Ultrastructure of tarsal sensilla and other integument structures of two Pseudocellus species (Ricinulei, Arachnida)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-463

  Talarico, Giovanni ^a,c   Palacios Vargas, José G ^b   Silva, Mariano Fuentes ^b   Alberti, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Zoologisches Institut und Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ricinulei; Sensilla; Tarsi; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; INTEGUMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSE ORGAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSE ORGANS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

ARACHNIDA; PSEUDOCELLUS; PSEUDOCELLUS PEARSEI; RICINULEI;

EID: 33645503934     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10415     Document Type: Article

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