How to deal with cryptic species in Enchytraeidae, with recommendations on taxonomical descriptions

Abstract

During the 12th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae, held in Tihany, Hungary (27–29 June 2016), the participants discussed cryptic species, i.e., species that are morphologically so similar that they are classified as the same species (Bickford et al. 2007), and how to deal with them taxonomically. Here we summarise the discussion together with a few additional comments, and we give recommendations for species descriptions in Enchytraeidae.

Keywords

• Annelids
• morphospecies
• sequencing