Taxonomic and biological observations on the tiger flatworm, maritigrella crozieri (hyman, 1939), new combination (platyhelminthes, polycladida, euryleptidae) from Florida waters

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 799-808

  Le Newman, Leslie J ^a   Norenburg, Jon L ^a   Reed, Sherry ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Euryleptidae; Feeding; Florida; Hypodermic Insemination; Platyhelminthes; Polycladida

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY; WORM;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; COTYLEA; ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; EURYLEPTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MARITIGRELLA; MARITIGRELLA CROZIERI; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCLADIDA; PSEUDOCEROTIDAE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0033856878     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229300299264     Document Type: Article

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