Phylogenetic relationships of three genera of Erpobdellidae (Hirudinoidea), with a description of a new genus, Motobdella, and species, Motobdella sedonensis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2164-2171

  Govedich, Fredric R ^a   Blinn, Dean W ^b   Keim, Paul ^b   Davies, Ronald W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; PLANT GENETICS;

ERPOBDELLA; ERPOBDELLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MONTEZUMA; MOTOBDELLA; MOTOBDELLA MONTEZUMA; MOTOBDELLA SEDONENSIS; NEPHELOPSIS;

EID: 0032322311     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-12-2164     Document Type: Article

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