Tardigrada (Water Bears)

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 443-455

  Bertolani, R ^a   Altiero, T ^a   Nelson, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptobiosis; Diapause; Dispersal; Ecdysozoa; Encystment; Gonochorism; Hermaphroditism; Molting; Panarthropoda; Parthenogenesis; Phylogeny; Quiescence; Resting eggs; Sexual dimorphism; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952008722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00188-5     Document Type: Chapter

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