Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod MollusksLucid line drawings and photos, 16 in fine color. Based on some 15 years of study and collection in both polar regions and most areas of the tropics and temperate zones. Detailed treatment is given on all known pelagic snails (aoubt 140 species) including: external anatomy, swimming and buoyancy mec |
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adult anatomy animals aragonite atlantids attached benthic Biol body buccal cones capture carbonate Carinaria Cavolinia cavoliniids Cephalopyge ciliary bands Clione Clione limacina coelenterates Color Fig Conover and Lalli copepods Corolla Creseis Diacria dorsal dry weight egg masses euthecosomes feeding female Fiona foot lobe footlobes free-swimming gastropods genus Gilmer gland Glaucilla Glaucus Glaucus atlanticus Gleba Gymnosomata gymnosomes Harbison helicina hermaphrodite heteropods hook sacs hydroid Hydromyles individuals inflata ingested Janthina janthinids Lalli and Conover larvae Limacina Limacina helicina Limacina retroversa male mantle cavity mating medusae Meisenheimer Mollusca mollusks mucous nematocysts nudibranchs observations oceanic opisthobranchs organs Paedoclione Paedoclione doliiformis paired parasitic pelagic Peraclis Phylliroë planktonic Pneumodermopsis posterior predators prey proboscis Pruvot-Fol pseudoconch pseudothecosomes pteropods Pterotrachea radula rates reproductive Scale lines represent sediments siphonophore spawning species specimens sperm spermatophore Spoel Suborder surface swimming tentacles Tesch thecosomes Velella veliger velum ventral wingplate wings Zool zooplankton