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FIG. 3. Typical distribution patterns of some wide-ranging invertebrates which extend
their ranges outside the Antarctia Region (data from Fell, Holtzinger and Sherraden,
1969, Squires, 1969, Edmonds, 1969, Dawson, 1969 and Dell, 1969).
Ophiaoantha
vivipara; 0 Fhbellum impeneum;
Cfoljhgia margaritaceu capeiform&; 0
Lineua corrugatua; A Limop8k mam'onenaia.
Some groups appear to show the effects of radiative evolution with a
large number of related forms adapted to different ecological niches.
Good examples are the nototheniiform fishes and the littorinid, trichotropid and buccinid gastropods.
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