Are Atlantic and Indo-Pacific populations of the rafting crab, Plagusia depressa (Fabricius), distinct? New evidence from larval morphology and mtDNA

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 301-310

  Schubart, Christoph D ^a,b   González Gordillo, Juan I ^c,d   Reyns, Nathalie B ^e   Liu, Hung Chang ^f   Cuesta, José A ^c,g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Brachyura; Megalopa; Plagusiidae; Subspecies; Zoea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740045     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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