Scorpion higher phylogeny and classification, taxonomic anarchy, and standards for peer review in online publishing

Cladistics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 446-494

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a   Wheeler, Ward C ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ARACHNIDA; EURYPTERIDA; EUSCORPIUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33645930800     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00073.x     Document Type: Review

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