Systematic revision of acoels with 9+0 sperm ultrastructure (Convolutida) and the influence of sexual conflict on morphology

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-32

  Achatz, Johannes Georg ^a   Hooge, Matthew ^b   Wallberg, Andreas ^c   Jondelius, Ulf ^d   Tyler, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bursa; Flatworm; Nozzle; Phylogeny; Symbiosis; TEM

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DNA; EPIPHYTE; FLATWORM; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TAXONOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACOELA; ALGAE; AMPHISCOLOPS; ANAPERIDAE; ANAPERUS; ANTHOZOA; CONAPERTA; CONVOLUTA; CONVOLUTIDAE; HAPLOPOSTHIIDAE; NEOCHILDIA; NUDA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCHOERUS; SAGITTIFERIDAE;

EID: 73649118550     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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