Genetic evidence for the recognition of two fiddler crabs, Uca iranica and U. albimana (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with notes on the U. lactea species-complex

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 373-382

  Shih, Hsi Te ^a   Kamrani, Ehsan ^b   Davie, Peter J F ^c   Liu, Min Yun ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biogeography; Cytochrome oxidase I; Persian Gulf; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I; PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA;

BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLADISTICS; CRAB; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 70350383476     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9930-6     Document Type: Article

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