Complex colony-level organization of the deep-sea siphonophore Bargmannia elongata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) is directionally asymmetric and arises by the subdivision of pro-buds

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 835-845

  Dunn, Casey W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargmannia; Cnidaria; Colonial animal; Deep sea; Directional asymmetry; Hydrozoa; Major transitions; Siphonophore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARGMANNIA ELONGATA; BIODIVERSITY; BUDDING; COELENTERATE; DEEP SEA; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; HYDROZOA; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIPHONOPHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HYDROZOA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BARGMANNIA; BARGMANNIA ELONGATA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROZOA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 28444489254     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20483     Document Type: Article

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