Sex expression of an immobile coral-inhabiting snail, Quoyula monodonta

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Soong, Keryea ^a   Chen, Ming Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; MOLLUSC; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAIL;

TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIOPHILIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MONODONTA; NEOGASTROPODA; POCILLOPORA EYDOUXI; QUOYULA; QUOYULA MONODONTA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0141561547     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1098-4     Document Type: Article

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