Mating behaviour of the marine turbellarian Macrostomum sp.: These worms suck

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Scharer L ^a,c   Joss, G ^b   Sandner, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

MACROSTOMUM; MACROSTOMUM SP.; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 4344632264     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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