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Cryptic species of the Eucypris virens species complex (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Europe have invaded Western Australia Universiteit Hasselt
Eucypris virens, an ostracod with mixed reproduction and Holarctic distribution, forms a species complex with more than 35 cryptic species in Europe. Here, we analysed COI and LSU DNA sequence data from Western Australian E. virens to distinguish between the possibilities that vicariant processes have led to the formation of Australian E. virens species or that these ostracods have been introduced into Western Australia. Phylogenetic ...
Role of cryptic diversity in decomposition in cryptic species complex of L. marina Universiteit Gent
Cryptic diversity matters : ecological and functional differences in a marine nematode cryptic species complex Universiteit Gent
Reverse taxonomy applied to the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex: Morphometric analysis confirms species delimitations revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis and allows the (re) description of four species KU Leuven
The discovery and exploration of cryptic species have been profoundly expedited thanks to developments in molecular biology and phylogenetics. In this study, we apply a reverse taxonomy approach to the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex, a commonly studied freshwater monogonont rotifer. By combining phylogenetic, morphometric and morphological analyses, we confirm the existence of four cryptic species that have been recently suggested by a ...
Cryptic diversity in the Hypsiboas semilineatus species group (Amphibia, Anura) with the description of a new species from the eastern Guiana Shield Vrije Universiteit Brussel
We used molecular and morphological data to investigate the hidden diversity within the Hypsiboas semilineatus species group, and more specifically within H. geographicus, an allegedly widespread species in northern South America. As a result, the identity of H. geographicus was clarified, several candidate species were detected and one of them, from the eastern Guiana Shield, is described herein as a preliminary step to resolve the taxonomy of ...
Multi-gene phylogenetics in combination with morphology allow species delineation and DNA barcode based diagnostics within a cryptic Pratylenchus species complex Universiteit Gent
Differences in time until dispersal between cryptic species of a marine nematode species complex Universiteit Gent
Active dispersal to avoid competition?: a lab experiment with the Litoditis marina (Nematoda) cryptic species complex Universiteit Gent
Because of their small size, limited swimming abilities and lack of pelagic (dispersal) stages, the importance of active dispersal in marine nematode population dynamics has often been considered negligible. However, we observed species-specific and salinity-affected differences in active dispersal in four co-occurring cryptic species -species that are morphologically indistinguishable, but show genetic differences- of the marine nematode ...