Development and submicroscopic anatomy of male gametes in Halammovortex nigrifrons (Plathelminthes, Rhabdocoela, "Dalyellioida"): Phylogenetic implications and functional aspects

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Sopott Ehlers, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALYELLIIDAE; DALYELLIOIDA; EUKARYOTA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PSEUDOPODA; RHABDOCOELA; TEMNOCEPHALIDA; TYPHLOPLANOIDA;

EID: 0032346035     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050046     Document Type: Article

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