THE CLAVIFORM PEDICELLARIAE AND THEIR STALK GLANDS IN THE TROPICAL SEA URCHIN DIADEMA ANTILLARUM PHILIPPI

1 November 1967

journal article
research article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 45 (6) , 1211-1214
https://doi.org/10.1139/z67-130

Abstract

The morphology and histology of the stalk glands of the claviform pedicellariae of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum are described. Upon stimulation, the stalk glands secrete a non-sulfated acid mucopolysaccharide.

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AN AUTORADIOGRAPHIC AND HISTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GUT MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES OF THE PURPLE SEA URCHIN (STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS)
The Biological Bulletin, 1964