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Cinematographic documentation of enchytraeid morphology and reproductive biology

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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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  1. Spezielle Zoologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069, Osnabrück, Germany

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Westheide, W., Müller, M.C. Cinematographic documentation of enchytraeid morphology and reproductive biology. Hydrobiologia 334, 263–267 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017376

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