Diversity and Evolution within the Amphipoda
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1351
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Amphipoda reach their highest diversity in the marine environment but are also highly diverse in freshwater and terrestrial environments. Although taxonomic studies of amphipods have a long history, much is still to be learned about their cryptic diversity and the evolutionary history of population distributions over geographic ranges. Studies have revealed that in many cases, amphipod species considered widely distributed are in fact species complexes. The diversity, endemism and evolution of amphipods have become increasingly studied in recent years, with emphasis on palaeodistributions, vicariance and dispersal.
This Special Issue aims to highlight advances in the knowledge of the diversity, distribution patterns and evolution of species complexes in marine, freshwater and terrestrial amphipods. We encourage the submission of manuscripts addressing any aspects of the distribution patterns, endemism and evolutionary history of amphipods using morphological and/or molecular methods.
Prof. Dr. Alan Myers
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine, freshwater and terrestrial Amphipoda
- cryptic diversity
- distribution patterns
- endemism
- evolution
- dispersal
- vicariance
- morphological character state interpretation
- DNA analysis
