Morphological support for the phylogenetic positioning of Pentastomida and related fossils
Pentastomida is a group of parasites that infects the respiratory tracts of vertebrates. They have a mixture of annelid and arthropod characteristics. For that reason, the phylogenetic relationships of the pentastomids have been controversial in proposals of metazoan phylogeny. Forty-seven character...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Biotemas |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume213/p81a90.pdf |