An Anatomical Description of a Miniaturized Acorn Worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with Asexual Reproduction by Paratomy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Worsaae, Katrine ^a   Sterrer, Wolfgang ^b   Kaul Strehlow, Sabrina ^c   Hay Schmidt, Anders ^d   Giribet, Gonzalo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HEMICHORDATA; MALE; MEIOGLOSSUS PSAMMOPHILUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATOMY; PHYLOGENY; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ENTEROPNEUSTA; HARRIMANIIDAE; HEMICHORDATA; METAZOA;

EID: 84868687163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048529     Document Type: Article

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