The first troglobitic species of freshwater flatworm of the suborder continenticola (Platyhelminthes) from South America

ZooKeys

Volumn , Issue 470, 2015, Pages 1-16

  de Souza, Stella Teles ^a   Morais, Ana Laura Nunes ^a   Cordeiro, Lívia Medeiros ^b   Leal Zanchet, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian savannah; New cave dwelling species; Planarians; Subterranean diversity; Triclads

Indexed keywords

GIRARDIA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84921959438     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.470.8728     Document Type: Article

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