Phylogenetic relationships of phylum Rotifera with emphasis on the families of Bdelloidea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 101-107

  Melone, Giulio ^a   Ricci, Claudia ^a   Segers, Hendrik ^b   Wallace, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Aschelminthes; Cladistics; Evolution; Gnathostomulida; P seudocoelomates; Phylogeny; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 6544229060     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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