The clade Ecdysozoa, perplexities and questions

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Pilato, Giovanni ^a   Binda, Maria Grazia ^a   Biondi, Olga ^a   D'Urso, Vera ^a   Lisi, Oscar ^a   Marletta, Alessandro ^a   Maugeri, Santa ^a   Nobile, Vittorio ^a   Rappazzo, Giancarlo ^a   Sabella, Giorgio ^a   Sammartano, Francesca ^a   Turrisi, Giuseppe ^a   Viglianisi, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comments; Ecdysis of annelids; Ecdysozoa; Evaluations; Unjustified clade

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ECDYSOZOA; GASTROTRICHA; KINORHYNCHA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; ONYCHOPHORA; POLYCHAETA; PRIAPULUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 22144488058     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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