. Fig. 18. E. hausetn. a, carapace and antennular peduncle from the side, x 12. b, left antennular peduncle from above, x 17. c, third to fifth abdominal segments from the side, x 5. peduncle (Fig. 18 a). The gastric area of the carapace has a strongly convex keel, easy to see with the naked eye, which runs to and down the rostrum; there is no notch in this keel as there is in those of E. spinifera and E. longirostris. On either side, behind the upper part of each eye, the anterior margin of the carapace is produced into a 1 While this paper was in the press the ' Discovery II' visited the Ros
. Fig. 18. E. hausetn. a, carapace and antennular peduncle from the side, x 12. b, left antennular peduncle from above, x 17. c, third to fifth abdominal segments from the side, x 5. peduncle (Fig. 18 a). The gastric area of the carapace has a strongly convex keel, easy to see with the naked eye, which runs to and down the rostrum; there is no notch in this keel as there is in those of E. spinifera and E. longirostris. On either side, behind the upper part of each eye, the anterior margin of the carapace is produced into a 1 While this paper was in the press the ' Discovery II' visited the Ross Sea, going as far south as the Barrier (January, 1936). Mr J. W. S. Marr reports that "£. crystallorophias is the dominant euphausian in the neighbourhood of the Barrier and the Victoria Land coast. Dense swarms were seen in the Bay of ; He thinks that it may form the food of Minke whales {Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacepede) which are abundant in the Ross Sea.
Size: 3069px × 1628px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectocean, booksubjectscientificexpediti
