A revision of the systematics of panther worms (Hofstenia spp., Acoela), with notes on color variation and genetic variation within the genus

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 592, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 439-454

  Hooge, Matthew ^a   Wallberg, Andreas ^b   Todt, Christiane ^c   Maloy, Aaron ^d   Jondelius, Ulf ^e   Tyler, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^e SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Intraspecific variation; Mangrove; Platyhelminthes; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; SEAWATER;

CARIBBEAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MANGROVE; PLATYHELMINTHES;

MARINE BORERS;

COLOR MORPH; FLATWORM; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MANGROVE; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; SEAGRASS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BERMUDA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ACOELA; ALGAE; HOFSTENIA; HOFSTENIA MIAMIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; THALASSIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 34548457207     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0789-0     Document Type: Article

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