Central nervous system and sense organs, with special reference to photoreceptor-like sensory elements, in Polygordius appendiculatus (Annelida), an interstitial polychaete with uncertain phylogenetic affinities

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-64

  Wilkens, Verena ^a   Purschke, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary photoreceptor; Nuchal organ; Rhabdomeric; Saccocirrus

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CANALIPALPATA; OPHELIIDAE; POLYCHAETA; POLYGORDIUS; POLYGORDIUS APPENDICULATUS; SACCOCIRRIDAE; SACCOCIRRUS;

EID: 62349083927     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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