Early Chordate Evolution Part 1. Amphioxus, The Riddle of the Sands
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development
- Vol. 11 (1) , 1-13
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01688170.1987.10510263
Abstract
Amphioxus is presented as an adaptational creation relating to the marine substrate of shallow seas exposed to intense tropical or subtropical light, with special reference to its somatic segmentation, its notochord, and the location and enclosure of its neural plate.Keywords
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