Relationship between egg features and maternal body size in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Oxynoe olivacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa)

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Gianguzza, P ^a   Jensen, K R ^a,b   Badalamenti, F ^a,c   Riggio, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CNR IAMC Laboratorio di Biologia Marina   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; HERMAPHRODITE; MOLLUSC; PLANKTIVORE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; OXYNOE OLIVACEA; SACOGLOSSA;

EID: 27744448144     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0066-6     Document Type: Article

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