Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-788

  Mah, Christopher ^a   Foltz, David ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Asterinidae; Biogeography; Classification; Fossils; Goniasteridae; Ophidiasteridae; Paxillosida; Solasteridae; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTERINIDAE; ASTEROPSEIDAE; BENTHOPECTINIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; FROMIA; GANERIIDAE; GONIASTERIDAE; OPHIDIASTERIDAE; PAXILLOSIDA; PORANIIDAE; SOLASTERIDAE; SPINULOSACEA; VALVATACEA (ECHINODERM); VALVATIDA; VELATIDA;

EID: 79952851104     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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