Rhachotropis (Eusiroidea, Amphipoda) from the North East Atlantic

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Anne-Nina LörzAmy Driskell

Abstract

The genus Rhachotropis has the widest geographic and bathymetric distribution of all amphipod genera worldwide. Molecular and morphological investigations of specimens sampled around Iceland and off the Norwegian coast allow the first insights into the relationships of North East Atlantic Rhachotropis. The 31 cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences generated for this study were assigned 13 Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) in the Barcode of Life database (BOLD), of which 12 are new to the database. Molecular analyses of COI and 16S sequences could not confirm a theory that depth has a greater influence on the phylogeny of Rhachotropis than geographic distance. Although the North East Atlantic is a well-studied area, our molecular investigations revealed the genus Rhachotropis may contain cryptic species, which indicates a higher biodiversity than currently known. For example, the specimens which key to Rhachotropis helleri is a complex of three COI clades, two of which cannot be identified with morphological traits. One specimen of each of the clades in the cladogram was documented by high definition photographs. A special focus was on the visual morphology of the eyes, as this character shows interspecific differences within t...Continue Reading

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
AAB3310

Methods Mentioned

BETA
PCR

Software Mentioned

BOLD
Leica LAS
Tracer
MrBayes
Barcode of Life Database ( BOLD )
COIFamp
LEICA LAS X
Geneious
Geographic Distance Matrix Generator
POPART

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