Cuticle microstructure as a new tool in systematic paleontology

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 191-193

  Waugh, David A ^a   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Decapoda; Microstructure; Systematic paleontology

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0041377025     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-0720203025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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