The follicle cells of Styela plicata (ascidiacea, tunicata): A sem study

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1115-1121

  Villa, Luisa Anna ^a   Patricolo, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; STYELA PLICATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0034310264     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1115     Document Type: Article

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