Alimentary Tract of Kowalevskiidae (Appendicularia, Tunicata) and Evolutionary Implications

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-238

  Brena, Carlo ^a   Cima, Francesca ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestive system; Gut specializations; Intercellular junction; Ultrastructure; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; PHARYNX; STOMACH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; PHARYNX; STOMACH; UROCHORDATA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); FRITILLARIIDAE; KOWALEVSKIA TENUIS; KOWALEVSKIIDAE; OIKOPLEURIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0142071688     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10145     Document Type: Article

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