Comparative morphology of the somatic musculature in species of Hexarthra and Polyarthra (Rotifera, Monogononta): Its function in appendage movement and escape behavior

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Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-248

  Hochberg, Rick ^a   Ablak Gurbuz, Ozlem ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Functional morphology; Muscles; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE; PLANKTON; PREDATOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HEXARTHRA; MONOGONONTA; POLYARTHRA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 52049089696     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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