‚Cejkaian tubules‘ in the posterior midgut of terrestrial Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta)

More than one hundred years ago, Bohumil Čejka described peculiar elongate tubules in the posterior region of the intestine of Hepatogaster birulae, a new terrestrial enchytraeid species collected in North-East Siberia. The tubules have no cilia but a proper epithelium and they run parallel to the...

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Main Authors: Rüdiger M. Schmelz, Rut Collado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2024-02-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/377