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Early Life History Of The Oyster Crab, Pinnotheres Ostreum (Say), Mildred Sandoz, Sewell H. Hopkins Dec 1947

Early Life History Of The Oyster Crab, Pinnotheres Ostreum (Say), Mildred Sandoz, Sewell H. Hopkins

VIMS Articles

The first and second zoeae of Pinnotheres ostreum have been described Hyman (1924). The five crab stages parasitic in the oyster (Ostrea virginica) have been described by Stauber (1945). The present paper is an attempt to plete the knowledge of the development of the oyster crab from the egg to the first crab instar. This work was done at the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory in summer of 1944, under the direction of Dr. Curtis L. Newcombe.

The first Pinnotherid larva to be described was the zoea of Pinnotheres pisum Leach, the British pea crab. This species has three or more zoeae. …


Weekly Oyster Spatfall On Shellbags, 1947, In The James River Seed Area, J. D. Andrews Jan 1947

Weekly Oyster Spatfall On Shellbags, 1947, In The James River Seed Area, J. D. Andrews

Reports

Data sheets for three stations monitored weekly in 1947: Nansemond Ridge (in Hampton Roads), Wreck Shoal, and Deep Water Shoal.

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