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Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms

BACKGROUND: Taxonomical studies of the neotropical Peripatidae (Onychophora, velvet worms) have proven difficult, due to intraspecific variation and uniformity of morphological characters across this onychophoran subgroup. We therefore used molecular approaches, in addition to morphological methods,...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Ivo S., Lacorte, Gustavo A., Fonseca, Cleusa G., Wieloch, Alfredo H., Mayer, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21695250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019973