Taxonomic distinction of Ophelia barquii and O. bicornis (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the Mediterranean as revealed by ISSR markers and the number of nephridiopores

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 835-841

  Maltagliati, Ferruccio ^a   Casu, Marco ^b   Lai, Tiziana ^b   Sareri, Daniela Iraci ^c   Casu, Daniela ^a,b   Galletti, Marco Curini ^b   Cantone, Grazia ^c   Castelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; TAXONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OPHELIA; OPHELIA BARQUII; OPHELIA BICORNIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 22944447433     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011781     Document Type: Article

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