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Origin, age, and evolutionary rate of the microparasellid isopod Microcharon from the ground water of the south-Riffian region (Morocco)
Coineau, N.; Boutin, C.; El Abiari, A.F. (2001). Origin, age, and evolutionary rate of the microparasellid isopod Microcharon from the ground water of the south-Riffian region (Morocco), in: Kensley, B. et al. (Ed.) Isopod systematics and evolution. Crustacean Issues, 13: pp. 301-311
In: Kensley, B.; Brusca, R.C. (Ed.) (2001). Isopod systematics and evolution. Crustacean Issues, 13. Balkema: Rotterdam. ISBN 90-5809-327-1. 357 pp., more
In: Schram, F.R. (Ed.) Crustacean Issues = Advances in Crustacean Research. Balkema/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis: Rotterdam. ISSN 0168-6356; e-ISSN 2155-5397, more
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  • Coineau, N.
  • Boutin, C.
  • El Abiari, A.F.
Abstract
    Issues of taxonomy, origins and evolution of the widely distributed isopod genus Microcharon (Microparasellidae) are reviewed. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the origin and of the age of Microcharon in the northeastern region of Morocco within an historical biogeographic context. We also discuss the morphological evolutionary rate within the genus Microcharon compared to species of other Moroccan regions and to the amphipod genus Pseudoniphargus from the same region resulting from similar vicariance processes. Matters of deep history are taken up in connection with biogeography for the taxon.
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