A relict in New Caledonia: Phylogenetic relationships of the family Troglosironidae (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi)

Cladistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-294

  Sharma, Prashant ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CYTOCHROME; DNA; ENDEMISM; EOCENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATED POPULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RELICT SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARTHROPODA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES; TROGLOSIRONIDAE;

EID: 66649091799     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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