Abstract
We used three ribosomal DNA markers to investigate the genetic divergence of Triops granarius (Lucas, 1864) populations from Tunisia, Namibia and Japan. The comparison of the genetic distances between these samples and those found among other species of Notostraca (both Triops and Lepidurus) strongly suggests that the three Triops granarius populations investigated belong to different, possibly cryptic species.
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