Phylogenetic significance of egg shell variation in tardigrades

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Bertolani, Roberto ^a   Rebecchi, Lorena ^a   Claxton, Sandra K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg shell; Phylogenesis; Tardigrada; Taxonomic value

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLUS; ANIMALIA; EOHYPSIBIUS; MACROBIOTUS; MINIBIOTUS; OREELLA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030546278     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02339.x     Document Type: Article

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