Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-74

  Leite, T S ^a   Haimovici, M ^a   Molina, W ^b   Warnke, K ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CRYPSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKIN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PERNAMBUCO; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; ROCAS ATOLL; SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ROCKS; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; LIGULA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 39349101554     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eym050     Document Type: Article

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