. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. a b c d Fig. 17. Rhincalamis gigas. Adult females. Condition of the ovaries, a. Unripe, b. Maturing, c. Ripe. d. Spent. darker as maturity approaches, and, when about to be shed, they appear as very large dark circular, discrete cells, resembling a string of beads, forming a conspicuous row along each side of the thorax from the most anterior part of the ovary in the centre of the carapace to the genital opening (Fig. 17 c). Towards the end of the season many females appeared in the samples in which the only sign of a gonad was a t
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. a b c d Fig. 17. Rhincalamis gigas. Adult females. Condition of the ovaries, a. Unripe, b. Maturing, c. Ripe. d. Spent. darker as maturity approaches, and, when about to be shed, they appear as very large dark circular, discrete cells, resembling a string of beads, forming a conspicuous row along each side of the thorax from the most anterior part of the ovary in the centre of the carapace to the genital opening (Fig. 17 c). Towards the end of the season many females appeared in the samples in which the only sign of a gonad was a thin transparent string of tissue on either side of the posterior segments of the thorax (Fig. 17 d). No cell limits were distinguishable in this, and it was assumed that these were "spent" females which had shed their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography; Great Britain. Colonial Office. "Discovery" Committee. London, New York, Cambridge University Press
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