Plumatella nitens, a new species of freshwater bryozoan from North America (Ectoprocta: Phylactolaemata), previously misidentified

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Wood, Timothy S ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bryozoa; Ectoprocta; Phylactolaemata; Plumatella; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029801911     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018711     Document Type: Article

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