On the origin and evolution of Antarctic Peracarida (Crustacea, Malacostraca)
The early separation of Gondwana and the subsequent isolation of Antarctica caused a long evolutionary history of its fauna. Both, long environmental stability over millions of years and habitat heterogeneity, due to an abundance of sessile suspension feeders on the continental shelf, favoured evolu...
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Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
1999
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Online Access: | https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/911 https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1261 |