The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi has a flow-through system for digestion with three consecutive phases of extracellular digestion

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Bumann, Dirk ^a   Puls, Gabriela ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 0030937838     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639529     Document Type: Article

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