The first description of nerves in a cnidarian: Louis Agassiz's account of 1850

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-32

  Mackie, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bougainvillea; Ganglion; Harvard college; Nerve net; Oberh user; Romanes; Sarsia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NEUROLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

B.SUPERCILIARIS; HYDROMEDUSAN; NERVES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BOUGAINVILLEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SARSIA;

EID: 12444318707     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2643-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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