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Echiura and Sipuncula

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Biology of the Integument

Abstract

Echiura are marine bottom-dwelling worms which occupy a phylogenetic position related to the Annelida. They are characterized by a prostomial proboscis (Fig. 1) which is primarily a feeding organ, and which moves over the sea bed by ciliary action of the dorsal surface which is applied to the substrate.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Volker Storch

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  1. Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Kinematische Zellforschung, Postfach 111932, D-6000, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

    Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn

  2. Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA

    A. Gedeon Matoltsy

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5, 5BG/GB, UK

    K. Sylvia Richards

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Storch, V. (1984). Echiura and Sipuncula. In: Bereiter-Hahn, J., Matoltsy, A.G., Richards, K.S. (eds) Biology of the Integument. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51593-4_21

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