Spermatozoan morphology as a character for tardigrade systematics: Comparison with sclerified parts of animals and eggs in eutardigrades

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-113

  Guidi, Alessandra ^a   Rebecchi, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eutardigrada; Sclerified structures; Spermatozoon; Systematics; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLUS; AMPHIBOLUS WEGLARSKAE; ANIMALIA; DIPHASCON; DIPHASCON SCOTICUM; EUTARDIGRADA; EUTARDIGRADES; MACROBIOTUS AREOLATUS; MACROBIOTUS HARMSWORTHI; MACROBIOTUS JOANNAE; MACROBIOTUS RICHTERSI; PLATICRISTA ANGUSTATA; TARDIGRADA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030538109     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02336.x     Document Type: Article

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