Cryptic Species Complex - Examples

Examples

  • Algerian Barb (several species suspected)
  • Anopheles gambiae (A significant carrier of the malaria pathogen, with at least 7 species known)
  • Audubon's Shearwater (several species suspected)
  • Asian glass catfishes (several cases known, most notoriously K. minor)
  • Brachionus plicatilis complex (at least 14 species)
  • Common Bush-tanager (several species suspected)
  • Golden/Mangrove/Yellow Warblers (at least two species suspected)
  • Flax Tortrix complex (more than 5 species)
  • Grey-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush
  • Leopard frogs
  • Mouse lemurs (16 species)
  • Killer Whale (possible)
  • "Placidochromis" (over 30 species described in 2004)
  • Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus (at least six lineages within the two morphospecies)
  • Red-legged frogs
  • Rhacophorus flying frogs (several cases suspected)
  • Scalloped hammerhead shark (two species suspected)
  • Scytalopus tapaculos
  • Two-barred Flasher (suspected)
  • Trichoplax adhaerens (multiple species suspected)
  • White-tailed Eagle and Bald Eagle
  • Armillaria mellea (turned out to include 10+ species)

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