STIGMAL PLASTRON STRUCTURES WHICH ENABLE SOME SPECIES OF DIPLOPODA TOLIVE SUBMERSED IN COLD AND RUNNING WATER

Authors
MESSNER B ADIS J ZULKA KP
Citation
B. Messner et al., STIGMAL PLASTRON STRUCTURES WHICH ENABLE SOME SPECIES OF DIPLOPODA TOLIVE SUBMERSED IN COLD AND RUNNING WATER, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 103(3), 1996, pp. 613-622
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Revue Suisse de Zoologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035418X
Volume
103
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
613 - 622
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-418X(1996)103:3<613:SPSWES>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The structure of stigmata and their microtrichia are being compared fo r the millipides Polydesmus denticulatus, P. (Brachydesmus) superus (P olydesmidae), Oxidus gracilis, Selminosoma chapmani, Mestosoma hylaeic um (Paradoxomatidae) and Aphelidesmus sp. (Platyrhacidae). They enable plastron respiration under water. Flood tolerance is experimentally s hown for M. hylaeicum and flood resistance for P. denticulatus and P. (B.) superus.