A NEW SPECIES OF EUKROHNIA FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN WITH A NOTE ON FERTILIZATION

• Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
• Main Author: David, P. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1958
• Subjects: Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00704.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1096-3642.1958.tb00704.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00704.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00704.x

SUMMARY A new species of the genus Eukrohnia, E. bathyantarctica , is described; it is a deep living form, so far only found in the Southern Ocean. It resembles both E. fowleri and E. hamata in many features. Evidence is given which suggests that in this species, and also in E. fowleri the seminal vesicles function as spermatophores and are attached intact to the external opening of the oviduct by a fine tube which is probably the vas deferens.