Hitchhiker polynoid polychaetes in cold deep waters and their potential influence on benthic soft bottom food webs

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Schiaparelli, Stefano ^a   Alvaro, Maria Chiara ^a   Bohn, Jehns ^b   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Holothuroidea; parasitism; Polychaeta; Ross Sea; symbiotic association

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMENSALISM; DEEP WATER; ECHINODERM; FOOD WEB; KLEPTOPARASITISM; PHORESY; POLYCHAETE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BATHYPLOTES; EUNOE OPALINA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; POLYCHAETA; POLYNOIDAE;

EID: 77958482171     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000210     Document Type: Article

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