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Muscular and nervous systems of the cubopolyp (Cnidaria)

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New observations on the morphology, anatomy, asexual reproduction and metamorphosis of the formerly unknown polyp of the tropical Cubomedusae resulted in the conclusion that a new class Cubozoa must be established and positioned between the Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa. This conclusion could be confirmed by the histological investigation of the cubopolyp's muscular and nervous systems by light and transmission electron microscopy.

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  1. D. M. Chapman

    Present address: Department of Anatomy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  2. Ch. E. Cutress

    Present address: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerlo Rico, USA

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  1. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Palmaille 9, D-2, Hamburg 50, Germany

    B. Werner, D. M. Chapman & Ch. E. Cutress

  2. Department of Anatomy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    B. Werner & Ch. E. Cutress

  3. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerlo Rico, USA

    B. Werner & D. M. Chapman

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Werner, B., Chapman, D.M. & Cutress, C.E. Muscular and nervous systems of the cubopolyp (Cnidaria). Experientia 32, 1047–1049 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01933964

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