Natural hybridization does not dissolve species boundaries in commercially important sea cucumbers

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-270

  Uthicke, Sven ^a   Purcell, Steven ^b   Blockmans, Bernard ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Holothurians; Hybrids; Introgression; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HYBRIDIZATION;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 22044433567     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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