Description of intracerebral ocelli in two species of North American crayfish: Orconectes limosus (Cambaridae) and Pacifastacus leniusculus (Astacidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-165

  Bobkova, Marina ^a,b   Grève, Pierre ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^b   Martin, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain (protocerebrum); Crayfish; Eye; Rhabdom; Vision

Indexed keywords

ASTACIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CHERAX; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; PACIFASTACUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SALTATOR; TALITRUS; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 0038801175     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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