Patterns of musculature as taxonomic characters for the Turbellaria Acoela

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 51-59

  Tyler, Seth ^a,b   Hyra, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b 5751 Murray Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body wall; Muscle; Taxonomy; Turbellaria Acoela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032432059     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003497423802     Document Type: Article

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