New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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SWIMMING BEHAVIOUR IN A PYCNOGONID (NOTE)

W. C. Clark

Alan Carpenter*

Zoology Department, University of Canterbury, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract Four adult specimens of the pycnogonid Ammothea magniceps were observed swimming at the sea surface at night at Kaikoura. Even after capture the animals continued to swim at the surface of the water for over an hour. Such swimming behaviour is considered important in explaining the presence of "benthic" animals in plankton samples.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11 (3) : 613 - 15
Received 13 January 1977; revision received 25 May 1977.

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