Spicule formation in the solitary ascidian Bathypera feminalba (Ascidiacea, Pyuridae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-349

  Lambert, Gretchen ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BATHYPERA; BATHYPERA FEMINALBA; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; PYURIDAE;

EID: 0032217834     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227036     Document Type: Article

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