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A new giant keelback slug of the genus Limax from the Balkans, described by citizen scientists

BACKGROUND: Despite their large size, striking colouration and genital extravagance, the taxonomy of the European giant keelback slugs of the genus Limax is still poorly understood. Preliminary morphological and molecular data suggest that many unnamed or unrecognised species exist, especially in th...

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Autores principales: Schilthuizen, Menno, Thompson, Cameron Graham, de Vries, Rick, van Peursen, Anthonie D. P., Paterno, Marta, Maestri, Simone, Marcolongo, Luca, Esposti, Chiara Degli, Delledonne, Massimo, Njunjić, Iva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e69685
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Despite their large size, striking colouration and genital extravagance, the taxonomy of the European giant keelback slugs of the genus Limax is still poorly understood. Preliminary morphological and molecular data suggest that many unnamed or unrecognised species exist, especially in the Alps, the Mediterranean and the Balkans. NEW INFORMATION: We organised a citizen science expedition to Durmitor National Park in Montenegro and discovered a new species, genetically distinct, but morphologically similar to the sympatric L.cinereoniger Wolf 1803 and describe it as L.pseudocinereoniger.