Chemical composition of the integumental reflecting platelets in the iridescent copepods of the family sapphirinidae (Poecilostomatoida)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-23

  Chae, Jinho ^a,b   Kita Tsukamoto, Kumiko ^a   Nishida, Shuhei ^a   Ohwada, Kouichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0006438706     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1548926     Document Type: Article

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