1. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Chthamalid Barnacles from the North-Eastern Pacific (Crustacea Cirripedia).
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Chan BK, Chen HN, Dando PR, Southward AJ, and Southward EC
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Bays, California, DNA, Mitochondrial genetics, Electron Transport Complex IV genetics, Islands, Likelihood Functions, Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Species Specificity, Specimen Handling, Biodiversity, Phylogeography, Thoracica classification
- Abstract
The biogeography and ecology of the species of Chthamalus present on the west coast of America are described, using data from 51 localities from Alaska to Panama, together with their zonation on the shore with respect to that of other barnacles. The species present were C. dalli, Pilsbry 1916, C. fissus, Darwin, 1854, C. anisopoma Pilsbry 1916 and four species in the C. panamensis complex. The latter are C. panamensis Pilsbry, 1916, C. hedgecocki, Pitombo & Burton, 2007, C. alani nom. nov. (formerly C. southwardorum Pitombo & Burton, 2007) and C. newmani sp. nov.). These four species were initially separated by enzyme electrophoresis. They could only be partially separated by DNA bar coding but may be separated using morphological characters.
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- 2016
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