Molecular and morphometric data demonstrate the presence of cryptic lineages among freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes) from the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-147

  Daniels, Savel R ^a   Gouws, Gavin ^a   Stewart, Barbara A ^a   Coke, Michael ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

16S rRNA mtDNA; Allozymes; Conservation; Cryptic speciation; Freshwater crabs; Potamonautes

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CRAB; DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 0037261995     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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