First evidence of maternal transmission of algal endosymbionts at an oocyte stage in a triploblastic host, with observations on reproduction in Waminoa brickneri (Acoelomorpha)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Barneah, Orit ^a   Brickner, Itzchak ^a   Hooge, Matthew ^b   Weis, Virginia M ^c   Benayahu, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoelomorpha; Symbiosis; Waminoa brickneri

Indexed keywords

ACOELOMORPHA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; PLESIASTREA; SCLERACTINIA; WAMINOA;

EID: 34247594684     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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