Phylogeography of the marine interstitial nemertean Ototyphlonemertes parmula (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea) reveals cryptic diversity and high dispersal potential

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-674

  Tulchinsky, Alexander Y ^a   Norenburg, Jon L ^b   Turbeville, James M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEACH; CRYPSIS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES COMPLEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

HOPLONEMERTEA; NEMERTEA; OTOTYPHLONEMERTES;

EID: 84857453209     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1844-y     Document Type: Article

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