An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha)

M. Antonio Todaro; Matteo Dal Zotto; Francesca Leasi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130278

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An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha)

M. Antonio Todaro ,

* E-mail: antonio.todaro@unimore.it

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Matteo Dal Zotto,

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Centro di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, Livorno, Italy
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Francesca Leasi

Affiliation National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha)

M. Antonio Todaro,
Matteo Dal Zotto,
Francesca Leasi

Published: July 8, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130278

About the Authors

M. Antonio Todaro

* E-mail: antonio.todaro@unimore.it

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Matteo Dal Zotto

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Centro di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, Livorno, Italy

Francesca Leasi

Affiliation National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAT. Performed the experiments: MAT MDZ FL. Analyzed the data: MAT FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAT. Wrote the paper: MAT FL.

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