Meiofaunal cryptic species revealed by confocal microscopy: The case of Xenotrichula intermedia (Gastrotricha)

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1335-1346

  Leasi, Francesca ^a   Todaro, M Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTICLE; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEIOFAUNA; MERISTICS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; MOTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; SIBLING; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROTRICHA; XENOTRICHULA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 64249162439     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1175-4     Document Type: Article

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