Particle processing on the labial palps of Mytilus edulis and Placopecten magellanicus (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 117-127

  Beninger, Peter G ^a   St Jean, Sylvie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Endoscopy; Feeding; Mucocytes; Mytilus; Palps; Placopecten

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; EUKARYOTA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0030948061     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps147117     Document Type: Article

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