Mantovani B. Cesari M. & Scanabissi F.(2004). Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the
'living fossil'lineages Triops and Lepidurus (Branchiopoda: Notostraca).—Zoologica Scripta,
33, 367–374. European Triops cancriformis and Lepidurus apus were analysed for 12S and
16S mitochondrial genes and compared to North American and Japanese taxa. There are
no cryptic species among European T. cancriformis populations, which are highly
homogeneous in comparison to conspecific Japanese samples. T. cancriformis differs from …