Peritrophic Membranes in the Caridea (Crustacea Decapoda)
- 1 October 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 32 (2), 315-318
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400014557
Abstract
A thin membrane surrounding the faeces of many of the Caridea has proved to be chitinous. The membrane is not secreted by the fore-gut, but almost certainly by the anterior part of the intestine, and is therefore a peritrophic membrane sensu stricto.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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