Evidence of external digestion of crustaceans in Octopus vulgaris paralarvae

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 559-560

  Hernández García, Vicente ^a   Martín, Ana Y ^a   Castro, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; MOLLUSC;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; SEPIA;

EID: 0342647537     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400002320     Document Type: Article

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