Call number:
ZSP-124-11
In:
ANARE research notes
Description / Table of Contents:
A guide to the Decapoda of the Southern Ocean is presented, with emphasis on those species which have been recorded south of the Antarctic Convergence. Despite being well represented in all other oceans the decapod fauna of Antarctic waters is depauperate, with only eleven species having been reported from south of the Antarctic Convervence (Petalidium foliaceum, Notocrangon antacticus, Pasiphaea longispina, Pasiphaea scotiae, Nematocarcinus longirostris, Nematocarcinus lanceopes, Hymenodora gracilis, Chorismus antarcticus, Lebbeus antarcticus, Acanthephyra pelagica and Paralomis spectabilis). Species found in the subarctic waters north of the Convergence are also included in the key as their ranges may overlap with those of the Antarctic species. A key is also provided to the larvae of decapod families which are known to have Antarctic representatives. Short descriptions, with figures and records of occurence, are presented for each of the eleven Antarctic species to enable the reader to confirm identifications from the keys. A glossary of technical terms has also been compiled.
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
iv, 47 S. : Ill.
ISBN:
0642879699
Series Statement:
ANARE research notes 11
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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