Genetic diversity of Nymphon (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Nymphonidae) along the Antarctic Peninsula with a focus on Nymphon australe Hodgson 1902

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Mahon, A., Arango, C., Halanych, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2008
• Subjects: Biogeography and Phylogeography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hodgson; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55884; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1029-5

Sea spiders are conspicuous, and often abundant, members of the Antarctic benthic community. Nymphonidae (Pycnogonida) in Southern Ocean waters comprise over 240 species which are often difficult to assign due to their intraspecific 'highly variable' morphology. In particular, Nymphon aust...