Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-329

  Trewick, Steven A ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Biogeography; Peripatus; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CRYPTIC SPECIES; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MORPHOSPECIES; SYMPATRIC SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

INVERTEBRATA; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOIDES AURORBIS; PERIPATOIDES KAWEKAENSIS; PERIPATOIDES MORGANI; PERIPATOIDES NOVAEZEALANDIAE; PERIPATOIDES SUTERI; PERIPATOIDES SYMPATRICA; PERIPATOPSIDAE; PERIPATUS;

EID: 0031805912     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0197     Document Type: Article

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