Utilisation de l'analyse canonique discriminante dans la recherche des caractères morphométriques les plus discriminants chez deux espèces du genre Synisoma (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera)

Abstract

In this work twenty-four measurable morphological characters of Synisoma mediterranea and Synisoma nadejda were studied. The aim was to determine whether the two species, which are often confused, are really different. Discriminant canonic analysis and generalized distance of Mahalanobis enable us to select four new discriminant morphometric characters. They provide more evidence of differences between the two species.