Ultrastructure and function of the mastax in Dicranophorus forcipatus (Rotifera: Monogononta)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 698-712

  Riemann, Ole ^a   Ahlrichs, Wilko H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding mode; Forcipate mastax; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DICRANOPHORUS FORCIPATUS; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTIFERA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTIFERA;

EID: 48049117603     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10616     Document Type: Article

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