Bilaterally symmetrical rhopalial nervous system of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1391-1405

  Skogh, C ^a   Garm, A ^a   Nilsson, D E ^a   Ekström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Box jellyfish; Eyes; Neurons; Rhopalium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOOK; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CUBOZOA; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ATLASES; CUBOZOA; DEMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

CNIDARIA; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; RHOPALIA; SCYPHOZOA; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA;

EID: 33845667866     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10472     Document Type: Article

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