Observations of predation on the tropical nudibranch Okenia sp. by the sea spider Anoplodactylus longiceps Williams (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)

Veliger

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-101

  Arango, Claudia P ^a   Brodie, Gilianne D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPLODACTYLUS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; PYCNOGONIDA;

EID: 0037422728     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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