A comparative ultrastructural investigation of the cephalic sensory organs in Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 399-414

  Gobbeler K ^a   Klussmann Kolb, A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hancock's organ; Lip organ; Opisthobranchia; Oral tentacle; Rhinophore; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLLUSC; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 36248994707     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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