Islands beneath islands: phylogeography of a groundwater amphipod crustacean in the Balearic archipelago

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metacrangonyctidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea) is an enigmatic continental subterranean water family of marine origin (thalassoid). One of the species in the genus, <it>Metacrangonyx longipes</it>, is endemic to the Balearic i...

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Main Authors: Juan Carlos, Fornós Joan J, Jaume Damià, Bauzà-Ribot Maria M, Pons Joan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/221