A parthenogenetic, simplified adult in the life cycle of Pliciloricus pedicularis sp. n. (Loricifera) from the deep sea of the Angola Basin (Atlantic)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 77-103

  Gad, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea meiofauna; Life cycles; Life history stages; Loricifera; Parthenogenesis; Pliciloricidae

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOFAUNA; NEW SPECIES; PARTHENOGENESIS; TAXONOMY;

ANGOLA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

LORICA; LORICIFERA; PEDICULARIS; PLICILORICIDAE; PLICILORICUS;

EID: 13244297146     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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