Morphological characterization of the tunic in the edible ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche), with remarks on 'soft tunic syndrome' in aquaculture

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-445

  Hirose, E ^a   Ohtake, S I ^b   Azumi, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ascidian; Soft tunic syndrome; Tunic cells; Tunic fibres; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 65249105043     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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