Muscular anatomy of a whipspider, Phrynus longipes (Pocock) (Arachnida: Amblypygi), and its evolutionary significance

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-116

  Shultz, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Comparative anatomy; Homology; Morphology; Muscle; Pedipalpi; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMBLYPYGI; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; PHRYNUS; SCHIZOMIDA; THELYPHONIDA;

EID: 0033247081     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00608.x     Document Type: Article

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