Ultrastructural evidence of detoxification in the alimentary canal of Urechis caupo

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-317

  Menon, Jaishri ^a   Arp, Alissa J ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alimentary canal; Sulfide; Sulfide oxidizing bodies; Urechis caupo; Worm

Indexed keywords

AVES; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS; URECHIS CAUPO;

EID: 0032217831     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227033     Document Type: Article

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