Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Taiwanese montane earthworm Amynthas wulinensis Tsai, Shen & Tsai, 2001 (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae): Polytypic species or species complex?

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Chang, Chih Han ^a   Lin, Yu Hsung ^a   Chen, I Han ^a   Chuang, Shu Chun ^a   Chen, Jiun Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. lini; A. meishanensis; Amynthas wulinensis; Megascolecidae; New species; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; EARTHWORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY;

AMYNTHAS; AMYNTHAS LINI; AMYNTHAS WULINENSIS; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; MEGASCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 35648993979     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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