Muscular ultrastructure in Nectonema munidae and Gordius aquaticus (Nematomorpha)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Nematoda; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GORDIUS AQUATICUS; NECTONEMA; NECTONEMA MUNIDAE; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA;

EID: 0032221647     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226850     Document Type: Article

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