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Scanning electron microscopy of the fourth antennular segment of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2019

A.S. Clare
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association
J.A. Nott
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB

Abstract

Despite extensive studies on settlement of the cypris larva of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin (Crustacea: Cirripedia), the fine structure of the putative settlement receptors of this species has not been described. This study presents observations made with the scanning electron microscope of the fourth antennular segment and its associated setae.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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