Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa

Volumn 3956, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-55

  Antoni, Mariana Y Deli ^a   Delpiani, Sergio M ^a   Stewart, Andrew L ^b   González Castro, Mariano ^a   Díaz De Astarloa, Juan M ^a  

^a CONICET UNMdP) ^*  (Argentina)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Argentina; DNA barcoding; Lectotype; Meristics; Merluccius spp.; Morphometry; New Zealand; Paralectotype

Indexed keywords

GADIFORMES; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS AUSTRALIS; MERLUCCIUS HUBBSI; SAGITTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARGENTINA; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GADIFORMES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GADIFORMES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931027071     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.2     Document Type: Article

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