Electrophysiology and innervation of the photosensitive epistellar body in the lesser octopus Eledone cirrhosa

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-87

  Cobb, Christopher S ^a   Williamson, Roddy ^a,b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; ELEDONE CIRRHOSA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 0031669636     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542778     Document Type: Article

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