The cerebral ganglia of Milnesium tardigradum Doyère (Apochela, Tardigrada): Three dimensional reconstruction and notes on their ultrastructure

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 71-84

  Wiederhöft, Holger ^a   Greven, Hartmut ^a  

^a Zellbiologie und Parasitologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eutardigrada; Neuropil; Pericarya; Supraoesophageal mass; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOCHELA; EUTARDIGRADA; MILNESIUM TARDIGRADUM; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030536936     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02334.x     Document Type: Article

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