title: Morphology, Oviposition, and Embryogenesis in an Australian Population of Acrobeloides nanus.
abstract: A population of Acrobeloides nanus in Australia is described and illustrated, based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Embryogenesis from egg laying to hatching is followed over a wide range of temperatures. At 15 C, hatching occurs in about 125 hours and at 35 and 37.5 C after about 40 hours. At 40 C, egg development ceases early in cleavage. The capacity of A. nanus to develop over such a range of temperatures, and its anhydrobiotic capabilities, are discussed in relation to its survival and wide distribution in Australia.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Ley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bird