Back to results
Department of Biological Sciences
Brooding behaviour in Ophioderma wahlbergii, a shallow-water brittle star from South Africa
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe brooding behaviour and brooded young are described for Ophioderma wahlbergii Müller & Troschel 1842, a large, common brittle star from the coastal waters of South Africa. Twenty specimens were collected each month from June 2013 – May 2014 (n = 240). The species was found to be gonochoric.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Landschoff, Jannes
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
-
- Griffiths, Charles L
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13380
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13380