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TARSAL PAD LENGTHS ARE RELATED TO SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIOS IN CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897

dc.contributor.authorCooper, Marken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T09:07:10Z
dc.date.available2022-11-28T09:07:10Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.identifier.citationCooper, M., 2022., TARSAL PAD LENGTHS ARE RELATED TO SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIOS IN CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897. Universe International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 3(6):7 Pages. doi. – 08.2020-25662434en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2582-6417 (Online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi. – 08.2020-25662434en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125800
dc.descriptionCITATION: Cooper, M., 2022., TARSAL PAD LENGTHS ARE RELATED TO SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIOS IN CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897. Universe International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 3(6):7 Pages. doi. – 08.2020-25662434en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: uijir.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractRed millipedes (Centrobolus) have elongated tarsal pads. I tested for a relationship between tarsal pad length and surface-area-to-volume ratio and surface area in red millipedes Centrobolus. Specimens were fixed, first in 2.5% glutaraldehyde (pH 7.4 phosphate-buffered saline) at 4 °C for 24 hours, then in osmium tetroxide (2%). Dehydration through a graded alcohol series (50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% to 100% ethanol) and critical point drying followed. Specimens were mounted on stubs and sputter coated with gold palladium. Tarsal pads and gonopods were viewed under a Cambridge S200 SEM. SEM micrographs were examined and the individual components of the gonopods were identified according to the species descriptions. One set of measurements was made from the micrographs (1) tarsal pad length and these were tested for a correlation with data for surface areas and surface-area-to-volume ratios. Tarsal pad length was negatively related to surface-area-to-volume ratios across two species (r=-0.99, Z score=-4.53, n=6, p<0.01). Tarsal pad length was not related to surface area (r=0.20, Z score=0.36, n=6, p=0.36).en_ZA
dc.format.extent7 Pagesen_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherUIJIRen_ZA
dc.subjectRed Millipedesen_ZA
dc.subjectTarsal paden_ZA
dc.subjectGonopodsen_ZA
dc.subjectSpeciesen_ZA
dc.titleTARSAL PAD LENGTHS ARE RELATED TO SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIOS IN CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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