Toxicity of the purple mucus of the polychaete Halla parthenopeia (Oenonidae) revealed by a battery of ecotoxicological bioassays

Mucus secretions play a number of functions related to polychaete physiology and ecology. Under stress conditions, the polychaete Halla parthenopeia (Oenonidae) produces a purple mucus after mechanical stimulation, whose function is still unknown. Here, we assessed the toxicity of this purple mucus...

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Main Authors: Dario Iori, Luca Forti, Gloria Massamba-N’Siala, Daniela Prevedelli, Roberto Simonini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2014-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1557