The diet of Cubomedusae (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in southern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-164

  Nogueira Jr , Miodeli ^a   Haddad, Maria Angélica ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chiropsalmus quadrumanus; Feeding biology; Jellyfish; Medusae; Ontogenetic dietary shift; Tamoya haplonema

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CARYBDEIDAE; CHIRODROPIDAE; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRUMANUS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDROIDA; ISOPODA; MEGALOPS; NEMATODA; PEISOS PETRUNKEVITCHI; SCYPHOZOA; SERGESTIDAE; TAMOYA HAPLONEMA;

EID: 52949130570     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592008000300001     Document Type: Article

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