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Zoology

TÜBİTAK

2009

Pakistan

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Full-Text Articles in Animal Sciences

Zoeal Stages Of Two Majoidea Crabs, Doclea Muricata (Herbst, 1788) And Acanthonyx Limbatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1862), Reared Under Laboratory Conditions, Farhana Shafiq Ghory, Feroz Akhtar Siddiqui Jan 2009

Zoeal Stages Of Two Majoidea Crabs, Doclea Muricata (Herbst, 1788) And Acanthonyx Limbatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1862), Reared Under Laboratory Conditions, Farhana Shafiq Ghory, Feroz Akhtar Siddiqui

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The early developmental stages of the Pisidae crab, Doclea muricata (Herbst, 1788), and the Epialtidae crab, Acanthonyx limbatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1862), from Pakistan are described for the first time. Zoeae I and II of Doclea muricata and Acanthonyx limbatus were obtained from field-collected ovigerous females that were kept under laboratory conditions. These larval stages are described, illustrated, and compared with those of earlier studies of known species of the genera. The larval stages of these 2 species can be differentiated by the presence of spines on the posterolateral angles of abdominal somites 3-5 and a pair of lateral spines …


A New Record For The Fauna Of Pakistan: Hydaticus Leander (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Mustafa Cemal Darilmaz, Zubair Ahmed Jan 2009

A New Record For The Fauna Of Pakistan: Hydaticus Leander (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Mustafa Cemal Darilmaz, Zubair Ahmed

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Hydaticus leander (Rossi, 1790) is recorded from Pakistan for the first time. Faunistic data are also given for some species.