Disentangling the morphological stasis in two rotifer species of the Brachionus plicatilis species complex

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 297-307

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Giordani, Irene ^a   Melone, Giulio ^a   Serra, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachionus manjavacas n.sp.; Brachionus plicatilis; Cryptic species; Geometric morphometrics; Scanning electron microscopy; Trophi

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COMPLEXATION; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TAXONOMIES;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CRYPTIC SPECIES; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; TROPHI;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASYMMETRY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34047103935     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0573-1     Document Type: Article

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