Cryptic speciation in the giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus (Isopoda: Valvifera: Chaetiliidae)

@article{Held2005CrypticSI,
  title={Cryptic speciation in the giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus (Isopoda: Valvifera: Chaetiliidae)},
  author={Christoph Held and Johann Wolfgang W{\"a}gele and Lehrstuhl f{\"u}r Spezielle Zoologie},
  journal={Scientia Marina},
  year={2005},
  volume={69},
  pages={175-181}
}
SUMMARY: The genus Glyptonotus is most commonly regarded as monospecific, with Glyptonotus antarcticus Eights 1852 being its only constituent. Two more forms (G. acutus, G. antarcticus var. obtusus) that had been described based on morphological evidence have received little attention in the literature, though no formal attempt to evaluate their taxonomic status has been undertaken. In a survey of within-species genetic diversity, 23 specimens of the benthic Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus… 
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