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The life-history of a brackish water amphipodGrandidierella bonnieri stebbing

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The life-history of a brackish water amphipod,Grandidierella bonnieri Stebbing, is described from the successive moult stages. The actual process of moulting is described. The changes that takes place in antenna 1, the gnathopods, the uropods and the peræopods, which have a very high taxonomic value, have been described in detail. The differentiation of features of antenna 1 during the growth has been illustrated and fully described.

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  1. K. Nagappan Nayar

    Present address: Central Marine Fisheries Research Unit, University Buildings, Madras-5

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  1. University Zoology Research Laboratory, Madras

    K. Nagappan Nayar

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Communicated by Dr. N. K. Panikkar,f.a.sc.

Extract fromThesis approved for the Degree of Master of Science of the University of Madras.

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Nayar, K.N. The life-history of a brackish water amphipodGrandidierella bonnieri stebbing. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 43, 178–189 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050226

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