Ultrastructure of the subepidermal musculature of Xenoturbella bocki, the adelphotaxon of the Bilateria

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Ehlers, Ulrich ^a   Sopott Ehlers, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOELOMORPHA; BILATERIA; ENTEROPNEUSTA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; XENOTURBELLA BOCKI; XENOTURBELLIDA;

EID: 0344564877     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050032     Document Type: Article

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