Article: Molecular Evidence for Cryptic Species of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa).(Statistical Data Included)

Article: Morphological and genetic variation indicate cryptic ...
The Biological Bulletin;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... been the discovery of considerable cryptic species diversity (Hart et al., 1997 ... Waters et al., 2004a). Some cryptic species groups have divergent molecular characters ... al., 2002, 2003), while other cryptic species groups have surprisingly divergent ...

Article: DNA barcoding of Lepetodrilus limpets reveals cryptic ...
Journal of Shellfish Research;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... frequent occurrence of morphologically cryptic species makes their identification very difficult ... relationships among members of several cryptic species complexes; however, COI sequences ... actually consist of morphologically cryptic species, a problem commonly encountered with ...

Article: Using internally transcribed spacer 2 sequences to re-examine the ...
European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Internally transcribed spacer 2, ITS2, cryptic species, molecular taxonomy, Trichogramma ... that it is difficult to group them as cryptic species, whereas there are only minor differences ... confusum and T. chilonis are not cryptic species but two closely related sister species ...

Article: Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic ...
BMC Biology;  May 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Elke Zimmermann [1] Background Cryptic species are closely related species which ... has uncovered a rich diversity of cryptic species, in particular for nocturnal mammals ... tsak; cf. [22]). At present 15 cryptic species are known which are difficult to distinguish ...

Article: Chromosomal evidence for a putative cryptic species ...
BMC Genetics;  November 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 10]. A complex of additional morphologically similar or cryptic species that closely resemble G. carapo sensu stricto are known ... 9]). Whether this diversity is the manifestation of cryptic species diversity in a G. carapo species-complex or, alternatively ...

Article: Two sisters in the same dress: Heliconius cryptic ...
BMC Evolutionary Biology;  November 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ancient [24]. It was therefore a surprise when a putative 'cryptic' species was identified in the H. cydno/melpomene species complex ... introgression [23, 26]. Here we present compelling evidence of a cryptic species pair, in which an H. cydno cognate resembles and coexists ...

Dictionary definition: cryptic species
A Dictionary of Ecology;      255 words ...cryptic species Species which are apparently identical phenotypically (see phenotype ), often to the point where individuals of such species are themselves unable to make the distinction, but that are incapable of producing hybrid offspring.