Different nematocytes have different synapses in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-62

  Westfall, Jane A ^a   Landers, Denise D ^a   McCallum, Jennifer D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coelenterate; Nematocysts; Synaptic vesicles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031717360     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199810)238:1<53::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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