The preoral chamber in geophilomorph centipedes: Comparative morphology, phylogeny, and the evolution of centipede feeding structures

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-62

  Koch, Markus ^a   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chilopoda; Cladistics; Epipharynx; Hypopharynx; Mandible

Indexed keywords

BALLOPHILIDAE; CHILOPODA; GEOPHILIDAE; GEOPHILOMORPHA; HIMANTARIIDAE; SCHENDYLIDAE;

EID: 84859957700     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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