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Study on the EGG masses of 12 species of cypraeidae

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Researchers of the Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica, collected 46 species and subspecies of Cypraeidae during their 1955–1978 surveys on the marine mollusks along the coasts of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan Provinces and Xisha (Paracels) Islands in the South China Sea. Twelve species belonging to 7 genera with their egg masses were collected mainly from the intertidal zone where the animals were laying their eggs. The collection dates of each of the species and a preliminary description of their egg masses are given in this paper.

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  1. Institute of Oceanology, Academia Scinica, Qingdao

    Qi Zhongyan & Ma Xiutong

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Contribution No. 1484 from Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica

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Zhongyan, Q., Xiutong, M. Study on the EGG masses of 12 species of cypraeidae. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 6, 171–178 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847836

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