Rhaptothyreus typicus Hope & Murphy, 1969 (Nematoda: Rhaptothyreidae): An anatomical study of an unusual deep-sea nematode

Nematology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Miljutin, Dmitry M ^a   Tchesunov, Alexei V ^b   Hope, Duane W ^c  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND OCEANOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphid; Anatomy; Atlantic Ocean; Marine nematodes; Morphology; Morphometrics; SEM; Symbiotic intracellular bacteria; TEM; Trophosome; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEEP SEA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEMATODE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; RHAPTOTHYREIDAE;

EID: 34548843019     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854106776179971     Document Type: Article

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