Behavior of the rhabdocoel flatworm Mesostoma ehrenbergii in prey capture and feeding

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Wrona, Frederick J ^a   Koopowitz, Harold ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Flatworms; Mosquito predator; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATWORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOSTOMA EHRENBERGII; PLATYHELMINTHES; TUBIFEX; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032419423     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003439827920     Document Type: Article

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