Phylogeography of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indian Ocean.

Understanding the limits and population dynamics of closely related sibling species in the marine realm is particularly relevant in organisms that require management. The crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci, recently shown to be a species complex of at least four closely related species, is...

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Main Authors: Catherine Vogler, John Benzie, Paul H Barber, Mark V Erdmann, Ambariyanto, Charles Sheppard, Kimberly Tenggardjaja, Karin Gérard, Gert Wörheide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3424128?pdf=render