New light on the enigmatic Xenoturbella (phylum uncertain): Ontogeny and phylogeny

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 835-841

  Israelsson, Olle ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryology of Xenoturbella; Ontogeny of Xenoturbella; Pericalymma larva; Protobranch bivalves; Trochophore larva; Xenoturbella

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ACOELOMORPHA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; HOLOTHURIA; MOLLUSCA; PERICALYMMA; PLATYHELMINTHES; XENOTURBELLA;

EID: 0033594542     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0713     Document Type: Article

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