Biology of horseshoe crabs [Limulus polyphemus]

Chun Sinchaipanich

Biology of horseshoe crabs [Limulus polyphemus]

1985

Chun Sinchaipanich

The body of Horseshoe crab can be divided into 3 parts, cephalothorax, abdomen and tail. They have semicircular plates as exoskeletons and connective tissue plates as endoskeletons. The circulatory system is the open type and the nervous system is simple. Gills are used as a method of respiration. Horseshoe crabs begin to lay eggs early in summer from February to September. 30 days after the external fertilization, trilobite larvaes hatch and molt many times before growing to maturity which in Thailand it is found that there is more male Horseshoe crabs than female ones

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AGROVOC关键词

anatomia animal anatomie animale eclosabilidad del huevo larvas larve limule limulo oviposition ovule reproduction sistema cardiovascular sistema respiratorio

书目信息

发表于

Thai Fisheries Gazette (Thailand) | Warasan Kan Pramong

卷 38 期 23 ISSN 0125-6297

页码

pp. 85-92

其它主题

Systeme respiratoire; Ovulo; Reproduccion; Systeme cardio-vasculaire; Comportement alimentaire/ systeme nerveux; Habitos alimentarios/ sistema nervioso; Oviposicion; Eclosabilite

语言

泰国

注释

Summary (En)

类型

Summary

自何时收录于AGRIS: 1987-08-15

格式: AGRIS AP

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