Gastrotricha and metazoan phylogeny

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-81

  Zrzavý, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOELOMORPHA; BILATERIA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; CHAETOGNATHA; CHAETONOTIDA; CYCLIOPHORA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; ENTOPROCTA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROTRICHA; INVERTEBRATA; MACRODASYIDA; METAZOA; MYZOSTOMIDA; NEMERTEA; PHORONIFORMEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOSTOMIA; SPIRALIA; TROCHOZOA;

EID: 0037226077     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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