Tunic Cuticular Protrusions in Ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata): A Perspective of Their Character-State Distribution

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 683-689

  Hirose, Euichi ^a,e   Lambert, Gretchen ^b   Kusakabe, Takehiro ^c   Nishikawa, Teruaki ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLOUSOBRANCHIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONIDAE; DISTAPLIA; ENTEROGONA; OCTACNEMIDAE; PLEUROGONA; POLYCITOR; PYURIDAE; STOLIDOBRANCHIA; STYELIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 2742532212     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.683     Document Type: Review

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