Discovery of the Corallivorous polyclad flatworm, Amakusaplana acroporae, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia - the first report from the wild

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Rawlinson, Kate A ^a   Stella, Jessica S ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAKUSAPLANA ACROPORAE; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARENCHYMA; PLATYHELMINTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; TURBELLARIA;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA VALIDA; ACROPORIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SQUAMATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84864755957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042240     Document Type: Article

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