Ultrastructure of the maxillary organ of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda, Notostigmophora): Description of a multifunctional head organ

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-165

  Hilken, Gero ^a   Rosenberg, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allothereua maculata; Centipedes; Epidermal glands; Maxillary nephridium; Maxillary organ; Maxillary organ gland; Parascutigera festiva; Setae

Indexed keywords

ALLOTHEREUA MACULATA; ANIMALIA; CHILOPODA; NOTOSTIGMOPHORA; SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; HEAD; JAW; MAXILLA; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HEAD; JAW; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 33644863051     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10392     Document Type: Article

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