Allometric strategies for increasing respiratory surface area in the Mississippian blastoid Pentremites

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-137

  Dexter, Troy A ^a   Sumrall, Colin D ^b   McKinney, Michael L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Blastoidea; Hydrospires; Mississippian; Ontogeny; Pentremites; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ECHINODERM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; ONTOGENY; SURFACE AREA;

BLASTOIDEA;

EID: 65449170752     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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