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Brooding behaviour in Ophioderma wahlbergii, a shallow-water brittle star from South Africa

Abstract

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The 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.

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Department of Biological Sciences
Year dc:date.issued
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Landschoff, Jannes
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  • Griffiths, Charles L

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13380
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13380

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Landschoff, Jannes. Brooding behaviour in Ophioderma wahlbergii, a shallow-water brittle star from South Africa. Department of Biological Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13380