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A COMMENT ON THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS PARATYLODIPLAX SERENE (BRACHYURA: OCYPODIDAE) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: R. K. Owen --- , , South AfricaThe ocypodid genus Paratylodiplax was described in 1974 and contains four species, three of which are endemic to southern Africa where they form an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna. However, very little is known about the biology and... -
Physical determinants of the distribution and abundance of the burrowing ocypodid crab Paratylodiplax blephariskios Stebbing in the St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen AT Forbes DP Cyrus SE PiperThe burrowing ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, is endemic to the southeast coast of southern Africa where it forms an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna in muddy substrata. Two estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, namely St. Lucia and the Mhlathuze, were... -
Salinity tolerance of the burrowing ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, in the St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen --- Department of Zoology, South Africa AT Forbes --- , South AfricaThe ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, is endemic to the southeast coast of southern Africa where it forms an important component of the estuarine benthic fauna in muddy substrata. The St. Lucia and Mhlathuze estuaries are two of the largest estuaries... -
A short note on factors affecting the geographic distribution of the burrowing ocypodid crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios: temperature, habitat and competition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe known distribution of Paratylodiplax blephariskios extends from the Morrumbene estuary in Mozambique to the Mngazana estuary in the Eastern Cape. Laboratory data on the temperature tolerance of P. blephariskios indicated that the crab could survive temperatures between 12.5°C and...