Cuticular ultrastructure in some marine oligochaetes (Tubificidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-166

  Gustavsson, Lena M ^a,b   Erséus, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annelida; Epicuticle; Limnodriloidinae; Phallodrilinae; Rhyacodrilinae

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; HETERODRILUS PAUCIFASCIS; OLAVIUS VACUUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0039591400     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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