Organization of pharyngeal hard parts and musculature in Gnathostomula armata (Gnathostomulida: Gnathostomulidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1463-1470

  Sørensen, Martin V ^a   Tyler, Seth ^b   Hooge, Matthew D ^b   Funch, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ZOOLOGY;

GNATHOSTOMULA; GNATHOSTOMULA ARMATA; GNATHOSTOMULIDA;

EID: 0347364874     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-135     Document Type: Article

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