Phylogeny of the aplousobranchia (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-298

  Moreno, Tatiane R ^a   Rocha, Rosana M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chordata; Classification; Morphological characters; Systematic; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

APLOUSOBRANCHIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONIDAE; DIAZONA; DIAZONIDAE; DIDEMNIDAE; ECTEINASCIDIA; PEROPHORA; POLYCITORIDAE; POLYCLINIDAE; RHOPALAEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 48949106985     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000200016     Document Type: Article

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