Unusual swimming mechanism in Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Hydrozoa)
Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Browne, 1910) from Antarctic waters was studied histologically. The entire bell is enclosed in a chitin-like skin, supported by chitin-like rods in the radial mesogleal fibres. In the tentacles a thick mesogloea is present without chitinous structures. The gonads are embedd...
| Published in: | Journal of Plankton Research |
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1992
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| Online Access: | http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/14/3/423 https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/14.3.423 |
| Summary: | Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Browne, 1910) from Antarctic waters was studied histologically. The entire bell is enclosed in a chitin-like skin, supported by chitin-like rods in the radial mesogleal fibres. In the tentacles a thick mesogloea is present without chitinous structures. The gonads are embedded in the stomach folds. It is postulated that these characters are adaptations to ecological conditions in Antarctic waters. |
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