References

Selected References
Conniff, R. 1987. The little suckers have made a comeback. Discover 8:84–94 (Aug.). Describes the medical uses for leeches in microsurgery.

Dales, R. P. 1967. Annelids, ed. 2. London, The Hutchinson Publishing Group, Ltd. A concise account of annelids.

Fischer, A., and U. Fischer. 1995. On the lifestyle and life-cycle of the luminescent polychaete Odontosyllis enopla (Annelida: Polychaeta). Invert. Biol. 114:236–247. If epitokes of this species survive their spawning swarm, they can return to a benthic existence.

Hartman, O. 1968. Atlas of the errantiate polychaetous annelids from California. Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Allan Hancock Foundation. This and the following reference have extensive keys for identification.

Hartman, O. 1969. Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Allan Hancock Foundation.

Kingman, J., and P. Kingman. 1993. The dance of the luminescent threadworms. Underwater Naturalist 22(2):36. Describes the spectacular swarming of the epitokes of Odontosyllis enopla off Belize during July and August, the third and fourth nights after a full moon.

Lent, C. M., and M. H. Dickinson. 1988. The neurobiology of feeding in leeches. Sci. Am. 258:98–103 (June). Feeding behavior in leeches is controlled by a single neurotransmitter (serotonin).


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