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RESEARCH ON THE NON-VISUAL ORIENTATION OF LITTORAL AMPHIPODS: EXPERIMENTS WITH YOUNG BORN IN CAPTIVITY AND ADULTS FROM A SOMALIAN POPULATION OF TALORCHESTIA MARTENSII WEBER (CRUSTACEA AMPHIPODA)

PUBBLICAZIONI DEL CENTRO DI STUDIO PER LA FAUNISTICA ED ECOLOGIA TROPICALI DEL C.N.R.: LXX

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Pages 23-30 | Received 18 Jan 1973, Published online: 12 Jul 2013
 

SUMMARY

Experiments were made on a population of Talorchestia martensii Weber from the sandy beach of Gesira, located 10 km S of Mogadiscio (STFD = 132°; LTFD = 312°) with the aim of controlling whether these Amphipods are capable of a directional orientation in experimental conditions of complete darkness and aridity. These experiments were made with adults collected a few days or immediately before each test as well as with young born and raised in the laboratory. The tests were made in the spring of 1969 in the phase of positive solar declination, both 60 km inland and on the home beach, at various hours during the day. Although of the test conditions were definitely motivating for the animals, no evidence was obtained to support the view that the population studied is capable of correct orientation towards sea or land when visual cues are excluded.

RIASSUNTO

Furono fatti esperimenti su Talorchestia martensii Weber della popolazione della spiaggia sabbiosa di Gesira, una località a 10 km a Sud di Mogadiscio (DTFM = 132°; DTFT = 312°), allo scopo di controllare se questi Anfipodi fossero capaci di un orientamento direzionale in condizioni sperimentali di completa oscurità e in ambiente secco. Questi esperimenti furono eseguiti tanto con individui adulti appena raccolti o raccolti da pochi giorni, quanto con giovani individui nati e cresciuti in laboratorio. I saggi furono fatti nella primavera del 1969, in fase di declinazione solare positiva, nell'entroterra a 60 km dal mare e sulla spiaggia d'origine, in varie ore del giorno. Nonostante che le condizioni in cui si operava fossero sicuramente motivanti per gli animali, non abbiamo potuto ottenere alcuna dimostrazione che, nella popolazione studiata, esista una capacità corretta (verso il mare o verso terra) di orientamento al buio.

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