The tendons of Ophiocomina nigra and their role in autotomy (Echinodermata, Ophiuroida)

I. C. Wilkie; R. H. Emson

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The tendons of Ophiocomina nigra and their role in autotomy (Echinodermata, Ophiuroida)

I. C. Wilkie R. H. Emson

Zoomorphology Vol. 107 No. 1 pp. 33-44 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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I. C. Wilkie, R. H. Emson (1987). The tendons of Ophiocomina nigra and their role in autotomy (Echinodermata, Ophiuroida). Zoomorphology, 107(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00312127

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