Amphi-Atlantic distributions and cryptic species in Sacoglossan sea slugs

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-412

  Carmona, Leila ^a   Malaquias, Manuel António E ^b   Gosliner, Terrence M ^c   Pola, Marta ^d   Cervera, Juan Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SLUG; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

BOSELLIA MIMETICA; ELYSIA TIMIDA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SACOGLOSSA; THURIDILLA PICTA;

EID: 80755172535     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyr036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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