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cryptic species: a standalone construct

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Systematics

two or more distinct species that have been classified as one because they look alike.

In systematics, cryptic species refers to two or more distinct species that have been classified as one because they look alike. This meaning comes from Bickford (2007) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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References

Bickford, D., Lohman, D. J., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K. K., & Das, I. (2007). Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(3), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.11.004

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