Fine structure of the ventral nerve centre and interspecific identification of individual neurons in the enigmatic Chaetognatha

Zoomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-73

  Harzsch, Steffen ^a   Müller, Carsten H G ^a,b   Rieger, Verena ^a   Perez, Yvan ^c   Sintoni, Silvia ^a,d   Sardet, Christian ^e   Hansson, Bill ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Immunolocalization; Metazoa; Neurophylogeny; Pterosagitta draco; Sagitta spp.; Seriality; Spadella cephaloptera; Ultrastructure; Ventral nerve centre

Indexed keywords

CHAETOGNATHA; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; PTEROSAGITTA DRACO; SAGITTA; SAGITTA ENFLATA; SAGITTA SETOSA; SPADELLA CEPHALOPTERA;

EID: 58549116495     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-008-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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