Morphometric study of a field population of the terrestrial planarian Artioposthia triangulata (dendy) in the Faroe islands

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 252-262

  Christensen, Ole M ^a   Mather, Janicc G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artioposthia triangulata; Land planarian; Morphometric traits; New Zealand flatworm

Indexed keywords

ARTHURDENDYUS TRIANGULATUS; ARTIOPOSTHIA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030758819     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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