Patiriella pseudoexigua (Asteroidea: Asterinidae): A cryptic species complex revealed by molecular and embryological analyses

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1109-1116

  Hart, Michael W ^a   Byrne, Maria ^b   Johnson, Sheri L ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERINIDAE; ASTEROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PATIRIELLA PSEUDOEXIGUA;

EID: 0242307860     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300835Xh     Document Type: Article

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