Morphological diagnosis of the two genetic lineages of acrocnida brachiata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), with description of a new species

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 831-843

  Stöhr, Sabine ^a   Muths, Delphine ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Amphiuridae; Cryptic speciation; Sem; Skeleton; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; BURROWING ORGANISM; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT QUALITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATEDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

ACROCNIDA; ACROCNIDA BRACHIATA; AMPHIURA CHIAJEI; AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; AMPHIURIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 77953594631     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409990749     Document Type: Article

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