Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: The evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-336

  Pola, Marta ^a,c   Camacho García, Yolanda E ^b   Gosliner, Terrence M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cryptic species; Marine biodiversity; Molecular phylogenetics; Molluscan diversity; Opisthobranchia; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CROSSLANDIA; DENDRONOTINA; DENDRONOTOIDEA; NOTOBRYON; NOTOBRYON WARDI; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SCYLLAEA; SCYLLAEA PELAGICA; SCYLLAEIDAE;

EID: 84861467165     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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