Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 51South African Museum, 1968 - Natural history |
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... animals but , as its movements are more or less dorso - ventral and sinuous , it is assumed that water is scooped up from the anterior part of the branchial chamber and propelled into the prebranchial chamber by the upturned posterior ...
... animals but , as its movements are more or less dorso - ventral and sinuous , it is assumed that water is scooped up from the anterior part of the branchial chamber and propelled into the prebranchial chamber by the upturned posterior ...
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... animals are known to select fresh rather than decomposing food , they are not altogether scavengers . From obser- vations of the feeding habits of captive and free - living animals , Lindberg ( 1955 ) has concluded that Panulirus ...
... animals are known to select fresh rather than decomposing food , they are not altogether scavengers . From obser- vations of the feeding habits of captive and free - living animals , Lindberg ( 1955 ) has concluded that Panulirus ...
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... animals were ensconced in niches and crannies in the background of rocks , but the majority were resting or walking about on the bottom , usually supporting themselves on the last three pairs of pereiopods . Many were seen to be ...
... animals were ensconced in niches and crannies in the background of rocks , but the majority were resting or walking about on the bottom , usually supporting themselves on the last three pairs of pereiopods . Many were seen to be ...
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