External gestation in exogonine syllids (Annelida: Polychaeta): Dorsal egg attachment by means of epitokous chaetae

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Kuper, Michael ^a   Westheide, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brood protection; Chaetae; Epitoky; Meiofauna; Syllidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BRANIA; POLYCHAETA; SPHAEROSYLLIS; SYLLIDAE;

EID: 0032217829     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227032     Document Type: Article

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