Ontogeny of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata, Chordata) reveals characters similar to ascidian larvae with sessile adults

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-214

  Stach, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Larvacea; Phylogeny; Tail; Tunicate; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 34848834436     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-007-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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