Infestation of Polydora rickettsi (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in shells of Crepidula fecunda (Mollusca: Calyptraeidae) in relation to intertidal exposure at Yaldad Bay, Chiloe, Chile

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Bertrán, Carlos ^a   Vargas, Luis ^a,b   Quijón, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crepidula fecunda; Intertidal; Polychaeta; Polydora rickettsi; Spionidae

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; EPIBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETE; TIDAL CYCLE;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YALDAD BAY;

CALYPTRAEIDAE; CREPIDULA; CREPIDULA FECUNDA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA; POLYDORA RICKETTSI; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 16344388445     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69n199     Document Type: Article

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