Cladistic analysis of Medusozoa and cnidarian evolution

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-42

  Marques, Antonio C ^a   Collins, Allen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cubozoa; Hydrozoa; Scyphozoa; Staurozoa

Indexed keywords

ACTINULIDA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CORONATAE; CUBOZOA; HYDROZOA; LIMNOMEDUSAE; NARCOMEDUSAE; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOZOA; SEMAEOSTOMEAE; STAUROMEDUSAE; TRACHYLINA; TRACHYMEDUSAE;

EID: 1642349615     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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