. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. II The Breeding and Growth of Hymenosoma orbiculare Desm. {Crustacea, Brachyura). By G. J. Broekhuysen, , Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town. (With 13 text figures.) Introduction The growth and reproduction of the South African shore crab Cyclograpsus punctatus was described earlier (Broekhuysen, 1941). The present paper deals with the Crown crab Hymenosoma orbiculare. Whereas Cyclograpsus lives on the upper part of the shore and is common among broken rocks, Hymenosoma lives on the
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. II The Breeding and Growth of Hymenosoma orbiculare Desm. {Crustacea, Brachyura). By G. J. Broekhuysen, , Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town. (With 13 text figures.) Introduction The growth and reproduction of the South African shore crab Cyclograpsus punctatus was described earlier (Broekhuysen, 1941). The present paper deals with the Crown crab Hymenosoma orbiculare. Whereas Cyclograpsus lives on the upper part of the shore and is common among broken rocks, Hymenosoma lives on the lower part of the shore and is restricted to quiet areas where fine sands and mud accumulate. It is thus common in lagoons and estuaries. Cyclograpsus can withstand exposure to air for considerable periods and prefers this, but Hymenosoma either buries itself in damp sand covered by a shallow layer of. Fig. 1. Hymenosoma orbiculare Desm. Large specimens from the Sand Vlei Estuary, natural size. Left: male; right: female. 3*3. 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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