed by scraping or grazing , they pierce a hole through the skin and suck out the cell contents . perhaps in this example each patch represents an area of the plant that has had its cell contents sucked out .
thanks marina , it certainly looks similar to its indo - west pacific counterpart , elysiella pusilla , which also lives and feeds on a species of halimeda . i don ' t recall having seen an egg ribbon of e . pusilla however . best wishes , bill rudman
upper : two photos of a 9 mm specimen . on the underside of a rock in 0 . 3 m , shoreline 1 mile se of cooperstown , abaco , bahamas . june 12 , 1995 . lower : three photos of a 5 mm specimen . on halimeda opuntia in 0 . 6 m at entrance to lagoon on no name cay , abaco , bahamas . june 30 , 1995 .
• clark , k . b . 1984 . new records and synonymies of bermuda opisthobranchs ( gastropoda ) . the nautilus , 98 ( 2 ) : 85 - 97 .
page 4 , introduction : “…t . picta was described from bermuda…” ( the word in bold has a misspelling error ) .
page 4 , material and methods : “identifications were performed by the senior authors based on external…” ( the word in bold is missing ) .
bayesian analysis : ( 1 ) did you use any partitioning strategy ? for instance , by codon position in protein - coding genes or at least by gene using the “unlink” command ? ( 2 ) there are no references regarding the number of independent runs performed in mrbayes ( at least three independent runs are needed to assure that results converged on the true posterior distribution ) .
the amphi - atlantic status of e . timida is confirmed only by coi and the concatenated data sets . h3 and 16s sequence data do not support this distribution . this should be referred in the discussion .
in fig . 2 b ( 16s ) , relationships between specimens assigned to t . picta from azores and madeira and t . hopei are unresolved so the notation in the figure including all specimens in t . hopei should be removed .
carmona , l . , malaquias , m . a . e . , gosliner , t . m . , cervera , j . l . , malaquias , m . a . e . , gosliner , t . m . , pola , m . , cervera , j . l . 2011 . amphi - atlantic distributions and cryptic species in sacoglossan sea slugs . journal of molluscan studies , 77 : 401 .