Studies on the structure of the brooding organs of two botryllid ascidians, Botryllus delicatus and Botryllus sexiens

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-404

  Okuyama, Makiko ^a   Saito, Yasunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLOIDES; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SEXIENS;

EID: 0035532909     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.397     Document Type: Article

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