The anatomy and ultrastructure of the suctorial organ of Solifugae (Arachnida)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Klann, A E ^a   Gromov, A V ^b   Cushing, P E ^c   Peretti, A V ^d   Alberti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fine structure; Galeodes caspius subfuscus; Oltacola gomezi; Pedipalpal organ; Solpugids

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; FILM; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; EXTREMITIES; SENSE ORGANS;

AMMOTRECHIDAE; ARACHNIDA; KARSCHIIDAE; SOLIFUGAE;

EID: 36849043210     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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