Molecular and Morphological Differentiation of Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Southwestern Atlantic: Testing the Two Species Hypothesis in Sympatry.

The taxonomy of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) has always been controversial, with over twenty described species since the original description of the type species of the genus (Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758). Two species and four subspecies are currently accepted, but recent molecular data have...

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Main Authors: Haydée A Cunha, Rocio Loizaga de Castro, Eduardo R Secchi, Enrique A Crespo, José Lailson-Brito, Alexandre F Azevedo, Cristiano Lazoski, Antonio M Solé-Cava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140251