Reduction of growth rate as the major process in the miniaturization of the sand dollar Sinaechinocyamus mai

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-96

  Chen, Chang Po ^a   Chao, Chi Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLYPEASTER SUBDEPRESSUS; MIRABILIS; SCAPHECHINUS; SCAPHECHINUS MIRABILIS; SINAECHINOCYAMUS; SINAECHINOCYAMUS MAI;

BODY SIZE; GROWTH; MINIATURIZED;

EID: 0030770880     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542738     Document Type: Article

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