Keikhosravi, Alireza and Naderloo, Reza and Schubart, Christoph D. (2016) MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DIVERSITY IN THE FRESHWATER CRAB POTAMON RUTTNERI-P. GEDROSIANUM SPECIES COMPLEX (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA) INDICATE THE NEED FOR TAXONOMIC REVISION. CRUSTACEANA, 89 (2). pp. 129-139. ISSN 0011-216X, 1568-5403
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Many species and subspecies of Potamon have been described from the easternmost distribution of the genus in the western tributaries of the Indus River. Most of them were synonymised subsequently under the two names of currently valid species known from the region: Potamon gedrosianum Alcock, 1909 and Potamon ruttneri Pretzmann, 1962. Genetic and morphological information, based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA and the first male gonopod (G1), were gathered in the course of the present study. The corresponding results suggest the occurrence of four groups and question the taxonomic status of both species. We also revise the distribution range of both species, in particular that of P. gedrosianum, with a new record from Iran. Overall, the study reveals the need for a major revision using further morphological and molecular data. Because of the complexity of this necessary revision and the incomplete sampling, we here refrain from proposing any taxonomic conclusions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GENUS POTAMON; POTAMIDAE; GENETICS; IRAN; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2019 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2019 11:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/2758 |
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