Cryptic speciation in the giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus (Isopoda: Valvifera: Chaetiliidae)
- C. Held, J. Wägele, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 30 December 2005
In a survey of within-species genetic diversity, 23 specimens of the benthic Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus from three sampling areas around the Antarctic had a high genetic variability in their mitochondrial LSU (16S) gene, which may represent cryptic, but reproductively isolated species rather than a single species.