A sequestered soft coral diterpene in the aeolid nudibranch Phyllodesrnium guamensis Avila, Ballesteros, Slattery, Starmer and Paul

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-49

  Slattery, Marc ^a,b   Avila, Conxita ^c   Starmer, John ^b   Paul, Valerie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical defenses; Chemotaxis; Nudibranch; Sequestered compounds; Soft corals

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE;

CHEMICAL DEFENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; METABOLITE SEQUESTRATION; PREDATION PRESSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GUAM;

ANTHOZOA; CANTHIGASTER SOLANDRI; NUDIBRANCHIA; PHYLLODESMIUM GUAMENSIS; SINULARIA MAXIMA; SINULARIA POLYDACTYLA;

EID: 0031808740     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00240-2     Document Type: Article

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