A morphometric analysis of Eunice Cuvier (Annelida, Polychaeta) species

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-358

  Costa Paiva, Elisa M ^a   Paiva, Paulo C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Eunicid; Morphometry; Multivariate analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; EUNICE; EUNICE RUBRA; EUNICIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34548679160     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752007000200013     Document Type: Article

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