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Morphology of the Adhesive System in the Sandcastle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica

  • Wang C
  • Svendsen K
  • Stewart R
Springer Vienna, (2010), 169-179
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0286-2_10
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Abstract

The marine Sandcastle worm (P. californica) and related species live in composite mineralized tubes for shelter. They gather the mineral phase for free from the environment as sand grains and seashell bits with a crown of ciliated tentacles. The captured mineral...

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Wang, C. S., Svendsen, K. K., & Stewart, R. J. (2010). Morphology of the Adhesive System in the Sandcastle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica. In Biological Adhesive Systems (pp. 169–179). Springer Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0286-2_10

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