With today's technology for production of molecular sequences, DNA taxonomy and
barcoding arose as a new tool for evolutionary biology and ecology. However, their validities …

Many phylogeographic studies have revealed strongly diverged lineages within species that
are masked by a lack of congruent morphological differentiation. To assess the extent to …

Theories about colonization and evolution in groundwater have assumed that the
fragmented structure of groundwater strongly limits dispersal. The high number of endemic …

Aim We used molecular data to answer the following questions:(1) Is morphology‐based
(and to some extent, geography‐based) classification of the freshwater crab family …

During the present study, the evolutionary relationship within a clade of mountain clade of
freshwater crabs (Potamonautes) was examined using mtDNA sequence data for species …

At least 52,000 species of crustaceans have been described, although many more probably
exist (Martin and Davis 2001). They are amongst the most prolific macroinvertebrates in the …

Abstract Aim Candidiopotamon rathbunae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) is a
freshwater crab endemic to Taiwan, with a distribution covering almost the entire island …

The importance and abundance of cryptic species among invertebrate taxa is well
documented. Nowadays, taxonomic, phylogenetic and conservation biological studies …

Species with larger geographic distributions are more likely to encounter a greater variety of
environmental conditions and barriers to gene flow than geographically-restricted species …

Phylogenetic relationships amongst the southern African freshwater crab fauna are
reinvestigated following the recent collection of morphologically distinct Potamonautes …