Combining morphometrics with molecular taxonomy: How different are similar foliose keratose sponges from the Australian tropics?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-39

  Abdul Wahab, M A ^a,b   Fromont, J ^c   Whalan, S ^d   Webster, N ^b   Andreakis, N ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ITS2; Morphology; Phylogeography; Porifera; Systematics; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ITS2; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TAXONOMY; TORRES STRAIT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ITS2; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PORIFERA; SYSTEMATICS; TORRES STRAIT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893421058     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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