Light and scanning electron microscopic observations on the developmental biology of the common starfish, Asterias rubens Linné (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

Ophelia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-170

  Gondolf, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTERIAS; LARVA DEVELOPMENT; MATURATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033929711     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.1999.10409424     Document Type: Article

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