Phylogeny of the genera of the stygarctidae and related families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada)

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Volumn 237, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 171-183

  Bello, Giambattista ^a   De Zio Grimaldi, Susanna ^b  

^a Molo Pizzoli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthrotardigrada; Cladistic analysis; Megastygarctidinae n. Subfam; Neoarctidae nov

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTARDIGRADA; CORONARCTIDAE; HALECHINISCIDAE; HALECHINISCUS; HETEROTARDIGRADA; MEGASTYGARCTIDES; MESOSTYGARCTUS; NEOSTYGARCTUS; PARASTYGARCTUS; PSEUDOSTYGARCTUS; RENAUDARCTIDAE; RENAUDARCTUS; STYGARCTIDAE; STYGARCTUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0000809076     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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