A molecular test of platyhelminth phylogeny: Inferences from partial 28s rDNA sequences

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-56

  Litvaitis, Marianne K ^a   Ronde, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoelomorpha; Molecular systematics; Neodermata; Udonellida

Indexed keywords

ACOELOMORPHA; AMPHILINIDAE; ASPIDOGASTREA; CATENULIDA; CESTODA; CESTODARIA; EUCESTODA; GYROCOTYLIDAE; MACROSTOMORPHA; MONOGENEA; MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCLADIDA; PROSERIATA; RHABDOCOELA; RUGOGASTER HYDROLAGI; SERIATA; TREMATODA; TRICLADIDA; UDONELLA SP.;

EID: 0033457042     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226911     Document Type: Article

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