Warning colouration in pseudocerotid flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). A preliminary study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Ang, Hing P ^a   Newman, Leslie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematic colouration; Flatworm; Polycladida; Predation; Pseudocerotidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COLOR; FLATWORM; WARNING SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCLADIDA; PSEUDOCEROTIDAE; THALASSOMA LUNARE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032430959     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003449226586     Document Type: Article

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