Taxonomic assessment of Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta) earthworm genera using DNA barcodes

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-47

  Pérez Losada, Marcos ^a   Bloch, Rebecca ^b   Breinholt, Jesse W ^c   Pfenninger, Markus ^b   Domínguez, Jorge ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcode; Earthworm; Lumbricidae; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLOLOBOPHORA; AMYNTHAS; ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; DENDROBAENA; DIPLOCARDIA; EARTHWORMS (SP.); EISENIA (ANNELIDA); LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICINA; MEGASCOLECIDAE; METAPHIRE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 80755184818     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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