Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) statoliths in the cubozoan Carybdea sp.

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Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Tiemann, Henry ^a   Sötje, Ilka ^a   Becker, Alexander ^b   Jarms, Gerhard ^a   Epple, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralisation; Calcium sulfate; Phylogeny; Rhopaliophora; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; PHYLOGENY; STATOLITH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CARYBDEA; CUBOZOA; HYDROIDA; RHOPALIOPHORA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33745133735     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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