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The development of the ascidian Pyura microcosmus (Savigny)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. H. Millar
Affiliation:
The Marine Station, Millport

Extract

Several recent papers have dealt with the development of members of the ascidian family Pyuridae (Hirai, 1941; Berrill, 1948; Millar, 1951; Sebastian, 1953), but the total number of species with known larvae is still only five, in spite of the large size of the family.

The present paper deals with the embryonic development, the larva, and the post-larval development of Pyura microcosmus (Savigny).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1954

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