The snail Smaragdia bryanae (Neritopsina, Neritidae) is a specialist herbivore of the seagrass Halophila hawaiiana (Alismatidae, Hydrocharitaceae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-114

  Unabia, Catherine R C ^a  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Plant animal interaction; Radula

Indexed keywords

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA HAWAIIANA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; NERITIDAE; NERITOPSINA; SMARAGDIA; SMARAGDIA BRYANAE;

EID: 79956213766     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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