Settling taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in brine shrimps, Artemia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), by integrating mitogenomics, marker discordances and nomenclature rules

High morphological plasticity in populations of brine shrimp subjected to different environmental conditions, mainly salinity, hindered for centuries the identification of the taxonomic entities encompassed within Artemia. In addition, the mismatch between molecular and morphological evolution rates...

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Main Authors: Lucía Sainz-Escudero, E. Karen López-Estrada, Paula Carolina Rodríguez-Flores, Mario García-París
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10865.pdf