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DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEDUNCULATE BARNACLE OCTOLASMIS IN THE SEAS ADJACENT TO SINGAPORE

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEDUNCULATE BARNACLE OCTOLASMIS IN THE SEAS ADJACENT TO SINGAPORE According to Darwin (1851), species of the genus Octolasmis are found in "... Eastern and Western warmer oceans in the Northern hemisphere, attached to Crustacea, sea-snakes, etc." As a result of our work with O. grayii found on sea snakes (Jeffries and Voris, 1979), we became interested in other Octolasmis species and their hosts in Southeast Asian seas. Early references to Octolasnais from the Malay Archipelago were made by Aurivillius (1892, 1894), Lanchester (1902), Annandale (1905, 1909, 1916), and Hoek (1913). Information on collections from the same general region, and Singapore waters in particular, was given in more recent works by Broch (1931), and Nilsson-Cantell (1934a, 1934b, 1937, and 1938). In general these researchers noted only the hosts and the general location of the epizoites. Further information about the numbers of individuals or precise at- tachment sites was not given. Work on O. grayii (Jeffries and Voris, 1979) and O. rnuelleri (Jeffries and Voris, in press) showed that the epizoites are not ran- domly distributed on the body of the snakes or on the gills of the crabs. This suggests that at least regarding site selection, factors other than chance are at work. These results led us to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEDUNCULATE BARNACLE OCTOLASMIS IN THE SEAS ADJACENT TO SINGAPORE

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Copyright 1982 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0278-0372
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1937-240X
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10.1163/1937240X82X00239
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Abstract

According to Darwin (1851), species of the genus Octolasmis are found in "... Eastern and Western warmer oceans in the Northern hemisphere, attached to Crustacea, sea-snakes, etc." As a result of our work with O. grayii found on sea snakes (Jeffries and Voris, 1979), we became interested in other Octolasmis species and their hosts in Southeast Asian seas. Early references to Octolasnais from the Malay Archipelago were made by Aurivillius (1892, 1894), Lanchester (1902), Annandale (1905, 1909, 1916), and Hoek (1913). Information on collections from the same general region, and Singapore waters in particular, was given in more recent works by Broch (1931), and Nilsson-Cantell (1934a, 1934b, 1937, and 1938). In general these researchers noted only the hosts and the general location of the epizoites. Further information about the numbers of individuals or precise at- tachment sites was not given. Work on O. grayii (Jeffries and Voris, 1979) and O. rnuelleri (Jeffries and Voris, in press) showed that the epizoites are not ran- domly distributed on the body of the snakes or on the gills of the crabs. This suggests that at least regarding site selection, factors other than chance are at work. These results led us to

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Journal of Crustacean Biology – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1982

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