Modern Antarctic acorn worms form tubes

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Halanych, Kenneth M ^a   Cannon, Johanna T ^a   Mahon, Andrew R ^b   Swalla, Billie J ^c   Smith, Craig R ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; DEEP SEA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HEMICHORDATA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE CAMBRIAN; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUBE DWELLER; WORM;

ANTARCTICA;

DEUTEROSTOMIA; ENTEROPNEUSTA; HEMICHORDATA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; FOSSILS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84889256045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3738     Document Type: Article

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