¿Por qué no hay onicóforos en Cuba?

I propose here that there are no onychophorans in Cuba because the predominant marine currents - which could bring onychophorans from the Southern lands - mainly reach Jamaica and Hispaniola (island that contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic). I present five new predictions about the dispersal h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monge, Julián
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2019
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/36418
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Summary:I propose here that there are no onychophorans in Cuba because the predominant marine currents - which could bring onychophorans from the Southern lands - mainly reach Jamaica and Hispaniola (island that contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic). I present five new predictions about the dispersal history of Caribbean species that, hopefully, will inspire new generations of geneticists to test them.