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Mating behavior of Centropages typicus (Copepoda: Calanoida)

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Date Issued:
1977
Title: Mating behavior of Centropages typicus (Copepoda: Calanoida).
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Name(s): Blades-Eckelbarger, Pamela I., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1977
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Extent: 9 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3176689 (digitool), FADT3176689 (IID), fau:5847 (fedora), doi:10.1007/BF00390628 (doi)
Note(s): Observations were made on approximately 300 mating couples of Centropages typicus Krøyer. Mating behavior consists of 4 distinct stages: pre-copulation, spermatophore extrusion, copulation, and post-copulation. Successful copulation requires proper positioning of the spermatophore complex on the female urosome and is dependent upon precise movements and orientation of the male during the mating encounter. Sub-optimal mating encounters, resulting in the improper placement of the spermatophore complex, were observed and adaptations tending to reduce spermatophore wastage are discussed.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Blades, P. I. (1977). Mating behavior of Centropages typicus (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology, 40(1), 57-64. doi:10.1007/BF00390628
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #62.
Subject(s): Copepoda
Copepoda--Behavior
Mating behavior
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176689
Links: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/BF00390628
Restrictions on Access: ©1977 Springer-Verlag
Host Institution: FAU