Integrative delineation of species of Mediterranean freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 523-547

  Sluys, Ronald ^a,b   Solà, Eduard ^c   Gritzalis, Konstantinos ^d   Vila Farré, Miquel ^c,e   Mateos, Eduardo ^c   Riutort, Marta ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean; Candidate species; Cryptic species; Dugesia; Dugesiidae; GMYC; Integrative taxonomy; Recurva Sluys gen. nov.; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886791898     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12077     Document Type: Article

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