The neuromuscular system of Pycnophyes kielensis (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Abstract Background Kinorhynchs are ecdysozoan animals with a phylogenetic position close to priapulids and loriciferans. To understand the nature of segmentation within Kinorhyncha and to infer a probable ancestry of segmentation within the last common ancestor of Ecdysozoa, the musculature and the...

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Main Author: Andreas Altenburger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:EvoDevo
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-016-0062-6