Novel morphological and genetic tools to discriminate species among the family Plumatellidae (Phylactolaemata, Bryozoa)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 664, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-93

  Rubini, Andrea ^a   Pieroni, Giorgia ^b   Elia, Antonia Concetta ^c   Zippilli, Lorenza ^c   Paolocci, Francesco ^a   Taticchi, Maria Illuminata ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freshwater bryozoa; Its region; Plumatellidae; Statoblast morphology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOZOAN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

BRYOZOA; HYALINELLA PUNCTATA; PHYLACTOLAEMATA; PLUMATELLA; PLUMATELLA CASMIANA; PLUMATELLA EMARGINATA; PLUMATELLA FUNGOSA; PLUMATELLA GEIMERMASSARDI; PLUMATELLA REPENS; PLUMATELLA RETICULATA; PLUMATELLA RUGOSA; PLUMATELLA VAIHIRIAE; PLUMATELLIDAE;

EID: 79955847730     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0584-1     Document Type: Article

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