Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp.

Mwale, Monica; Kaiser, Horst; Barker, Nigel P; Wilson, A B; Teske, Peter R

Title: Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp.
Creator: Mwale, Monica, Kaiser, Horst, Barker, Nigel P, Wilson, A B, Teske, Peter R
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2013
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/445499
Identifier: vital:74393
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12130
Description: The taxonomic status of two southern African coastal pipefish species, Syngnathus temminckii and Syngnathus watermeyeri, was investigated using a combination of morphological and genetic data. Morphological data showed that S. temminckii is distinct from the broadly distributed European pipefish Syngnathus acus, and a molecular phylogeny reconstructed using mitochondrial DNA recovered S. temminckii and S. watermeyeri as sister taxa. The southern African species share an evolutionary origin with north‐eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea species, including S. acus. These data support the existence of a distinct southern African clade of Syngnathus pipefishes that has diverged in situ to form the two species present in the region today.
Format: 18 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of fish biology, Mwale, M., Kaiser, H., Barker, N.P., Wilson, A.B. and Teske, P.R., 2013. Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp. Journal of fish biology, 82(6), pp.2045-2062, Journal of fish biology volume 86 number 2 2045 2062 2013 1095-8649
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