Chemical defenses of cryptic and aposematic gastropterid molluscs feeding on their host sponge Dysidea granulosa

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1491-1500

  Becerro, Mikel A ^a,b   Starmer, John A ^a,c   Paul, Valerie J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs); Chemical defense; Dysidea granulosa; Feeding specialists; Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum; Sagaminopteron psychedelicum

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CRYPSIS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MUCUS; PBDE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECIALIST; SPONGE;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CANTHIGASTER SOLANDRI; DYSIDEA; DYSIDEA GRANULOSA; GASTROPTERIDAE; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SAGAMINOPTERON; SAGAMINOPTERON PSYCHEDELICUM; TETRAODONTIDAE;

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DYSIDEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALS; COLOR; DYSIDEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 33846905011     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9064-5     Document Type: Article

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