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Sensory structures in tadpole larvae of the ascidians Microcosmus exasperatus Heller and Herdmania momus (Savigny)
| Title: | Sensory structures in tadpole larvae of the ascidians Microcosmus exasperatus Heller and Herdmania momus (Savigny). |
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| Name(s): |
Svane, Ib, creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1991 | |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| Extent: | 8 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3342304 (digitool), FADT3342304 (IID), fau:6412 (fedora), 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1991.tb00939.x (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
In this paper we describe the larval morphology of two species from the ascidian family Pyuridae, Microcosmus exasperatus and Herdmania momus, with special emphasis on components of the cerebral vesicle. Larvae have not previously been described for any species in the large genus Microcosmus. Besides a difference in size (larvae of H. momus are about 40% larger than those of M. exasperatus), larvae of the two species differ primarily in the number and arrangement of sensory structures. Both species possess a well-developed statocyte but only H. momus has an ocellus. The absence of an ocellus in M. exasperatus is unique among pyurid ascidians. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ and may be cited as: Svane, I., & Young, C. M. (1991). Sensory structures in tadpole larvae of the ascidians Microcosmus exasperatus Heller and Herdmania momus (Savigny). Acta Zoologica, 72(3), 129-135. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.1991.tb00939.x Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #788. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ascidians Sea squirts Pyuridae Larvae Morphology |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3342304 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1991.tb00939.x | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1991 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
