The anostracan genus Branchinella (Crustacea: Branchiopoda), in need of a taxonomic revision; evidence from penile morphology

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-455

  Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genus concept; Penis morphology; Systematics; Thamnocephalidae

Indexed keywords

BRANCHINELLA; BRANCHINELLA ONDONGUAE; BRANCHINELLA ORNATA; BRANCHINELLA SPINOSA; BRANCHIOPODA; CHIROCEPHALIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DENDROCEPHALUS; THAMNOCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 0031287864     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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