Morphological, ecological, and molecular analyses separate Muraena augusti from Muraena helena as a valid species

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-113

  Jimenez S ^a   Schonhuth S ^b,e   Lozano, I J ^c   Gonzalez J A ^d   Sevilla, R G ^b   Diez, A ^b   Bautista, J M ^b  

^a Museo de Ciencias Naturales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; EEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

GYMNOTHORAX; GYMNOTHORAX HILONIS; MURAENA; MURAENA HELENA; MURAENA ROBUSTA; MURAENIDAE;

EID: 33847751898     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[101:MEAMAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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