Sneaky snails and wasted worms: Kleptoparasitism by Trichotropis cancellata (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on Serpula columbiana (Annelida, Polychaeta)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 244, Issue , 2002, Pages 153-162

  Iyengar, Erika V ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Kleptoparasitism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FILTER FEEDER; GROWTH RATE; KLEPTOPARASITISM; POLYCHAETE; SNAIL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANNELIDA; CANCELLATA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; SERPULA COLUMBIANA; TRICHOTROPIDAE; TRICHOTROPIS CANCELLATA;

EID: 0037196063     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps244153     Document Type: Article

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