Phylogenetic analysis of the Niphargus orcinus species-aggregate (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) with description of new taxa

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 41-43, 2006, Pages 2265-2315

  Fišer, Cene ^a   Trontelj, Peter ^a   Sket, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Cladistics; Dinaric karst; Niphargus; Orniphargus; Troglomorphosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CLADISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; KARST; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

BALKAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DOLICHOPUS; NIPHARGIDAE; NIPHARGUS; ORCINUS; POLYMORPHUS SP.;

EID: 34547677899     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930601086572     Document Type: Article

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