TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vedel, V.
AU  - Arthur, W.
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Character changes during the early post-embryonic development of the centipede Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)
JO  - International Journal of Myriapodology
SP  - 53
EP  - 61
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
KW  - MOULT DEVELOPMENT ARTHROPOD POST-EMBRYONIC STAGE MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE MYRIAPOD CENTIPEDE EVO-DEVO
N2  - For many kinds of ecological, evolutionary and developmental study, it is important to be able to describe the life-history of the individuals of a particular species/population. In the case of myriapods and other arthropods, this involves separating the different life-history stages (or stadia or instars) that are separated by moults. However, it has recently been pointed out that in the earliest post-embryonic stages the cuticle is still quite flexible; this means that visible external developmental changes can occur between moults as well as during them. Here, we provide evidence for such inter-moult changes in the coastal geophilomorph centipede Strigamia maritima. The character states studied enable finer-scale resolution of early post-embryonic forms than was hitherto possible. Specifically, we describe five transitional forms during a period in which just two (Peripatoid and Foetus) have traditionally been recognized
UR  - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/ijm/2009/00000002/00000001/art00003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462412
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462412
N1  - Character changes during the early post-embryonic development of the centipede Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha); doi:10.1163/187525409X462412
ID  - Vedel+Arthur2009
ER  -