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The morphological characteristics of a population ofTriops granarius in a system of small pans were examined during inundations of one season. Considerable variation was found in a number of characteristics. Differences in gender other than those of the reproductive organs were also significant, but diagnostic characteristics remained stable.
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Meintjes, S., Seaman, M.T. & Kok, D.J. Variations in the morphological characteristics ofTriops granarius (Lucas) (Crustacea:Notostraca) in a pan system at Bain's Vlei, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 277, 179–186 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007299
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