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Defensive adaptations in opisthobranchs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

T. E. Thompson
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man

Extract

This is the third and concluding part of an investigation into defensive mechanisms in some British gastropods. The first part (Thompson & Slinn, 1959) dealt with a single species of opisthobranch, Pleurobranchus membranaceus, which proved able to secrete a strong acid if disturbed. The second part (Thompson, 1960 a) recorded further instances of acid secretion. The present paper describes the remainder of my work on opisthobranchs.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1960

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