Comparative analysis of the tardigrade feeding apparatus: adaptive convergence and evolutionary pattern of the piercing stylet system

A thorough analysis of the cuticular parts of tardigrade feeding apparatuses was performed in order to provide a more complete understanding of their evolution and their potential homologies with other animal phyla (<em>e.g. </em>Cycloneuralia and Arthropoda). The buccal- pharyngeal appa...

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Main Authors: Roberto Guidetti, Roberto Bertolani, Lorena Rebecchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/745