Morphological assessment supports the recognition of four novel species in the widely distributed velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi sensu lato (Onychophora:Peripatopsidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-145

  Ruhberg, Hilke ^a   Daniels, Savel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

genetic and morphological variation; integrative taxonomy; neotype designation; novel species; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AMATHOLE; EASTERN CAPE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOPSIDAE; PERIPATOPSIS;

EID: 84878286260     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS12069     Document Type: Article

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