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Molecular evidence for sequential colonization and taxon cycling in freshwater decapod shrimps on a Caribbean island.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2008
Cook Benjamin D, Pringle Catherine M, Hughes Jane M
Abstract excerpt
Taxon cycling, i.e. sequential phases of expansions and contractions in species' distributions associated with ecological or morphological shifts, are postulated to characterize dynamic biogeographic histories in various island faunas. The Caribbean freshwater shrimp assemblage is mostly widespread and sympatric throughout the region, although one species (Atyidae: Atya lanipes) is geographically restricted and...
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