Body-wall musculature of Praeconvoluta tornuva n. sp. (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) and the use of muscle patterns in taxonomy

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-17

  Hooge, Matthew D ^a   Tyler, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; CONVOLUTIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; PRAECONVOLUTA TORNUVA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0033466970     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226907     Document Type: Article

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