PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON WATER LOSS AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN PERIPATUS

1 October 1946

journal article
other
Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin

Vol. 91 (2) , 181-188
https://doi.org/10.2307/1538259

Abstract

The Onychophora represent a morphological transition between the annelids and the arthropods. They also represent a physiological transition between the aquatic and the terrestrial environment. In ...

Keywords

DEHYDRATION
METABOLISM
OXYGEN/CONSUMPTION
PERIPATUS
RESPIRATION
WATER/METABOLISM

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