Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-75

  Blanke, Alexander ^a   Wesener, Thomas ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cladistics; Millipedes; Morphology; Muscle system; SR CT; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILOGNATHA; COLOBOGNATHA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUGNATHA; HELMINTHOMORPHA; MICRO COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MILLIPEDE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENTAZONIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYXENIDA; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ARTHROPODA; COLOBOGNATHA; DIPLOPODA; HELMINTHOMORPHA; MYRIAPODA; PENTAZONIA; PLATYDESMIDA; POLYDESMIDA; POLYXENIDA;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; CLADISTICS; MILLIPEDES; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE SYSTEM; SR-ΜCT; SYNCHROTRON;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEMALE; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893010061     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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