The architecture of the nervous system of Echiniscus testudo (Echiniscoidea, Heterotardigrada)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 44-53

  Schulze, Corinna ^a   Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterotardigrada; Immunohistochemistry; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARTHROPOD; BRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84880778334     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2013.s1.e6     Document Type: Article

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