Incongruence between molecular and morphological characters in the southern king crabs Lithodes santolla and L. confundens (Decapoda: Anomura)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Pérez Barros, Patricia, Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea, Paschke, Kurt, Lovrich, Gustavo Alejandro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: 16S; BURDWOOD BANK; CENTOLLA; COI; LITHODIDAE; SPECIES DELIMITATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Barros; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/85297

The use of genetic tools has a relevant role in fishery resource management and conservation, for example, when used in species delimitation. Morphological variation can occur as an adaptative or plastic response to environmental variation, and therefore, be mistakenly used as a criterion to delimit...