Mucus secretion and transport in amphioxus larvae: Organization and ultrastructure of the food trapping system, and implications for head evolution

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-230

  Lacalli, Thurston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma; Chordate evolution; Club shaped gland; Dorsoventral inversion; Endostyle; Preoral pit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LARVA; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRAPPING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 44949129070     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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