Comparative Biology of Reproduction in the Wood-Boring Isopod Crustacean Limnoria.

摘要

A study of the biology of an organism necessarily involves the accumulation of data concerning many aspects of its anatomy and behavior. Knowledge about the way in which an animal reproduces, maintaining itself in its environment, is highly significant to an understanding of its biology. Here the external and internal anatomy of the marine pest Limnoria is described. Comparisons are made with other isopods in order that an idea may be had of the basic similarities and differences which Limnoria shows with the members of the crustacean order to which it belongs. Where possible, correlations are drawn between the structure of the reproductive system and the reproductive behavior of the animal.