Morphological and ultrastructural characterization of the coelomocytes in Apostichopus japonicus

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Xing, Kun ^a,b   Yang, Hong Sheng ^a   Chen, Mu Yan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coelomocyte; Morphology; Sea cucumber; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; STICHOPODIDAE;

EID: 76149141581     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00038     Document Type: Article

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