Shell colour polymorphism in the chiton Ischnochiton striolatus (Gray, 1828) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and habitat heterogeneity

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-548

  Gonçalves Rodrigues, Letícia Ribeiro ^a   Silva Absalão, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crypsis; Hydrodynamic disturbance; Negative phototaxia; Rocky bottom; South east Brazil

Indexed keywords

POLYMORPHISM; SHELL;

BRAZIL; BUZIOS; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHITON; ISCHNOCHITON STRIOLATUS; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 23144435985     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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