Hidden diversity under morphology–based identifications of widespread invasive species: the case of the ‘well–known’ hydromedusa Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester 1880

• Published in: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
• Main Authors: Oualid, J. A., Iazza, B., Tamsouri, N. M., El Aamri, F., Moukrim, A., López–González, P. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2019
• Subjects: craspedacusta; cryptic species; medusa; invasive species; nis; cox1; 16s; its; morocco; Zoology; QL1-991; Lankester; Medusa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2019.42.0301; https://doaj.org/article/cc1e5893455f4e77a88c8982e9d6762e

A relatively scarce number of morphological features available for delimiting closely related species and an increasingly worrisome scenario on Global Climate Change causing the rapid dispersion of invasive alien species can lead to the rapid spread of reports of a given species around the world. Cr...