Description of Scottnema lindsayae Timm, 1971 (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) from Taylor Valley, Antarctica and its phylogenetic relationship

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Boström, Sven ^a   Holovachov, Oleksandr ^b   Nadler, Steven A ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cephalobidae; Description; Morphology; Nematoda; Phylogeny; Scottnema; SEM; Taxonomy; Taylor Valley

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TAYLOR VALLEY; VICTORIA LAND;

CEPHALOBIDAE; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; SCOTTNEMA; SCOTTNEMA LINDSAYAE; STEGELLETINA;

EID: 78751616198     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0850-8     Document Type: Article

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