Comments on a new taxonomy ofRetropinna(Galaxioidei: Retropinnidae)
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 4 (3) , 312-324
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1970.9515349
Abstract
A recent taxonomy of Retropinna (Woods 1968: N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 2: 398–425) is based on the conclusion that variation in four taxonomic characters is related largely to environmental factors. Thus Woods treated all existing New Zealand species in the Retropinna retropinna complex as synonyms of R. retropinna (Richardson). Analysis of Woods’ data casts some doubt on the validity of this argument.Keywords
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