A new viviparous acoel Childia vivipara sp. nov. with observations on the developing embryos, sperm ultrastructure, body wall and stylet musculatures

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-130

  Tekle, Yonas I ^a   Raikova, Olga I ^a,b   Jondelius, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

9 + 1 axoneme; Acoela; Childia; Embryo; Phalloidin; Viviparous

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULLMAR FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

ACOELA; CHILDIA;

EID: 33646714854     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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