Reproduction and larval development of the spioniform Polychaeta with application to systematics and phylogeny

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 402, Issue , 1999, Pages 57-106

  Blake, James A ^a   Arnofsky, Pamela L ^b  

^a ENSR Marine and Coastal Center   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apistobranchidae; Longosomatidae; Poecilochaetidae; Spionidae; Trochochaetidae; Un cispionidae

Indexed keywords

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA; POLYDORELLA; PSEUDOPOLYDORA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS;

EID: 0033562139     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003784324125     Document Type: Article

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