New insights into the morphology and evolution of the ventral pharynx and jaws in Histriobdellidae (Eunicida, Annelida)

Abstract The jaw apparatus in several annelid families represents a powerful tool for systematic approaches and evolutionary investigations. Nevertheless, for several taxa, this character complex has scarcely been investigated, and complete comparative analyses of all annelid jaws are lacking. In ou...

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Main Authors: Alexander Tzetlin, Nataliya Budaeva, Elena Vortsepneva, Conrad Helm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Zoological Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-020-00168-2