Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Central Amazonia

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Adis, Joachim ^a,b   Messner, Benjamin ^c   Platnick, Norman ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Zoological Institute   (Germany)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Cryptocellus; Microtrichia; Neotropics; Plastron; Ricinulei; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; CALYX; CRYPTOCELLUS; CRYPTOCELLUS ADISI; CRYPTOCELLUS BECKI; RICINULEI;

EID: 0032846217     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.34.1.1.8915     Document Type: Article

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