Breaking family ties: Taxon sampling and molecular phylogeny of chromodorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-157

  Johnson, Rebecca F ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOCYCLIDAE; ALDISA; CADLINA; CHROMODORIDIDAE; DORIDOIDEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA;

EID: 79951636304     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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