Observations on feeding behavior by the terrestrial flatworm Bipalium adventitium (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) from Illinois

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 401-408

  Zaborski, Edmond R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATWORM; PREDATOR;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; APORRECTODEA ROSEA; BIPALIUM ADVENTITIUM; EISENIA FETIDA; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PLATYHELMINTHES; TERRICOLA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0036810773     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0401:OOFBBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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