Phylogeny of Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) inferred from morphology
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Phylogeny of Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) inferred from morphology
Holothuroids, or sea cucumbers, are an abundant and diverse group of echinoderms with over 1400 species occurring from the intertidal to the deepest oceanic trenches. In this study, we report the first phylogeny of this class, based on a cladistic analysis of 47 morphological characters. We introduce several previously unconsidered synapomorphic characters, examine the relationships between rep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0024-4082
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0280