Tunic morphology and cellulosic components of pyrosomas, doliolids, and salps (Thaliacea, Urochordata)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Kimura, Satoshi ^b   Itoh, Takao ^b   Nishikawa, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0033006393     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543173     Document Type: Article

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