A new species of Lepidodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Panama with a description of its peptidergic nervous system using CLSM, anti-FMRFamide and anti-SCPB

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Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-122

  Hochberg, Rick ^a   Atherton, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; CLSM; Meiofauna; Nervous system; New species

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS;

BOCAS DEL TORO; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

GASTROTRICHA; LEPIDODASYIDAE; LEPIDODASYS; MACRODASYIDA;

EID: 79954701339     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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