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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Limnology |
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Online Access: | http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/745 |