High cryptic diversity across the global range of the migratory planktonic copepods Pleuromamma piseki and P. gracilis.

Although holoplankton are ocean drifters and exhibit high dispersal potential, a number of studies on single species are finding highly divergent genetic clades. These cryptic species complexes are important to discover and describe, as identification of common marine species is fundamental to under...

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Main Authors: Kristin M K Halbert, Erica Goetze, David B Carlon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3805563?pdf=render