Fine structure and evolutionary significance of sagittocysts of Convolutriloba longifissura (Acoela, Platyhelminthes)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-345

  Gschwentner, Robert ^a   Ladurner, Peter ^a   Salvenmoser, Willi ^a   Rieger, Reinhard ^a   Tyler, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusome; Rhabdite; Turbellarian

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; EUMETAZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SAGITTIFERIDAE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0033483722     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227005     Document Type: Article

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