Separation of two Neotropical species: Macrothrix superaculeata (Smirnov, 1982) versus M. elegans Sars, 1901 (Macrothricidae, Anomopoda, Cladocera)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 517, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 61-88

  Kotov, Alexey A ^a,b   Garfias Espejo, Tania ^b   Elías Gutiérrez, Manuel ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Macrotricid, morphological variability; Morphology; Neotropics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEPARATION;

HEXAGONAL RETICULATION; LIMITED MATERIALS;

BIODIVERSITY;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AMAZON BASIN; ARGENTINA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOMOPODA; CLADOCERA; MACROTHRIX; MACROTHRIX ELEGANS; MACROTHRIX SUPERACULEATA; MACROTRICHIDAE;

EID: 3442875155     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027337.57305.b0     Document Type: Article

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