Bryoplana xerophila n. g. n. sp., a new limnoterrestrial microturbellarian (Platyhelminthes, typhloplanidae, protoplanellinae) from epilithic mosses, with notes on its ecology

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Van Steenkiste, Niels ^a   Davison, Paul ^b   Artois, Tom ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dalytyphloplanida; Nearctic; New taxon; Taxonomy; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; TURBELLARIA;

BRYOPHYTA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA; TYPHLOPLANIDAE;

EID: 77749248865     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.285     Document Type: Article

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