DNA-barcoding of sympatric species of ectoparasitic gastropods of the genus Cerithiopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) from Croatia
Modica, M.V.; Mariottini, P.; Oliverio, M. (2013). DNA-barcoding of sympatric species of ectoparasitic gastropods of the genus Cerithiopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) from Croatia. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 93(4): 1059-1065. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315412000926
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Mollusca; Cerithiopsidae; Cerithiopsis; DNA-barcoding; MediterraneanSea; molecular taxonomy |
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- Modica, M.V.
- Mariottini, P.
- Oliverio, M.
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The ectoparasitic gastropod genus Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850 was nominally based on Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803. We have used the DNA barcode COI sequences to assay sympatric samples of morphotypes recently described as distinct species of the Cerithiopsis tubercularis-complex. Our results demonstrated that, in the Croatian waters, the gastropods usually called C. tubercularis in fact comprise a complex of cryptic species, which can be reliably diagnosed only by examining the soft parts. In the present study we have demonstrated that the colour pattern of the head-foot is diagnostic at the species level in this complex and, coupled with genetic data, may provide a sounding base for a revision of the cerithiopsids of the European coasts. |
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