Revision of the Alpheus cristulifrons species complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-562

  Anker, Arthur ^a,b   Hurt, Carla ^a,b,d   Knowlton, Nancy ^a,b,c,e  

^a Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales   (Panama)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpheus; Atlantic; Barcode; COI; Colour pattern; Cryptic species; Eastern Pacific; Molecular phylogeny; Species complex; Transisthmian taxa

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; CLADISTICS; COLOR MORPH; CRUSTACEAN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALPHEIDAE; ALPHEUS; ALPHEUS CRISTULIFRONS; BALAENICEPS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 43649095943     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001136     Document Type: Article

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