Heterogeneity in diagnostic characters across ecoregions: A case study with Botrynema (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Halicreatidae)

Heterogeneity in diagnostic characters across ecoregions: A case study with Botrynema (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Halicreatidae)

IntroductionBotrynema, a genus of medusozoans in the trachyline family Halicreatidae, currently contains two species: B. brucei and B. ellinorae, distinguished by the presence or absence, respectively, of an apical knob as a diagnostic character. However, no study has corroborated if these taxonomic...

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Main Authors: Javier Montenegro, Allen G. Collins, Russell R. Hopcroft, Jennifer M. Questel, Erik V. Thuesen, Tiffany S. Bachtel, Leah A. Bergman, Mehul N. Sangekar, Jeffrey C. Drazen, Dhugal J. Lindsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Arctic gelatinous zooplankton
cryptic species
phylogenetic
B. brucei
B. brucei ellinorae
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1101699/full

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