Comparative ultrastructure of the epidermal ciliary rootlets and associated structures in species of the Nemertodermatida and Acoela (Plathelminthes)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-92

  Lundin, Kennet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; EUKARYOTA; MEARA STICHOPI; METAZOA; NEMERTODERMATIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES; XENOTURBELLA BOCKI; XENOTURBELLIDA;

EID: 0031492006     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050033     Document Type: Article

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