A morphometric analysis of mygalomorph spider carapace shape and its efficacy as a phylogenetic character (Araneae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Bond, Jason E ^a   Beamer, David A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character state delineation; Elliptical Fourier analysis; Mygalomorphae phylogeny; Spiders

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ARANEAE; MYGALOMORPHAE;

EID: 33645112530     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS05041     Document Type: Article

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