A reappraisal of the monophyly of the genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943 (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata), with the description of a new species from the Mediterranean

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3011, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Casu, Marco ^a   Cossu, Piero ^a   Sanna, Daria ^a   Lai, Tiziana ^a   Scarpa, Fabio ^a   Curini Galletti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

18S; Biodiversity; Karyotype; LrsDNA; Microturbellarian; Molecular phylogeny; Pseudomonocelis paupercula; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLA; MINONA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROSERIATA; PSEUDOMONOCELIS;

EID: 80052377634     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3011.1.6     Document Type: Article

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