Ultrastructure and mineral distribution in the tergal cuticle of the terrestrial isopod Titanethes albus. Adaptations to a karst cave biotope

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-436

  Hild, Sabine ^a   Neues, Frank ^b   Žnidaršič, Nada ^c   Štrus, Jasna ^c   Epple, Matthias ^b   Marti, Othmar ^a   Ziegler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate; Biomineralisation; Calcite; Cave; Cuticle; Isopoda; Titanethes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOTOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TITANETHES ALBUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER LOSS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ISOPODA; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ISOPODA; TITANETHES; TITANETHES ALBUS;

EID: 70350217637     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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