Pseudo-cryptic species Arenicola defodiens and Arenicola marina (Polychaeta: Arenicolidae) in Wadden Sea, North Sea and Skagerrak: Morphological and molecular variation
Luttikhuizen, P.C.; Dekker, R. (2010). Pseudo-cryptic species Arenicola defodiens and Arenicola marina (Polychaeta: Arenicolidae) in Wadden Sea, North Sea and Skagerrak: Morphological and molecular variation. J. Sea Res. 63(1): 17-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2009.09.001
In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414, meer
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Acids > Organic compounds > Organic acids > Nucleic acids > DNA
Biodiversity
Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Cell constituents > Cell organelles > Mitochondria
Reproduction
Arenicola defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith, 1993 [WoRMS]; Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835 [WoRMS]; Polychaeta [WoRMS]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]; ANE, Waddenzee [Marine Regions]
Marien/Kust |
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Arenicola defodiens; Pseudo-cryptic Species; Mitochondrial DNA;Biodiversity; Timing of Reproduction |
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- Luttikhuizen, P.C.
- Dekker, R.
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| Abstract |
The polychaete Arenicola defodiens, or black lug, was recently described as a morphologically highly similar species alongside the blow lug Arenicola marina. So far it was only known from the British Isles. A double spawning peak was observed earlier in lugworms of the western Wadden Sea. Here, we test the hypothesis that the two spawning peaks represent the two species in sympatry. This hypothesis is refuted on the basis of both morphological and mitochondrial DNA data; both spawning peaks are attributed to A. marina. In spite of this, we confirm, on the basis of new collections as well as re-examination of museum collections, the presence of A. defodiens in the western Wadden Sea, North Sea and also the Skagerrak; its distribution is restricted to habitats which are either submerged or have short emersion times, have relatively coarse sediments and high and stable salinities. Sympatry is common. The species differ strongly in the mitochondrial DNA fragment examined; the observed 14% uncorrected minimum difference amounts to an estimated 33–63 million years since sequence divergence. The amount of intraspecific molecular variation is larger for A. defodiens than for A. marina. This is evidence to suggest that A. marina may have undergone more recent and/or more severe population size bottlenecks. |
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