TABLE XXIX. CALCULATED NUMBER OF EGGS WHOSE VOLUME IS EQUAL TO HALF THE VOLUME OF THE MATURE OVARY IN
SPECIES OF ELJPHAUSIIDS
Body
Body
Ovary
E g g
N o . of eggs
Species
length
volume
volume
volume
equal to
Other estimates
( m m )
(ml)
(ml)
(ml)
50% ovary
Meganyctiphanes norvegica
Euphausia superba
Euphausia superba
E. triacantha
E. lucens
E. paci$ca
E. pacifica
E. paci$ca
E . nana
E . eximia
Th ysanoessa raschii
T . inermis
T . longicawlata
Nyctiphanes australis
N . simplex
N . eapensis
N . couchii
Stylocheiron suhmii
S. carinatum
Nematoscelis megalops
Nematobrachion jlexipes
Pseudeuphausia sinica
35
41
55
32
18
13-16
18-24
12.5
8.0
22
26
26
13
13
15
13
15
7
11
25
22
9.5
10.5
11.5
12.5
0.37
0.62
1.60
0.28
0-047
0*017-0.03
0.047-0.1 1
0.015
0,037
0.062
0.160
0.028
0.004 7
0~0017-0*003
0.0047-0.01 1
0.001 5
-
-
0.084
0408 4
0.15
0.015
0.15
0.015
0.017
0.026
0.017
0.026
0.002 4
0.01
0.13
0.084
0.006 1
0.008 5
0.011 5
0.015
0.001 7
0-002 6
0.001 7
0.002 6
0-000 24
0.001
0.013
0.008 4
0.000 61
0.000 85
0.001 15
0.001 5
3.5 x 10-5
1 x 10-4
1 x 10-4
4.5 x 10-5
3 x 10-5
2.4 x 10-5
2.4 x 10-5
2.4 x 10-5
2.4 x 10-5
2.5 x 10-5
2.5 x 10-5
1.4 x 10-5
2.5 x 10-5
2 x 10-5
2.5 x 10-5
4.5 x 10-5
6.5 x 10-5
1.5 x 10-5
2.5 x 10-5
1.3 x 10-5
1.3 x 10-5
1.3 x 10-5
1-3 x 10-5
-
530
310
800
310
80
35-43
100-230
31
-
175
300
300
60
50
40
50
3
8
430
170
23
33
45
58
400 (Mauchline, 1968)
2 287 (Naumov, 1962)
33 300 (Naumov, 1962)
50-100 (Brinton, 1962a)
50-200 (Brinton, 1962a)
230 (Lasker, personal
communication)
10-12 (Brinton, 1962a)
113 (Lasker, persona1
communication)
400 (Zelikman, 1958a)
350 (Zelikman, 1958a)
325 (Jones, personal
communication)
ca. 50 (Sars, 1885)
30 (Boden, 1955)
ca. 8 (Lebour, 1926c)
ca. 10 (Sars, 1885)
60 (Mauchline, 1968)
42 (Wang, 1965)
69 (Wang, 1965)
86 (Wang, 1965)
110 (Wang, 1965)