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

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Held, Christoph, Wägele, Johann Wolfgang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2005
• Subjects: sibling species; molecular systematics; biogeography; Antarctic benthos; especies hermanas; sistemática molecular; biogeografía; bentos antártico; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Weddell; mar de Weddell; Antarc*; antarcticus; Antártica; Mar de Ross; Mar de Weddell
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/321; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s2175

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, thou...