Comparative anatomy of slime glands in onychophora (velvet worms)

Onychophorans use a unique hunting and defense strategy, which involves the ejection of an adhesive slime secretion produced by a pair of specialized glands. So far, a comparative study on the anatomy of these glands has not been carried out among different species. In this article, we compare anato...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of morphology (1931) 2012-10, Vol.273 (10), p.1079-1088
Hauptverfasser:	Baer, Alexander, Mayer, Georg
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Evolution defense Exocrine Glands - anatomy & histology glue-like Invertebrates - anatomy & histology Invertebrates - classification Phylogeny prey capture slime ejection
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