The Nemertodermatida are basal bilaterians and not members of the Platyhelminthes

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-215

  Jondelius, Ulf ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^b   Baguñà, Jaume ^b   Riutort, Marta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DEUTEROSTOMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECDYSOZOA; HYPOTHESIS; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NEMERTODERMATIDA; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH;

ACOELA; ACOELOMORPHA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA; NEMERTODERMATIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0036209974     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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