ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF AUTOLYTUS ALEXANDRI MALMGREN 1867 (POLYCHAETA, SYLLIDAE)
The relationship between the planktonic A. alexandri and the benthonic A. longeferiens was formerly uncertain, although Gidholm had produced strong anatomical evidence to show that the former is the epitoquous stage of the latter. Biological data support this verdict, and show that there is but one...
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Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
1969
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/cbm.a.78db98e4 http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/doi/10.21411/CBM.A.78DB98E4 |
| Summary: | The relationship between the planktonic A. alexandri and the benthonic A. longeferiens was formerly uncertain, although Gidholm had produced strong anatomical evidence to show that the former is the epitoquous stage of the latter. Biological data support this verdict, and show that there is but one species of autolytoid of this type in the North Atlantic, A. alexandri (of which A. longeferiens is a synonym), which in Norfolk waters is biennal. Taxonomic and statistical observations are discussed; the food is still unknown, but mating is recorded for the first time in this species. |
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