The life history and biology of a marine Harpacticoid Copepod, Tisbe furcata (Baird)

摘要: 1. Tisbe furcata is a littoral copepod that commonly invades salt-water systems connected with the sea. It readily reared through all of its developmental stages. Being scavenger, it thrives on various types food, but thin slices fresh sea-weed and dehydrated kelp were especially acceptable.2. Following egg, there are six naupliar copepodid stages, last which adult. Each stage separated by one molt.3. The incubation period from two to four days, usually about 2.5 days.4. total duration three eight five days.5. first indication sexual maturity as shown clasping male occurred between 10th 25th 16th day.6. minimum time generations (i.e., egg production) was 15 19 24 days.7. span life individuals varied greatly. studied mainly in females, some lived for 40 50 days. ol...