OBSERVATIONS ON SOME REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF TRIOPS GRANARIUS (LUCAS) (CRUSTACEA, NOTOSTRACA)

Authors
MEINTJES S
Citation
S. Meintjes, OBSERVATIONS ON SOME REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF TRIOPS GRANARIUS (LUCAS) (CRUSTACEA, NOTOSTRACA), Hydrobiologia, 325(3), 1996, pp. 213-218
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
325
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
213 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1996)325:3<213:OOSRTO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Reproductive traits of Triops granarius females were examined. Fertili zation by males was a prerequisite for oviposition. Clutch size ranged from 1 to 154, and clutch frequency (per 24 hours) from 1 to 9. Clutc h size generally increased with increasing body size and increasing ag e. Total reproductive output was dependent upon life span, and estimat ed at around 200 eggs for a life span of 25 days. Clutch data indicate that T. granarius may have r-selected traits.