Integrative taxonomy in two free-living nematode species complexes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-753

  Fonseca, Gustavo ^a   Derycke, Sofie ^b   Moens, Tom ^b  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

COI; D2D3; ITS; Marine nematodes; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NEMATODA; RHABDITIS MARINA;

EID: 48249116750     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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