Sexual dimorphism in Australian Echiniscus (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae) with descriptions of three new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-33

  Claxton, Sandra K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian fauna; Heterotardigrada

Indexed keywords

ECHINISCIDAE; ECHINISCUS; HETEROTARDIGRADA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030540590     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02330.x     Document Type: Article

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