Cinematographic documentation of enchytraeid morphology and reproductive biology |
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Authors: | W. Westheide M. C. Müller |
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Affiliation: | (1) Spezielle Zoologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany |
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Abstract: | This paper summarizes the processing of small enchytraeid species for cinematographic documentation and covers the main details of a film on their locomotion, food uptake, anatomy and reproductive biology. This includes copulation, shedding of the cocoon and hatching of the young, characteristic reproductive patterns for all clitellate worms. |
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Keywords: | Oligochaeta Enchytraeus food uptake morphology copulation cocoon-shedding development hatching |
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