Cryptorchestia ruffoi sp. n. from the island of Rhodes (Greece), revealed by morphological and phylogenetic analysis (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Davolos,Domenico, De Matthaeis,Elvira, Latella,Leonardo, Vonk,Ronald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017
• Subjects: biogeography; freshwater; Greek islands; molecular phylogeny; taxonomy; Lowry; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.652.11252; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/11252/

A new Cryptorchestia species, Cryptorchestia ruffoi Latella & Vonk, sp. n. from the island of Rhodes in south-eastern Greece, can be distinguished on the basis of morphological and phylogenetic data. Morphological analysis and DNA sequencing of mitochondrial and nuclear protein-coding genes indi...