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Scanning Electron Microscopic Observations of the Mesenchyme Cells in the Larvae of the Starfish Pisaster ochraceus
Author(s) -
Chia FuShiang
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1977.tb00235.x
Subject(s) - starfish , biology , mesenchyme , larva , coelom , ingression , anatomy , gastrulation , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , embryo , botany , ecology , embryogenesis
The are two morphological types of mesenchyme cells, bipolar and multipolar, and both are derived from the tip of the archenteron at the gastrula stage. Some of the cells form larval muscle and others may be involved in the stomodeum and coelomic pouch formation.