Morphological crypsis within a crustacean species complex is driven by within-species phenotypic diversification.

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Cryptic species complexes-genetically divergent lineages with similar phenotypes may appear cryptic not due to true similarity, but because high within-species morphological variation masks interspecies differences, particularly in heterogeneous environments. This study tests whether such lineages exhibit morphological convergence across similar environmental gradients or context-dependent divergence, challenging...

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