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G.I. Markevich and L.A. Kutikova; Mastax morphology under SEM and its usefulness in reconstructing rotifer phylogeny & systematics. Hydrobiologia 186/187:285-289, 1989
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Scanning electron micrographs have been prepared of mastaxes of more than 120 species of rotifers. The basic directions of the evolutionary transformation of mastax sclerites and their significance for reconstructing rotifer phylogeny are illustrated.