The Baikalian genus Rhyacodriloides in Europe: Phylogenetic assessment of Rhyacodriloidinae subfam. n. within the Naididae (Annelida)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-482

  Martin, Patrick ^a   Martínez Ansemil, Enrique ^b   Sambugar, Beatrice ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

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EID: 77955790889     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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