The tube feet of sea urchins and sea stars contain functionally different mutable collagenous tissues

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2277-2288

  Santos, Romana ^a   Haesaerts, Delphine ^a   Jangoux, Michel ^a   Flammang, Patrick ^a  

^a Academie universitaire Wallonie Bruxelles   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asteroidea; Connective tissue; Echinoidea; Mechanical property; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; EGTAZIC ACID; OCTOXINOL; SEA WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; FRANCE; LIMB; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARFISH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EGTAZIC ACID; EXTREMITIES; FRANCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCTOXYNOL; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARFISH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 21444452941     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01641     Document Type: Article

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