Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galápagos Islands

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-189

  Pola, M ^a   Cervera, J L ^a   Gosliner, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Doridoidea; Mollusca; New taxa; Phanerobranchia; Phylogenetic systematics

Indexed keywords

DORIDOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; PHANEROBRANCHIA; POLYCERIDAE; ROBOASTRA;

EID: 20444502191     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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