An ancient Antarctic endemic genus restored: morphological and molecular support for Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

• Main Authors: Greenslade, Penelope, Stevens, Mark, Torricelli, Giulia, D'Haese, Cyrille
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: 0603 Evolutionary Biology; 0608 Zoology; Southern Victoria Land; Optimization alignment; Fluctuating asymmetry; Sequence alignment; Glacial refugia; Springtails; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Granite Harbour; Antarc*; Antarctica; Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni
• Online Access: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/53994

Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni Carpenter was only the second collembolon dagger to be described from the Antarctic continent. It was collected first in 1902 from Granite Harbour, southern Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904). Since then several studie...