Cosmopolitan versus cryptic meiofaunal polychaete species: An approach to a molecular taxonomy

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Westheide, W ^a   Schmidt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; ITS 2; Meiofauna; Polychaeta; RAPD

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; POLYCHAETE; TAXONOMY;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0037366449     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0114-2     Document Type: Article

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