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Studies on the cladocerans of the south-west coast of India

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Title Studies on the cladocerans of the south-west coast of India
 
Creator George, Rani Mary
 
Subject Theses
Crustacean Fisheries
 
Description The lerm Cladocera was coined by Latreille (829) and it is
de ri ved from the Greek words Klados (= branch) and Keras (= horn),
afler the two branched second antennae, which are the chief organs of
locomotion in these animals.
An exhaustive r eview of literature concerning the 'Water Fleas'
(cladocerans) has recently been provided by Sharma (991). It would be
redundant to go over the ground once again. Neverthe less, a brief
survey of the history of work on the systematics of Cladocera seems
warranted in this thesis.
In the twelfth edition of the "Syslema Naturae" Linne (1767)
grouped all Branchiopoda known lo him under one genus , Monoculus (=
wilh one eye). But the outline of our present systematical arrangement
was given by Huller (1785), who was the first to subdivide Linne's
Honoculus into several genera: Daphnia, Lynceus and Polyphemus.
Latreille (1817) used Huller's syslem and called the Branchiopoda (=
Entomostraca Huller) the fifth order of lhe Crustacea. In 1829 he
distinguished the Branchiopoda (= gill feet) as the first order within
the Entomostraca; the latter was, in this new edition, the second main
 
Date 1995
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6997/1/TH-64_Ran.pdf
George, Rani Mary (1995) Studies on the cladocerans of the south-west coast of India. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, University of Kerala.