Tube ultrastructure of Pomatoceros americanus (Polychaeta, Serpulidae): implications for the tube formation of serpulids

The inner tube layer of Pomatoceros americanus has a complex oriented ultrastructure, which cannot be explained by the standard granular secretion model, predicting a largely unoriented structure of the tube. In the lamello-fibrillar structure of the inner tube layer, the crystallization axis of cry...

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Main Authors: Vinn, Olev, Kirsimäe, Kalle, ten Hove, Harry A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2009-06-01
Series:Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Online Access:http://eap.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2009/issue_2/earth-2009-2-148-152.pdf