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The Ecology of Onchidoris Fusca [Nudibranchia]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. W. Potts
G. W. Potts
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Department of Zoology, Queen Mary College, London*
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Opisthobranchs are mostly unsuitable animals for detailed ecological work since it is unusual to come across an adequate population for quantitative analysis. This difficulty is reflected in the generalized surveys that may be found described in the literature and which deal with a large number of species, each in little detail (Garstang, 1889; Swennen, 1961; Miller, 1961; Thompson, 1964; Schmekel, 1968). Very few detailed works on a single species are found of the kind published by Thompson (1966) on Archidoris pseudoargus (Rapp). Most often ecological notes are available as a by-product of works involved chiefly with anatomy and taxonomy. The result is that, in the absence of facts, hypotheses are formed to cover portions of the life histories of nudibranchs about which little is known. The problematical migrations attributed to nudibranchs is a case in point and, as the summaries of Costello (1938) and Miller (1961) show, there would appear to be several ways of interpreting the scant data.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , May 1970 , pp. 269 - 292
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1970

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