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Notes on the Swimming Methods and Habits of Certain Crustacean Larvæ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. E. H. Foxon
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, and the Marine Station, Mittport.

Extract

The swimming methods and habits of certain Decapod larvse have been observed. The first larva of Munida bamffica was chosen for special attention. Such a study shows the importance of (1) orientation, (2) the presence of a reversal mechanism.

Observations on other types show these factors to be of great importance and also show that there are a great variety of attitudes in which larvæ swim.

Points in the relation of the larvæ to their environment were next considered; orientation is again important here, but whereas in Munida larvæ a “resting” orientation is found no such attitude is seen in Brachyurous zoeas.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1934

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