Obelia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Campanulariidae): A microphagous, filter-feeding medusa

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 178-183

  Boero, Ferdinando ^a   Bucci, Cecilia ^a   Colucci, Anna Maria Rosaria ^a   Gravili, Cinzia ^a   Stabili, Loredana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Feeding strategy; Hydrozoa; Ionian Sea; Microphagy; Obelia

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; FILTER FEEDING; INVERTEBRATE; POLYP;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPANULARIIDAE; CLYTIA; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; METAZOA; OBELIA; OBELIA DICHOTOMA;

EID: 34548735998     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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