Predation by the nudibranch Tritonia odhneri (Opisthobranchia: Tritoniidae) on octocorals from the South Atlantic Ocean

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-297

  García Matucheski, Stella ^a   Muniain, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet; Octocoral; Predation; Sclerites; Tritonia odhneri

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; CORAL; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCLERITE; SPECIES INVENTORY; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PATAGONIA; SAN JORGE GULF;

GORGONACEA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PENNATULACEA; PRIMNOELLA; RENILLA; STYLATULA SP.; TRIPALEA CLAVARIA; TRITONIA (GASTROPODA); TRITONIA ODHNERI; TRITONIIDAE;

EID: 79958701380     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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