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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017-11-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1068-y |