Drawing by Cedric d`Udekem d`Acoz
Two Oceans, A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa, GM Branch, CL Griffiths, ML Branch and LE Beckley, 1994.
Thanks to Professor Charles Griffiths (UCT) and Cedric d`Udekem d`Acoz and for information.
Drawing by Cedric d`Udekem d`Acoz |
Crinoid shrimp Hippolyte apsyctos. Cedric d`Udekem d`Acoz, of the zoology department, Tromsų Museum, Norway, is busy describing this new species, first shown in the "News" section on 18 June, and has given it the name Hippolyte apsyctos. The name comes from an unknown precious stone cited by C. Pliny, Naturalis Historia, book 37, section 54. | |
| References: Two Oceans, A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa, GM Branch, CL Griffiths, ML Branch and LE Beckley, 1994. Thanks to Professor Charles Griffiths (UCT) and Cedric d`Udekem d`Acoz and for information. |
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