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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 101phore.austral a. [L. australis, south] Pertaining to a southern biogeographicalregion extending across North America betweenthe transition and tropical zones, including theUnited States and Mexico, except the boreal mountains andtropical lowlands.Australian Realm A zoogeographical region comprising Australia,New Zealand and Pacific islands.Austro-Columbian see Neotropicalautecology n. [Gr. autos, self; oikos, house; logos, discourse]The ecology of an individual organism or species stressingthe physical factors of the environment, as opposed tocommunity studies. see synecology.authority citation The practice of citing the name of the authorof a scientific name or name combination, i.e., X-usBrown, X-us albus Brown, Y-us albus (Brown).autoagglutination n. [Gr. autos, self; L. agglutinare, to cementto] The agglutination of an individual's cells by itsown serum.autochthonous a. [Gr. autochthon, from the land itself] Pertainingto aboriginal; indigenous; native; endemic; inherited.see allochthonous.autocopulation see hermaphroditismautodeme n. [Gr. autos, self; demos, people] Members of ataxonomic group that perform self-fertilization.autoevisceration n. [Gr. autos, self; L. ex, out; viscera, entrails](ECHINOD: Holothuroidea) Ejection of intestines andassociated organs caused by adverse environmental conditions,severe disturbance, or seasonally; regeneration occurswithin weeks.autofecundity n. [Gr. autos, self; L. fecundus, fruitful] Selffertilization,as in a few hermaphroditic animals.autogamy n. [Gr. autos, self; gamos, marriage] Self-fertilization;the fusion of two nuclei originating from a single cell.see allogamy.autogenesis n. [Gr. autos, self; genesis, beginning] Spontaneousgeneration; abiogenesis. autogenetic a.