Unusual pre-copulatory behaviour in the hermaphroditic planarian flatworm, Dugesia gonocephala (Tricladida, Paludicola)

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-221

  Vreys, Carla ^a   Schockaert, Ernest R ^a   Michiels, Nicolaas K ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUGESIA GONOCEPHALA; TRICLADIDA;

COPULATION; FLATWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; PRECOPULATORY BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030617058     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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