Article
Genetic variation and cryptic lineage among the sergestid shrimp Acetes americanus (Decapoda).
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2023
Morilhas Simões Sabrina, Caetano Costa Rogério, Lopes Carvalho Fabricio, Carvalho-Batista Abner, de Souza Alves Teodoro Sarah, Mantelatto Fernando L
Abstract excerpt
The taxonomic status of the sergestid shrimp, Acetes americanus, has been questioned for several decades. No specific study has been performed thus far to resolve the incongruences. This species has a wide geographical range in the western Atlantic and is represented by two formally accepted subspecies: Acetes americanus carolinae, distributed in North America, and Acetes americanus americanus, present in South...
Topics
- Animals
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Decapoda
- Crustacea
- Brazil
- Genetic Variation