The functional morphology of Axiothella rubrocinta (Johnson)

<p>The family Maldanidae is a group of sedentary polychaetes having a cylindrical body with elongate, but relatively few segments. The prostomium has a dorsal pair of nuchal organs and may have eye-spots ventrally; true appendages are absent. The mouth opens ventrally on the peristomium and has an extrusible sacciform proboscis. The pygidium may be plate-shaped, funnel shaped with an internal cone, or simply cone-shaped. All maldanids inhabit tubes of sand or mud, and subject to the limitations and advantages of this habjtat.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate School

Year dc:date.available

1969

Author dc:creator

• Spies, Robert Bernard

Contributors dc:contributor

• John S. Tucker

• Polychaeta
• Life Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

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https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1676

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oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2675