How to describe a cryptic species? Practical challenges of molecular taxonomy

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jörger, Katharina M ^a,b   Schrödl, Michael ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HETEROBRANCHIA; PONTOHEDYLE; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 84884662583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-59     Document Type: Article

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