A newly discovered radiation of endoparasitic gastropods and their coevolution with asteroid hosts in Antarctica
Abstract Background Marine invertebrates are abundant and diverse on the continental shelf in Antarctica, but little is known about their parasitic counterparts. Endoparasites are especially understudied because they often possess highly modified body plans that pose problems for their identificatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1499-8 |