Biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of amphipod crustaceans in Antarctic seas

• Main Authors: Havermans, Charlotte, Robert, Henri, d'Udekem d'Acoz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Alfred-Wegener-Institut fuer Polar- und Meeresforschung 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Allo; Antarc*; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078/121222

Amphipods are the most speciose animal group in the Southern Ocean, with more than 850 described species (De Broyer et al. 2007). They are present at all depths, in all environments and occupy a large range of trophic niches. However, many species are inadequately described, the number of undescribe...