A spicule-reinforced contractile mesentery: Organisation and mechanical behaviour of the exterior coelomic septum of Stylocidaris affinis (Echinodermata, Echinoida)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-133

  Wilkie, Iain C ^a   Candia Carnevali, M D ^b   Bonasoro, F ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIDARIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; STYLOCIDARIS AFFINIS;

EID: 0039000341     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350000029     Document Type: Article

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