Morphological requirements in limulid and decapod gills: A case study in deducing the function of lamellipedian exopod lamellae

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Suzuki, Yutaro ^a   Kondo, Akiyoshi ^a   Bergström, Jan ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometrty; Arthropoda; Decapoda; Functional morphyology; Gills; Limulidae; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTHROPOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULIDAE; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 48249116806     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0208     Document Type: Article

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