Larval development and metamorphosis of Berthella californica (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pleurobranchoidea) including phylogenetic implications

Larval development of Berthella californica, a pleurobranchoidean heterobranch from the Northeastern Pacific, is described using histological sectioning, SEM, TEM, and immunolabelling. Current phylogenetic hypotheses place the Pleurobranchoidea as sister to all nudibranchs, or as sister to only the...

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Main Author: LaForge, Nicole Laura
Other Authors: Page, Louise Roberta
Language:English
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Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1996