Molecular barcoding of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the southern Northeast Atlantic

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  Serra Pereira, Bárbara ^a   Moura, Teresa ^a   Griffiths, Andrew M ^b   Serrano Gordo, Leonel ^c   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CHORDATA; DIPTURUS OXYRINCHUS; LEUCORAJA CIRCULARIS; LEUCORAJA NAEVUS; NEORAJA; RAJA BRACHYURA; RAJA CLAVATA; RAJA MADERENSIS; RAJA MICROOCELLATA; RAJA MIRALETUS; RAJA MONTAGUI; RAJA UNDULATA; RAJIDAE; ROSTRORAJA ALBA;

EID: 78650213670     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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