Phylogenetic positions of the aberrant branchiobdellidans and aphanoneurans within the Annelida as derived from 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Moon, Seung Y ^a   Kim, Chang B ^a   Gelder, Stuart R ^b   Kim, Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal RNA gene; Annelida; Aphanoneura; Branchiobdellida; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029786316     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016395     Document Type: Article

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