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On the Relation of the Substratum to the Metamorphosis of Scolecolepis fuliginosa (Claparède)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. Day
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Liverpool
Douglas P. Wilson
Affiliation:
Assistant Naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory.

Extract

Laboratory experiments indicate that larvæ of Scolecolepis fuliginosa when ready to metamorphose, are able, if necessary, to postpone metamorphosis until a substratum suitable for adult life is reached, meanwhile continuing to swim and grow for a period that may be as long as several weeks.

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

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