Multifunctions of the upper lip and a ventral reflecting organ in a bioluminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii (Müller, 1890)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Abe, Katsumi ^a   Ono, Takuo ^a   Yamada, Koshi ^a   Yamamura, Nasono ^a   Ikuta, Kyosuke ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Evolution; Myodocopa; Reflecting organ; Upper lip

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034144484     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003998327116     Document Type: Article

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