Molting and cuticle deposition in the subterranean trichoniscid Titanethes albus (Crustacea, Isopoda)

ZooKeys

Volumn 176, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2012, Pages 23-38

  Vittori, Milos ^a   Kostanjsek, Rok ^a   Znidarsic, Nada ^a   Strus, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Calcium storage; Cuticle ultrastructure; Troglobite

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; LIGIIDAE; TITANETHES ALBUS; TRICHONISCIDAE;

EID: 84859385606     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.176.2285     Document Type: Article

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