Ultrastructure of the ampullae of Lorenzini of Aptychotrema rostrata (Rhinobatidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Wueringer, Barbara E ^a,b   Tibbetts, Ian R ^b   Whitehead, Darryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alveolar bulbs; Ampullae of Lorenzini; Aptychotrema rostrata; Electroreception; Receptor cell

Indexed keywords

APTYCHOTREMA ROSTRATA; RHINOBATIDAE;

EID: 58549084347     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-008-0073-5     Document Type: Article

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