Six genetically distinct clades of Palola (Eunicidae, Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Conference Paper

abstract

• A total of 36 lots of Palola spp. (Eunicidae, Annelida) were collected during the Lizard Island Polychaete Workshop on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Of these, 21 specimens were sequenced for a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene. These sequences were analysed in conjunction with existing sequences of Palola spp. from other geographic regions. The samples from Lizard Island form six distinct clades, although none of them can clearly be assigned to any of the nominal species. Four of the six Lizard Island clades fall into species group A and the remaining two into species group B (which also includes the type species, Palola viridis). All sequenced specimens were characterized morphologically as far as possible and a dichotomous key was assembled. Based on this key, the remaining samples were identified as belonging to one of the clades.

authors

• Schulze, Anja

published proceedings

• Zootaxa

author list (cited authors)

• Schulze, A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Schulze, Anja

publication date

• September 2015

publisher

• Magnolia Press  Publisher

published in

• ZOOTAXA  Journal

keywords

• Animal Distribution
• Animal Structures
• Animals
• Australia
• Body Size
• Ecosystem
• Female
• Islands
• Male
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Organ Size
• Phylogeny
• Polychaeta

PubMed Central ID

• 26624083

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.23

start page

• 695

end page

• 706

volume

• 4019

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.23