Lecithotrophic development and metamorphosis in the indo-west pacific brittle star ophiomastix venosa (echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-165

  Fourgon, Didier ^a,c   Eeckhaut, Igor ^b,c   VaÏtilingon, Devarajen ^c   Jangoux, Michel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c WWF Tulear   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Larval development; Ophiuroid; SEM microscopy; Vitellaria; Yolk larva

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERMATA; OPHIOCOMIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA; PLUTEUS; VITELLARIA;

EID: 29744452700     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2005.9652156     Document Type: Article

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