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The male of the amphipod Haustorius arenarius Slabber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Emrys Watkin
Emrys Watkin
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University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
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The male of Haustorius arenarius is identical with the female in all external morphological characters apart from the absence of brood lamellae. The females develop brood lamellae at 5 mm. total length, eggs appear in the brood pouch at 11 mm., and they may reach a length of 14 mm. The largest male obtained measured 10 mm.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , November 1941 , pp. 303 - 305
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1941

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