Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships

Invertebrate Taxonomy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 663-936

  Reid, A L ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOPSIDAE;

EID: 0030441260     PISSN: 08180164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/it9960663     Document Type: Article

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