Functional histology of the enchytraeid Enchytraeus coronatus (oligoehaeta) digestive epithelium

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 328-341

  Mothes Wagner, U ^a   Reichert, A ^a   Seitz, K A ^a  

^a Working Group Ecotoxicology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Enchytraeid digestive epithelium; Enchytraeus coronatus

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS CORONATUS; EUKARYOTA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0030449012     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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