Structural differences between the resting eggs of brachionus plicatilis and brachionus rotundiformis (Rotifera, Brachionidae): An electron microscopic study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-223

  Munuswamy, Natesan ^a   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^a   Murugan, Gopal ^b   Hirayama, Kazutsugu ^a   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolar; Dense sub layer; Pores; Resting eggs; Rotifera; Surface topography; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONIDAE; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; BRACHIONUS ROTUNDIFORMIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0007643198     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016683     Document Type: Article

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