Karyotypes and Morphological Variability of Crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus and P. angulosus (Malacostraca, Decapoda)

• Published in: Вестник зоологии
• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Kostyuk, V.S., Garbar, A.V., Mezhzherin, S.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут зоології ім. І.І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2013
• Subjects: Фауна и систематика
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/109744
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Karyotypes and Morphological Variability of Crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus and P. angulosus (Malacostraca, Decapoda) / V.S. Kostyuk, A.V. Garbar, S.V. Mezhzherin // Вестник зоологии. — 2013. — Т. 47, № 3. — С. 205-210. — Бібліогр.: 16 назв. — англ.

The existence on the territory of Ukraine of two sympatric widespread species definitely different by their chromosome number was proved based on the meiotic chromosome preparations. Besides the nominal species Pontastacus leptodactylus (Dana, 1852) with modal haploid chromosome number n = 93 we pro...