Systematic relationships of Nematomorpha based on molecular and morphological data

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-364

  Bleidorn, Christoph ^a   Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a   Garey, James R ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gordiida; Nectonema; Nematoda; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHORDODES; CHORDODIDAE; GORDIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NECTONEMA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; PARAGORDIONUS;

EID: 0036453934     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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