. Fig. 5. Terminal segment of oviger with claw of; a and b. Colossendeis frigida, Hodgson: x 36. c. , : < 46. The syntypes of C frigida, from the other side of the Antarctic, are slightly more robust, with rather shorter legs (8-66-11 times the trunk length). The holotype of C. megalonyx, Hoek, agrees closely with the syntypes of C. frigida (see Table II); some of the other specimens, however, are intermediate between C. frigida and C. scoresbii (p. 21 and Table II). As suggested by Loman (1923, p. 7) C. megalonyx, C. frigida and C. rugosa may be co-specific, and C. scoresbi
. Fig. 5. Terminal segment of oviger with claw of; a and b. Colossendeis frigida, Hodgson: x 36. c. , : < 46. The syntypes of C frigida, from the other side of the Antarctic, are slightly more robust, with rather shorter legs (8-66-11 times the trunk length). The holotype of C. megalonyx, Hoek, agrees closely with the syntypes of C. frigida (see Table II); some of the other specimens, however, are intermediate between C. frigida and C. scoresbii (p. 21 and Table II). As suggested by Loman (1923, p. 7) C. megalonyx, C. frigida and C. rugosa may be co-specific, and C. scoresbii may prove to be just a smaller Northern form of C. frigida (p. 21). In that case the species would have to be called by Hoek's name—C. megalonyx. '^ The proboscis was rather shorter than is typical in two small specimens of 6-8 and 7-6 mm. trunk length respectively, being 1-45 and 1-27 times the trunk. 2 The claw may be much worn in adults where the special spines on segments 7-10 are reduced to short stumps.
Size: 2495px × 2003px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectocean, booksubjectscientificexpediti
