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Colonization of Europe by two American genetic types or species of the genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta: Spionidae). An electrophoretic analysis of allozymes
Röhner, M.; Bastrop, R.; Jürss, K. (1996). Colonization of Europe by two American genetic types or species of the genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta: Spionidae). An electrophoretic analysis of allozymes. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 127(2): 277-287. dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00942113
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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Keywords
    Colonisation
    Enzymes > Allozymes
    Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Röhner, M.
  • Bastrop, R.
  • Jürss, K.

Abstract
    Allozyme electrophoresis was conducted in an attempt to identify the origin ofMarenzelleria sp. found in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The analysis covered eight enzymes with ten loti from nine populations found on the North American Atlantic toast, these populations in the North Sea and five populations in the Baltic. The North Sea spionids correspond to the Type IMarenzelleria from North American coastal waters between Barnstable Harbor (Massachusetts) and Cape Henlopen (Delaware). Nei''s genetic distance between these North American populations and those from the North Sea wasD = 0.010 to 0.020. TheMarenzelleria sp. found in the Baltic Sea very probably stems from North American populations of Type II found from the region of Chesapeake Bay (Trippe Bay) south to the Currituck Sound (North Carolina). The genetic distance between these North American populations and the Baltic populations isD = 0.000 to 0.001. The invaders appear to have lost little of their genetic variation while colonizing the North and Baltic Seas. Probably, both colonizing events tan be attributed to large numbers of individuals reaching Europe simultaneously on one or more occasions. In addition, aMarenzelleria Type III was found by electrophoresis among specimens from Currituck Sound (North Carolina), rohere it is sympatric withMarenzelleria Type II. Salinity is discussed as an important factor for the establishment ofMarenzelleria Type I in the North Sea and Type II in the Baltic Sea.

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