Salt and water balance in the spider Porrhothele antipodiana (Mygalomorpha: Dipluridae).

Total ion and water balance of the mygalomorph spider Porrhothele antipodiana under conditions of feeding and starvation, hydration and dehydration, and experimental salt loading was studied. Transpirational water loss was comparable to that of xeric arthropods, and respiratory water loss was reduce...

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Main Author: Butt, A. G.
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Zoology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5866