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The Larval Stages of Longipedia coronata Claus, L. scotti G. O. Sars, and L. minor T. and A. Scott, with a Description of the Male of L. scotti

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. G. Nicholls
A. G. Nicholls
Affiliation:
Assistant Naturalist at the Marine Station, Millport.
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Summary

1. The nauplius stages of three species of Longipedia are described, and the segmentation and armature of the appendages of L. coronata are given in tabular form.

2. The main features in the external structure of the copepodite stages are summarised in a table.

3. Additional points of resemblance between the nauplii of Longipedia and the cirripedes are presented.

4. Notes are given on breeding and development under laboratory conditions ; there is no evidence of parthenogenesis.

5. Feeding in the copepodite stage of Longipedia is described.

6. A description is given of the hitherto unknown male form of L. scotti.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 1935 , pp. 29 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1935

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