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| Schubart, C.D.; Santl, T.; Koller, P.. |
| Due to their long-term ecological stability, ancient lakes represent very interesting systems for studying differentiation and speciation processes. High degrees of endemism and specialisation are characteristic features of their fauna. The Malili lakes from the Indonesian island Sulawesi are considered an ancient limnic system, and recent research has increased the number of recognized species and the knowledge about ecological and morphological diversification within a variety of animal taxa. Here we show that the local endemic gecarcinucid freshwater crabs are more differentiated than qualitative morphological characters and the current taxonomy may indicate. The morphologically and ecologically well characterised species Nautilothelphusa zimmeri Balss,... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Species flock; Adaptive radiation; Ecotypes; Morphotypes; Genetic barcoding; Cox1 mtDNA; 42.74. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/280475 |
