The digestive tract of Helicoradomenia (Solenogastres, Mollusca), aplacophoran molluscs from the hydrothermal vents of the East Pacific Rise

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-253

  Todt, Christiane ^a,b   Von Salvini Plawen, Luitfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foregut; Gland; Midgut; Neomeniomorpha; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

APLACOPHORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COELENTERATA; EUKARYOTA; HELICORADOMENIA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEOMENIOMORPHA;

EID: 22944466955     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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