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Feeding mechanism of the brisingid starfish Novodinia antillensis
| Title: | Feeding mechanism of the brisingid starfish Novodinia antillensis. |
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| Name(s): |
Emson, Roland H., creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1994 | |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag | |
| Extent: | 11 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3318864 (digitool), FADT3318864 (IID), fau:5992 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00350300 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
This paper describes the food and feeding mechanisms of the bathyal brisingid sea-star Novodinia antillensis (A. H. Clark, 1934). N. antillensis is shown to be an opportunistic suspension feeder capable of capturing living planktonic crustaceans of a wide range of sizes. This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Emson, R. H., & Young, C. M. (1994).The feeding mechanism of the brisingid starfish Novodinia antillensis. Marine Biology, 118(3), 433-442. doi:10.1007/BF00350300 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #981. |
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| Subject(s): |
Starfishes Brisingida Marine animals--Physiology |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318864 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00350300 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1994 Springer-Verlag | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
