Is the Octomacridae the sister family of the Diplozoidae ?
Diplozoidae and Octomacridae are usually considered as sister families. Essentially this is because they are the only polyopisthocotyleans parasitising primary freshwater teleosts. Because of the lack of phylogenetically informative morphological characters to explore the pattern of colonisation of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2002-03-01
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| Series: | Parasite |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/200209185 |