Coeruleus - indeed we have blue cats, blue protozoans, blue fish and blue
babies ! ....read on
The naturalists, Linnaeus and Buffon, wrote of the Chartreux as the cat of
France and gave it a Latin name (Felis Catus Coeruleus, "blue cat") to
distinguish it from the domestic cat (Felis Catus Domesticus).
http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/chartreux-faq.html
According to Britannica, there is a species of Stentor, called S.
coeruleus,
that is blue -
"genus of trumpet-shaped, contractile, uniformly ciliated protozoans of the
order Heterotrichida. They are found in fresh water, either free-swimming
or
attached to submerged vegetation. .....The species S. coeruleus
is large (sometimes up to 2 mm [0.08 inch] long) and is predominantly blue
from a blue pigment, stentorin, found in its ectoplasm. Stentor is
remarkable for its regenerative powers; a small fragment less than
one-hundredth of the volume of an adult can grow back into a complete
organism. This capability has made Stentor a favourite subject for studies
of regeneration in protozoans."
also a Surgeonfish, called 'Acanthurus coeruleus' - - which is also called
the Blue Tang
"Surgeonfishes ....are coloured either bright yellow or deep brown, and the
blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus), an Atlantic and Caribbean fish, yellow
when young but more or less blue when
adult."
http://store.yahoo.com/marinedepotlive/753514.html
Atlantic Blue - Acanthurus coeruleus
Also known as: Blue Tang
The Acanthurus coeruleus grows up to 9 inches. ... The Acanthurus coeruleus
is a herbivore .....Acanthurus coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the
Atlantic Blue Tang; though not as
dazzlingly beautiful as the other two "Blue Tangs" - Paracanthurus hepatus
and Acanthurus leucosternon - this Caribbean surgeon makes a fine aquarium
addition. The Atlantic Blue is commonly collected from the Caribbean.
Yellow Tang - Acanthurus coeruleus
Also known as: Juvenile Atlantic Blue Tang
But there is MORE !
The Master Index of Freshwater Fishes at
http://www.webcityof.com/miff1010.htm
lists 'Astatichthys coeruleus' with the reference "See Etheostoma caeruleum
caeruleum"
- Etheostoma caerulea See Etheostoma caeruleum caeruleum
- Poecilichthys coeruleus, Astatichthys coeruleus,
Etheostoma clarum "Rainbow Darter" `Regenbogen-Springbarsch`
- Etheostoma caeruleum See Etheostoma caeruleum caeruleum
- Etheostoma caeruleum subspecies
(Pa:133)
AND
from Peru - another fish, BROCHIS COERULEUS " Brochis "
AND
- yet another fish, this one 'Champsochromis coeruleus' (Boulenger 1908)
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/Champsochromis/coeruleus.html
from the Chichlid Room Companion
Original Description: Boulenger; 1908; "The Annales and Magazine of
Natural History"; (8) 2; p 240
Type Locality: Lake Malawi
A beautiful male Champsochromis coeruleus in the aquarium. Photo and Fish
by
Randy Ford.
AND TO FINISH WITH !
Morbus coeruleus
Die Bezeichnung kann man mit "blaue Krankheit" übersetzen, denn das
lateinische Wort "coeruleus" bedeutet "dunkelblau". Gemeint ist die
ausgeprägte blauviolette Hautfärbung (Zyanose) kleiner Kinder, die unter
Sauerstoffmangel leiden: die sogenannte Blausucht.
THE END !
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Orstan, Aydin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:26 PM
> Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed
>
>
> > Albinaria caeruleus/coeruleus indeed has bluish patches on its shell.
> >
> > What is the address for that dictionary?
> >
> > Aydin
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Livett Family [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:17 AM
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed
> > >
> > >
> > >coe·ru·le·us
> > >
> > >I know this term from neuroanatomy where it is used to
> > >describe a group of
> > >nerve cells in the base of the brain "locus coeruleus" that
> > >appear blue,
> > >possibly due to copper bound to an enzyme there - confirmed by
> > >looking up
> > >Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary on the web where it says :
> > >
> > >Main Entry: locus coe·ru·le·us
> > >Variant(s): also locus ce·ru·le·us /-si-'rü-lE-&s/
> > >Function: noun
> > >Etymology: New Latin, literally, dark blue place
> > >Date: circa 1889
> > >: a blue area of the brain stem with many
> > >norepinephrine-containing neurons
> > >
> > >In contrast, caeruleus did not elicit a response from this
> > >dictionary !!
> > >
> > >Bruce L.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Monfils, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 1:48 AM
> > >Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed
> > >
> > >
> > >> caeruleus/a/um is the Latin word for blue. coeruleus/a/um
> > >doesn't mean
> > >> anything that I am aware of, yet I have seen this spelling
> > >in a number of
> > >> species names, presumably intended to have the same meaning
> > >as caeruleus.
> > >> Anyone know why this is so?
> > >>
> > >> Paul M.
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
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