The identification of sympatric cryptic free-living nematode species in the Antarctic intertidal.

The diversity of free-living nematodes in the beaches of two Antarctic islands, King George and Deception islands was investigated. We used morphological and molecular (LSU, and two fragments of SSU sequences) approaches to evaluate 236 nematodes. Specimens were assigned to at least genera using mor...

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Main Authors: Matthew R Lee, Cristian B Canales-Aguirre, Daniela Nuñez, Karla Pérez, Crisitan E Hernández, Antonio Brante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5629031?pdf=render