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Citation: Hunter-Rowe, C.K.A., Jeal, F. & West, A.B. 1976 Observations on the feeding behaviour of Thyone fusus (O.F. Muller). Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society 5A: 459-468


Number of Pages: 10

Volume Part: 25

Keywords: Echinodermata, Ecology, Fauna, Galway, Marine, Sublittoral

Abstract: This paper reports on observations of a shallow water population of Thyone fusus from Galway Bay in 1973-74. Habitat, feeding preferences, behaviour, rhythmicity and duration, and orientation relative to water current were investigated.