Laboratory culture of the aeolid nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana (mollusca, opisthobranchia): Life history aspects

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-761

  Schlesinger, Ami ^a,b   Goldshmid, Rotem ^c   Hadfield, Michael G ^d   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^a   Loya, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECHINODERM; GASTROPOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLITE; METAMORPHISM; MOLLUSC CULTURE; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MIDDLE EAST;

ACTINIARIA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SPURILLA NEAPOLITANA;

EID: 60449105109     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1126-0     Document Type: Article

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