Morphology and adaptations of parergodrilus reisinger and hrabeiella pizl & chalupský, two enigmatic soil-dwelling annelids

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-84

  Rota, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptations in terrestrial Polychaeta; Hrabeiella periglandulata; Morphology; Parergodrilus heideri; Reproductive biology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002873397     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386727     Document Type: Article

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