Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-323

  Newman, Leslie J ^a   Cannon, Lester R G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Platyhelminthes; Polycladida; Pseudoceros; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032236255     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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