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A Presumed Male of the Parthenogenetic Amphipod Corophium Bonnellii (Milne-Edwards)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A.A. Myers ,
D. Mcgrath  and
P. Cunningham
A.A. Myers
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Cork
D. Mcgrath
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Galway Regional Technical College, Galway
P. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Regional Technical College, Galway
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Corophium bonnellii (Milne-Edwards) has been suspected of being parthenogenetic for more than fifty years (see Crawford, 1937) and this suggestion has been supported by recent breeding experiments (Moore, 1981). Many thousands of specimens have been examined by taxonomists and ecologists from a wide geographical area in both hemispheres, yet only Toulmond & Truchot (1964) have claimed to have found a male. No description or figures were presented by Toulmond & Touchot (1964) to support their contention.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 319 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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