Host specificity of four corallivorous Phestilla nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 255, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-218

  Ritson Williams, Raphael ^a,b   Shjegstad, Sonia ^a   Paul, Valerie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b Smithsonian Mar Stn at Fort Pierce   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral predators; Host specialization; Larval metamorphosis; Phestilla

Indexed keywords

CORALLIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIALIST;

ANTHOZOA; GASTROPODA; GONIOPORA; GONIOPORA FRUTICOSA; GONIOPORA LOBATA; GONIOPORA MINOR; INVERTEBRATA; LOBATA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PHESTILLA; PHESTILLA MINOR; PHESTILLA SIBOGAE; PORITES ANNAE; PORITES CYLINDRICA; PORITES LUTEA; PORITES RUS; PORITIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; TERGIPEDIDAE;

EID: 0038115269     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps255207     Document Type: Article

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