Genetic distance, estimated from electrophoretic variation of six enzyme loci, between three groups of Oerstedia dorsalis specimens which differ in their external morphology shows that one of the varieties should be assigned the rank of species. The genetic differentiation is compared with a multivariate assessment of morphological distance between these forms, and it is concluded that the substantial genetic differentiation between the two species is not reflected in morphological divergence.
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Sundberg, P., Janson, K. (1988). Polymorphism in Oerstedia dorsalis (Abilgaard, 1806) revisited. In: Sundberg, P., Gibson, R., Berg, G. (eds) Recent Advances in Nemertean Biology. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4063-5_11
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