Solution to the phylogenetic enigma of Tetraplatia, a worm-shaped cnidarian

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-124

  Collins, Allen G ^a   Bentlage, Bastian ^b   Matsumoto, George I ^c   Haddock, Steven H D ^c   Osborn, Karen J ^c   Schierwater, Bernd ^d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bodyplan evolution; Coronatae; Hydrozoa; Narcomedusae; Ribosomal DNA; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; HYDROZOA; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; WORM;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CORONATAE; HYDROZOA; METAZOA; NARCOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA; TETRAPLATIA;

EID: 33644883898     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0372     Document Type: Article

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