Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 52The Museum, 1969 - Natural history |
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... ecdysis a year . From his investigations on the biology of J. lalandii found off Robben Island , Heydorn ( 1966 ) has concluded that most of the adult females moult in late autumn or early winter ( May and June ) before mating begins ...
... ecdysis a year . From his investigations on the biology of J. lalandii found off Robben Island , Heydorn ( 1966 ) has concluded that most of the adult females moult in late autumn or early winter ( May and June ) before mating begins ...
Page 246
... ecdysis . By contrast , in a number of unmated and post - ovigerous females , which lost the ovigerous setae at the spring / summer ecdysis , the ovaries were narrow and only slightly folded and the eggs were small and white . Apart ...
... ecdysis . By contrast , in a number of unmated and post - ovigerous females , which lost the ovigerous setae at the spring / summer ecdysis , the ovaries were narrow and only slightly folded and the eggs were small and white . Apart ...
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... ecdysis is indicated in the males of J. tristani , 17 of which were maintained for several months at the Sea Point Aquarium during 1967 . Five of the specimens died between 15 June and 23 August just before ecdysis and , of the ...
... ecdysis is indicated in the males of J. tristani , 17 of which were maintained for several months at the Sea Point Aquarium during 1967 . Five of the specimens died between 15 June and 23 August just before ecdysis and , of the ...
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THE TUNAS OF THE GENUS THUNNUS IN SOUTH AFRICAN | 3 |
Calappa | 8 |
Distribution and migrations | 14 |
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Achaeus adult Agulhas Agulhas Current alalunga albacares animals antennal Antidorcas Arari dolphins assemblage Atlantic Atlantide dolphin axial Barnard bones Cape Town capensis carapace carapace length carpus cartilage caudal chela clasper coast comparative dactyl Decapoda distal dolphin dorsal Durban Durban dolphin ecdysis Elandsfontein Family females Fish fossil Fraser frontalis G PED genus groove haughtoni Hendey Holotype horn cores Indian Ocean intermoult periods lalandii lateral lirae lobes M₁ maccoyii males mandible margin material Melkbos miraletus moulted n.sp obesus ocellifera outer lip ovig pereiopods Pleistocene pleopod posterior present species range recorded Redunca region ribs ridge rock lobsters rogersi rostrum sculpture segment shell skull Slangkop slightly snout South African Museum specimens spermatophoric spines spinules Station BRU Stenella SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM surface Swartklip Syncerus TABLE teeth temperature Thunnus tooth Transgression complex transverse tubercles tuna valve ventral vertebrae whorl width Zool ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE