The influence of nurse eggs on variable larval development in polydora cornuta (Polychaeta: Spionidae)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Mackay, Julie ^a   Gibson, Glenys ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adelphophagy; Larval development; Nurse eggs; Poecilogony; Polydora; Spionid

Indexed keywords

POLYDORA CORNUTA;

EID: 0032840857     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652383     Document Type: Article

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