A total of 28 (14 male, 14 female) healthy adult American horseshoe crabs, Limulus
polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758), were hand collected during high tide from a spawning beach on Adams Point, Durham, New Hampshire, in May 2016 (Fig.
The bass Neal Davies as
Polyphemus gets the best known tune, O ruddier than the cherry, and sings firmly but I'd have liked a bit more rustic characterization The excellent chorus and period band, under Christian Curnyn, add to the set's many pleasures.
With Hylas's cry as he is pulled into the stream, a cry heard only by
Polyphemus, we return from the lyricism of Sappho to an episode with clear parallels in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter.
The one-eyed monster,
Polyphemus, lusts after her and eventually kills Acis with a rock.
Large
Polyphemus and Io moths will deliberately reveal impressive, owl-like fake eye markings as a means of scaring off intruders.
multocida; a specific commercial Limulus
polyphemus lectin (LPA) conjugated with alkaline phosphatase was added to the nasal explants (alkaline phosphatase-conjugated Limulus
polyphemus lectin, horseshoe crab, EY Laboratories Inc., San Mateo, CA, USA).
The Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus
polyphemus, is an important species for a variety of reasons.
The myth of
Polyphemus inherited by the Romans reflects and enriches the complexity found in the depictions of monsters in the ancient world.
Some characters, Spencer argues, are a mythical blend--Hagrid is similar to
Polyphemus, Hermes, and Charon.
Turning to the issue of hospitality in the ancient world, Lucilla Lijoi identifies the Odyssey's
Polyphemus as an analogue to a principal character in Pavese's novel Paesi tuoi because both characters pervert and degrade the meaning of this ancient social value, which was profoundly linked to the notion of civilization itself and to what it meant to be human.
The installation's 73,000 acres (29,542 hectares) are home to more than three dozen endangered, threatened, and at-risk species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus
Polyphemus).
The
Polyphemus moth has bold eyespots to startle and confuse those looking for a moth snack.