--- res: bibo_abstract: - Advanced stages of Scyllarus phyllosoma larvae were collected by demersal trawling during fishery research surveys in the western Mediterranean Sea in 2003–2005. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene allowed the final-stage phyllosoma of Scyllarus arctus to be identified among these larvae. Its morphology is described and illustrated. This constitutes the second complete description of a Scyllaridae phyllosoma with its specific identity being validated by molecular techniques (the first was S. pygmaeus). These results also solved a long lasting taxonomic anomaly of several species assigned to the ancient genus Phyllosoma Leach, 1814. Detailed examination indicated that the final-stage phyllosoma of S. arctus shows closer affinities with the American scyllarid Scyllarus depressus or with the Australian Scyllarus sp. b (sensu Phillips et al., 1981) than to its sympatric species S. pygmaeus.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Ferran foaf_name: Palero, Ferran foaf_surname: Palero foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=3F0E2A22-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0002-0343-8329 - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Guillermo foaf_name: Guerao, Guillermo foaf_surname: Guerao - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Paul foaf_name: Clark, Paul foaf_surname: Clark - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Pere foaf_name: Abello, Pere foaf_surname: Abello bibo_doi: 10.1017/S0025315410000287 bibo_issue: '2' bibo_volume: 91 dct_date: 2011^xs_gYear dct_language: eng dct_publisher: Cambridge University Press@ dct_title: 'Scyllarus arctus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) final stage phyllosoma identified by DNA analysis, with morphological description@' ...