Nature and role of newly described symbiotic associations between a sea anemone and gastropods at bathyal depths in the NW Atlantic

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-69

  Mercier, Annie ^a   Hamel, Jean François ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Portugal Cove St Philips   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allantactis; Deep sea; Gastropods; Predation; Sea anemones; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BATHYAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; GASTROPOD; PREDATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACTINIARIA; ALLANTACTIS; ALLANTACTIS PARASITICA; ASTEROIDEA; BUCCINUM UNDATUM; CROSSASTER PAPPOSUS; GASTROPODA; HORMATHIIDAE; LEPTASTERIAS POLARIS;

EID: 40849126435     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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