Taxonomy and biogeography of Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 (Nematoda: Chromadoria) with reference to the origins of deep sea nematodes

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-50

  Fonseca, Gustavo ^a,b,d   Vanreusel, Ann ^a   Decraemer, Wilfrieda ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desmodoridae; Molgolaiminae; Polytomous key; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; NEMATODE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CHROMADORIA; DESMODORIDAE; MOLGOLAIMUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33645297980     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000034     Document Type: Article

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