Reconstructing the muscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: first data from gelatinous representatives

Abstract Background Phylactolaemata is commonly regarded the earliest branch within Bryozoa and thus the sister group to the other bryozoan taxa, Cyclostomata and Gymnolaemata. Therefore, the taxon is important for the reconstruction of the bryozoan morphological ground pattern. In this study the my...

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Main Authors: Natalie Gawin, Andreas Wanninger, Thomas Schwaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1068-y