Phylogeographic analysis of the brooding brittle star Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata) along the coast of New Zealand reveals high cryptic genetic variation and cryptic dispersal potential

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1954-1967

  Sponer, Renate ^a,b   Roy, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

16S mtDNA; Biogeography; Cryptic species; Marine; Rafting

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA; ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; OPHIUROIDEA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036807947     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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