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Excerpt from The Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. 24
Like the female, the male is of a dirty white or gray color. In the prime Of life Diaptomus sanguineus Forbes, so far as my experience goes, is red in color, or marked with red or blue. However, it is not claimed that this color difference is of taxonomic value. In other localities the color scheme may be different for it is well known that color in Entomostraca sometimes varies with environment. Nevertheless, the color described is that Of individuals in the prime of life, for numerous Speci mens were found in copulo (pl. 3, fig. 3) and many more with spermataphores attached (pl. 1, fig. 3j; pl. 2, fig. 2g).
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