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An Ecological Study of Notoplana Acticola, a Polyclad Flatworm, in a Rocky Intertidal Habitat on the North Central California coast

Author

Alan Bradley Thum, University of the Pacific

Date of Award

1968

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Department

Biological Sciences

First Advisor

Not Listed

First Committee Member

Edward H Smith

Second Committee Member

Gary J Brusca

Third Committee Member

Ralph Johnson

Abstract

The taxonomy of the polyclad flatworms is fairly well-known and some attention has been given to study of their physiology. Investigations of an ecological nature, however, are scarce; in fact, no ecological studies have been made on the Pacific Coast of North America. Else- where, Pearse and Wharton (1938) investigated the general ecology of Stylochus frontalis, associated with oysters on the coasts of Florida, and occasional notes have appeared, reporting on polyclads as predators on oysters and barnacles (Book, 1925: Wolke, 1954; Loosanoff, 1956: Skerman,1960)

Pages

146

Recommended Citation

Thum, Alan Bradley. (1968). An Ecological Study of Notoplana Acticola, a Polyclad Flatworm, in a Rocky Intertidal Habitat on the North Central California coast. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1649