Genetic isolation among morphotypes in the photosymbiotic Didemnid Didemnum molle (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from the Ryukyus and Taiwan

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 959-964

  Hirose, Mamiko ^a   Nozawa, Yoko ^b   Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colonial ascidian; coral reefs; cryptic species; cytochrome oxidase subunit I; molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; JAPAN; TAIWAN; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; JAPAN; TAIWAN; UROCHORDATA;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIDEMNIDAE; DIDEMNUM; PROCHLORON; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 78649622134     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.959     Document Type: Article

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