Can a snake star earn its keep? Feeding and cleaning behavior in Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), a euryalid brittle-star living in association with the black coral, Antipathes fiordensis (Grange, 1990)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-189

  Stewart, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antipatharia; Behavior; Euryalida; Feeding; Ophiuroidea

Indexed keywords

BLACK CORAL; CLEANING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MUTUALISM; SNAKE-STAR;

ARTICLE; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND DOUBTFUL SOUN; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, PRESERVATION INLET;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHES FIORDENSIS; ASTROBRACHION CONSTRICTUM; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0032584061     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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