Molecular phylogeny and zoogeography of the freshwater crayfish genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in Australia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 553-563

  Munasinghe, D H N ^a,b   Burridge, C P ^a   Austin, C M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Biogeography; Endemism; Miocene; Molecular clock; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 2542503785     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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