On the structure and function of the mastax of Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera), a scanning electron microscope analysis

Zoomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 169-177

  Kleinow, W ^a   Wratil, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030363207     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02527157     Document Type: Article

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