Systematics and redescription of the European meiofaunal slug Microhedyle glandulifera (Kowalevsky, 1901) (Heterobranchia: Acochlidia): Evidence from molecules and morphology

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-400

  Eder, Barbara ^a,b   Schrödl, Michael ^a,b   Jörger, Katharina M ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; RANGE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SLUG; TAXONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; HETEROBRANCHIA; MICROHEDYLE; MICROHEDYLE GLANDULIFERA; MICROHEDYLIDAE; PONTOHEDYLE;

EID: 80755136993     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyr030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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