A phylogenetic analysis of Tubificinae and Limnodriloidinae (Annelida, Clitellata, Tubificidae) using sperm and somatic characters

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-278

  Marotta, Roberto ^a   Ferraguti, Marco ^a   Erséus, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; DOLIODRILUS; LIMNODRILOIDES; SMITHSONIDRILUS; THALASSODRILIDES; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0038221026     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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