Taxonomic status of Tambja abdere and Tambja fusca based on morphological and molecular evidence, with comments on the phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-64

  Pola, Marta ^a   Vallès, Yvonne ^b,c   Cervera, J Lucas ^a   Medina, Mónica ^d,e   Gosliner, Terrence M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

NUDIBRANCHIA; POLYCERIDAE; TAMBJA;

EID: 33645548808     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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