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Garey JR. The lesser-known protostome taxa: an introduction and a tribute to robert p. Higgins. Integr Comp Biol. 2002;42(3):611-8doi: 10.1093/icb/42.3.611.
Garey, J. R. (2002). The lesser-known protostome taxa: an introduction and a tribute to robert p. Higgins. Integrative and comparative biology, 42(3), 611-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/42.3.611
Garey, James R. "The lesser-known protostome taxa: an introduction and a tribute to robert p. Higgins." Integrative and comparative biology vol. 42,3 (2002): 611-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/42.3.611
Garey JR. The lesser-known protostome taxa: an introduction and a tribute to robert p. Higgins. Integr Comp Biol. 2002 Jul;42(3):611-8. doi: 10.1093/icb/42.3.611. PMID: 21708757.
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Integr Comp Biol. 2002 Jul;42(3):611-8. doi: 10.1093/icb/42.3.611.

The lesser-known protostome taxa: an introduction and a tribute to robert p. Higgins.

Integrative and comparative biology

James R Garey

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  1. Department of Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue SCA110, Tampa, Florida 33620.

PMID: 21708757 DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.611

Abstract

Most biologists are familiar only with a few of the approximately 40 extant animal phyla. The purpose of this symposium was to renew interest in the lesser-known invertebrate taxa, encourage their use in research and teaching and to promote the relevance of high-level systematic studies. This paper reviews the two major views of metazoan evolutionary relationships with particular attention to the lesser-known taxa and to some of the new and/or conflicting terminology used in current animal phylogenetic study. The current use of lesser-known taxa in research is briefly described, and the discussion that followed the symposium is summarized. The paper concludes with a brief history of the symposium and a tribute to Robert P. Higgins, who organized three "Symposia on the Lesser-Known Invertebrates" over the past 25 yr.

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