The mouth cone and mouth ring of Echiniscus viridissimus Peterfi, 1956 (Heterotardigrada) with comparisons to corresponding structures in other tardigrades

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 558, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Dewel, Ruth Ann ^a   Eibye Jacobsen, Jette ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buccopharyngeal apparatus; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SKIN;

BUCCAL TUBE; BUCCOPHARANGEAL APPARATUS; ECDYSOZUA; PANARTHROPODA;

BIODIVERSITY;

INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; ECDYSOZOA; ECHINISCUS VIRIDISSIMUS; EUTARDIGRADES; HETEROTARDIGRADA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 29844446417     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1406-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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