Morphology and function of reproductive organs in Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) with a phylogenetic assessment of the reproductive system in Gastrotricha

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-311

  Kieneke, Alexander ^a,b   Ahlrichs, Wilko H ^a   Arbizu, Pedro Martínez ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROTRICHA; MACRODASYIDA; NEODASYS; NEODASYS CHAETONOTOIDEUS;

EID: 64549119173     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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