Morphological studies on the bathyal ascidian, Megalodicopia hians Oka 1918 (Octacnemidae, Phlebobranchia), with remarks on feeding and tunic morphology

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1181-1189

  Okuyama, Makiko ^a,f   Saito, Yasunori ^a   Ogawa, Mari ^b   Takeuchi, Akira ^c   Jing, Zhang ^c   Naganuma, Takeshi ^d   Hirose, Euichi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Food habit; Octacnemid; Parasites; Shinkai 2000 (JAMSTEC)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; INTESTINE; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GONADS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; INTESTINES; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CIONIDAE; CORELLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MEGALODICOPIA HIANS; OCTACNEMIDAE; PHLEBOBRANCHIA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0036825857     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.1181     Document Type: Article

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