Abstract
Discussions on evolutionary links between animal groups often center around the meiobenthos, particularly from exotic and undisturbed habitats like the deep-sea, caves, and the groundwater system. Phylogenetic considerations mostly refer to morphological features of the small-sized animals, often in combination with an unusual, disjunct zoogeographic pattern. This chapter will deal with (1) structural and (2) distributional aspects of meiofauna studies relevant for evolutionary aspects.
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Giere, O. (1993). Phylogenetic Aspects in Meiobenthology. In: Meiobenthology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02912-1_6
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