Skeletomuscular anatomy of the harvestman Leiobunum aldrichi (Weed, 1893) (Arachnida: Opiliones: Palpatores) and its evolutionary significance

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-438

  Shultz, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; LANIATORES; LEIOBUNUM; OPILIONES; PALPATORES; PANDINUS; SCORPIONES; SIRO;

EID: 0034349417     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0186     Document Type: Article

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