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Identification of Sphaeroma terebrans via morphology and the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene.
Zoological research - 18 Sept 2016
Li Xiu-Feng, Han Chong, Zhong Cai-Rong, Xu Jun-Qiu, Huang Jian-Rong
Abstract excerpt
Sphaeroma terebrans, a wood-boring isopoda, is distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical mangroves. The taxonomy of S. terebrans is usually based on morphological characteristics, with its molecular identification still poorly understood. The number of teeth on the uropodal exopod and the length of the propodus of the seventh pereopod are considered as the major morphological characteristics in S....
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