A cladistic analysis of the anomalocystitid mitrates

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-421

  Ruta, Marcello ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allanicytidiidae; Characters; Coding; Gondwana; Homology; Mitrocystitids; Plates

Indexed keywords

DIAMPHIDIOCYSTIS; ECHINODERMATA; VICTORIACYSTIS; VICTORIACYSTIS WILKINSI;

EID: 0033244303     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00681.x     Document Type: Article

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