Novel mode of postembryonic development in Ammothea genus (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from Antarctic waters;Nuevo modo de desarrollo postembrionario en el género Ammothea (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) procedente de aguas Antárticas

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-550

  Cano, Esperanza ^a   López González, Pablo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammothea; Ammotheidae; Postembryonic development; Protonymphon; Pycnogonida

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SPIDER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

AMMOTHEA; AMMOTHEIDAE; NYMPHON GROSSIPES; PROPALLENE LONGICEPS; PYCNOGONIDA;

EID: 70249084218     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n3541     Document Type: Article

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