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Notes on the Bionomics of the Tube Building Amphipod, Leptocheirus Pilosus Zaddach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. B. Goodhart
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Extract

A study made of the adaptations to tubicolous life found in the small brackish water Photid Amphipod, Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, revealed several interesting points.

The presence of cement glands in many amphipods has been recognized by several previous authors. In L. pilosus these glands are found mainly in the upper joints of the first two pairs of peraeopods, opening to the exterior through a common duct in the claw. Unicellular glands are also found all over the body, particularly on the coxal plates.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1939

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