The interrelationships of metazoan parasites: A review of phylum- and higher-level hypotheses from recent morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-103

  Zrzavy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Mesozoa; Myxozoa; Myzostomida; Nematoda; Nematomorpha; Neodermata; Parasitism; Pentastomida; Phylogeny; Seisonida

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ACOELOMORPHA; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BRANCHIURA; BUDDENBROCKIA; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; ECDYSOZOA; HYDROZOA; ICHTHYOSTRACA; INVERTEBRATA; MALACOSPOREA; MESOZOA; METAZOA; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; MYZOSTOMIDA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; NEODERMATA; PARAROTATORIA; PENTASTOMIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYPODIUM; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SEISON; SEISONIDA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0034956458     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2001.013     Document Type: Review

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