After all: Xenoturbella is an acoelomorph!

Evolution and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-243

  Nielsen, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; NOTE; ANNELID;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA;

ACOELOMORPHA; XENOTURBELLA;

EID: 77953944387     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Note

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