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Integument of Kamptozoa Barentsia discreta Busk, 1886

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The integument of the colonial species Barentsia discreta has been investigated in the present work. On its greater length the integument is presented by a monolayered unciliated epithelium covered by a layer of microvillar cuticle. The floor of the atrial cavity and the frontal surface of tentacles is lined by ciliated epidermis covered by a protocuticle. Sensitive and secretory cells are present in the epidermis.

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  1. Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. O. Borisanova & V. V. Malakhov

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Original Russian Text © A.O. Borisanova, V.V. Malakhov, 2013, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2013, No. 3, pp. 44–47.

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Borisanova, A.O., Malakhov, V.V. Integument of Kamptozoa Barentsia discreta Busk, 1886. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 68, 227–229 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392513030048

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