Cryptic species within the freshwater isopod Mesamphisopus capensis (Phreatoicidea: Amphisopodidae) in the Western Cape, South Africa: allozyme and 12S rRNA sequence data and morphometric evidence

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-253

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

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cape Peninsula; Conservation; Evolutionarily significant units; Management units

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRUSTACEAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AMPHISOPODIDAE; ISOPODA; MESAMPHISOPUS; MESAMPHISOPUS CAPENSIS; PHREATOICIDEA;

EID: 1242300205     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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