The significance of syncytial tissues for the position of the hexactinellida in the Metazoa

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Leys, Sally P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXACTINELLIDA; METAZOA;

EID: 0041703000     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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