Are meiofaunal species cosmopolitan? Morphological and molecular analysis of Xenotrichula intermedia (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida)

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 735-742

  Todaro, M A ^a,b   Fleeger, J W ^a   Hu, Y P ^a,c   Hrincevich, A W ^a   Foltz, D W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAETONOTIDA; GASTROTRICHA; XENOTRICHULA INTERMEDIA;

MEIOBENTHOS; MOLECULAR VARIATION; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST); GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0029660414     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349256     Document Type: Article

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