. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE ANATOMY OF THE CAPE ROCK LOBSTER 209 2. FEMALE The ovaries are always more conspicuous than the testes, but are also suspended anteriorly to the cardiac fore-gut and posteriorly in the abdomen and are similarly more or less H-shaped (fig. 79). In juvenile animals they are whitish, narrow, and practically straight tubes which terminate in the first abdominal segment. As the eggs ripen, the ovaries gradually change in colour and shape, and in mature specimens they are bright coral-red in colour and
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE ANATOMY OF THE CAPE ROCK LOBSTER 209 2. FEMALE The ovaries are always more conspicuous than the testes, but are also suspended anteriorly to the cardiac fore-gut and posteriorly in the abdomen and are similarly more or less H-shaped (fig. 79). In juvenile animals they are whitish, narrow, and practically straight tubes which terminate in the first abdominal segment. As the eggs ripen, the ovaries gradually change in colour and shape, and in mature specimens they are bright coral-red in colour and so greatly enlarged that their convolutions fill most of the cephalothoracic cavity and almost reach the bases of the antennae (figs 31, 78). The proportionally proventriculus ophthalmic artery antennary artery heart- left Ovary dorsal abdominal artery. anterior gastric musci posterior adductor of mandible ve gland approx. position of oviduct right ovary egmental arteries nterior oblique muscles hi nd-gut Fig. 78. Dorsal view of partly dissected female; the oviducts are represented diagrammatically. longer posterior horns are often apparently asymmetrical, that of the right side being continued into the second (fig, 78) or the third abdominal segment (fig. 31); but this asymmetry generally results from differences in the con- tortions of the right and left organs and their accommodation in the body. 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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