Cell types, microsymbionts, and pyridoacridine distribution in the tunic of three color morphs of the genus Cystodytes (Ascidiacea, Polycitoridae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-369

  Turon, Xavier ^a   López Legentil, Susanna ^a,b   Banaigs, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Tunicates; Ultrastructure; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYSTODYTES; CYSTODYTES DELLECHIAJEI; POLYCITORIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 31544434296     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2005.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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