A single micropyle in the eggs of the most basal living actinopterygian fish, Polypterus (Actinopterygii, Polypteriformes)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 589-592

  Bartsch, P ^a   Britz, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; POLYPTERIFORMES; POLYPTERUS;

EID: 0031005841     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04850.x     Document Type: Article

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