The tendons of Ophiocomina nigra and their role in autotomy (Echinodermata, Ophiuroida)

In the arm of the ophiuroid Ophiocomina nigra the intervertebral muscles are linked to the vertebral ossicles by tendinous connective tissue fibres. When an arm autotomizes, rupture of the tendons at one end permits each muscle in the autotomizing segment to separate cleanly from an ossicle while it...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Zoomorphology 1987-06, Vol.107 (1), p.33-44
Hauptverfasser:	WILKIE, I. C, EMSON, R. H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Echinodermata Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Invertebrates Marine Ophiocomina nigra
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