Tergipes antarcticus (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia): Distribution, life cycle, morphology, anatomy and adaptation of the first mollusc known to live in Antarctic sea ice

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1383-1395

  Kiko, Rainer ^a,b   Kramer, Maike ^a   Spindler, Michael ^a   Wägele, Heike ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolidoidea; ANT XXIII 7; Histology; Larval development; Opisthobranchia; Sea ice; Supercooling point; Sympagic meiofauna; Thermal hysteresis; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTOCHTHONY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GASTROPOD; HYSTERESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

GASTROPODA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; TERGIPES;

EID: 53249129119     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0478-0     Document Type: Article

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