Unusual swimming mechanism in Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Hydrozoa) |
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| Authors: | van der Spoel S. |
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| Affiliation: | Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Browne, 1910) from Antarctic waterswas studied histologically. The entire bell is enclosed in achitin-like skin, supported by chitin-like rods in the radialmesogleal fibres. In the tentacles a thick mesogloea is presentwithout chitinous structures. The gonads are embedded in thestomach folds. It is postulated that these characters are adaptationsto ecological conditions in Antarctic waters. |
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